Early Wednesday morning, someone broke into Cugini Cafe (5306 Ballard Ave NW). Little did the suspect know, cameras were rolling. Owner Kylee Harris wants to know if you know the person in the surveillance video.
In the video you see a thief with a blond ponytail trying to stay low and out of sight. Harris tells us that the suspect got away with $20 in change. “I pretty much learned my lesson two years ago,” Harris tells us referring to an earlier break-in.
Harris says when her employee arrived at work on Wednesday she noticed the cash register till on the floor and the cupboards rifled through. Just a few weeks ago Harris told her employees to be aware of their surroundings. “This is the time of year that people do little crimes like this,” she tells us. In this instance the suspect broke a back window and came in through the back office. The person was in the store about five minutes.
There is now a sign in the window of Cugini Cafe that alerts potential thieves to the cameras and lets them know there is no money in the store.