A South Okanagan business owner is still reeling after he got an early morning call on Monday about his burger restaurant being robbed.
Owner of , Ronald Bee who lives in West 琉璃神社, said the thief entered the building on Front Street in Penticton at about 2:30 a.m. on July 8 using a key to get in.
He said the robber ran around its perimeter to avoid security cameras and robbed the business of its safe deposit box, which contained staff tips and over $1,500 in cash.
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Luckily, one camera managed to catch the man鈥檚 side profile.
鈥淚 am hoping the RCMP鈥檚 more sophisticated equipment is able to get a profile of who it was,鈥� said Bee, who noted that whoever broke in was familiar with the inside of his business.
The thief as he runs around does glance up in the direction of the camera
鈥� _Burger55_ (@burger_55)
鈥淢y wife and I have owned Burger55 for just over one year. I鈥檝e never even thought to pick up the safe. I thought that it was mounted to the floor 鈥� sadly it wasn鈥檛,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hat person came up to my office and knew exactly where he was going and took the safe with him.鈥�
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Bee said he and his wife are thankful they installed security cameras last week. He said he has flooded social media with the footage in an attempt to suss out the culprit.
We were robbed last night. He had a key. Got up to the safe and took the whole thing. Stole the staffs tips.
鈥� _Burger55_ (@burger_55)
鈥淚f you see somebody wearing a nice white hat and hoodie looking suspicious around your business, it鈥檚 more than likely this person could be casing you out to look for an opening to take advantage of your business.鈥�
