LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Law enforcement officials are investigating a number of recent commercial burglaries, including several along the Northshore.
Five businesses have been hit since Dec. 4, according to Lt. Steve Brooks of the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
The businesses in question include the Lucerne Subway, hit on Dec. 4; Country Carpets and Double D's Coffee in Upper Lake, where burglaries were reported early on Dec. 5; St. Vincent De Paul thrift shop in Lower Lake, which also was reported to have been broken into and vandalized on Dec. 5, although there was said to be no items taken; and a storage unit at Big Valley Storage on Dec. 6, Brooks said.
Brooks said the Subway and Upper Lake burglaries are not just close in time proximity, but all involved breaking out the windows in the front doors.
Another way they're similar: “I don't think they got much money” in any of the burglaries, Brooks said.
Brooks said the Lucerne Subway's burglary also looks similar to other window smash incidents at Subway stores in Hopland and Calistoga, leading deputies to believe all of the Subway burglaries are related.
Based on Brooks' experience in working such cases over the years, they do ramp up at this time of the year.
“There is a direct correlation to that, in my mind,” he said of the increase in burglaries during the holidays.
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Authorities investigate commercial burglaries
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