Two more local restaurants reported on Monday morning that they had their windows smashed and Twisted Kazuyo was targeted again as the recent rash of overnight smash-and-grab burglaries continues, according to an official with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
Angelica Cubangbang, co-owner of Twisted Kazuyo, said that her and her husband’s restaurant was targeted again a week after they were broken into.
“My first reaction to this was I was upset,” said Cubangbang. “Joe and I are speechless. We cannot understand why this happened.”
Cubangbang said the restaurant is still a new business, having opened in December, and being hit back-to-back is causing financial stress.
She added that since the burglary last Monday, they have not kept money in the register or restaurant. She said they even kept the register open to show that there was no money should someone break in again.
“The cash register has nothing. We keep it open to show it is empty,” said Cubangbang.
She said this time around the suspects only damaged the door, but it left her husband and her thinking about whether they should leave.
Cubangbang said she and her husband were overwhelmed with the amount of support from their customers and they decided staying and moving forward would be better.
She said they will try to figure out what to do next to prevent these incidents from happening again.
The Social Restaurant and Martini Bar and Domino’s Pizza in Newhall also reported that their windows were smashed, said Watch Sgt. Robert Wilkinson with the station.
At the time of this story’s publication, Wilkinson said he did not yet have a report on whether anything was stolen from the restaurants and did not have a suspect description.
He added that he believed the incident happened around 5 a.m. on Monday.
The owner of The Social declined to comment on the break-in.
A manager at Domino’s Pizza declined to comment because staff workers were still trying to gather information on what happened.
On Feb. 13, at least four restaurants in Canyon Country were hit by smash-and-grab burglaries that were believed to be connected, according to Deputy Robert Jensen, spokesman for the station.
On Monday, Feb. 17, a total of 11 restaurants, including Twisted Kazuyo, reported they were hit in a smash-and-grab spree throughout Saugus, Newhall and Canyon Country.
Each of those businesses stated their window or door was smashed in and either a register or safe was reportedly stolen by three suspects.
