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In Recent Weeks, Burglars Broke Into At Least Three ELB Businesses -- Possibly Two Of Them Twice -- In Clark/Spring (SE Quadrant) Comm'l Center


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(December 27, 2019) -- LBREPORT.com has learned that within recent weeks, burglars have broken into at least three ELB busineses -- hitting at least one and perhaps two of them twice in the overnight hours within about a week -- in the Clark/Spring commercial center (SE quadrant).

On Friday Dec. 27 in the 3 a.m. hour, the perpetrators smashed the glass front foors of the COPA Coffee Parlor and the Baja Sonora resturant. Both businesses suffered losses.



COPA Coffee Parlor stated on its Facebook page:

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We are still open!

& Another one. ‘tis the season to be jacking.

We were burglarized again last night.

Stealing from small business’ is the lowest of lows. Not only are you robbing from someone life dream but you are creating fear in the local community. It's absolutely shameful.

LBREPORT.com is also informed that a few weeks earlier another business in the same commercial center was hit by a burglary (details not immediately available.)

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LBPD crime stats indicate that in the 11 months from January-November 2019, the area bounded by Spring St./Willow St. and Clark Ave./Bellfower Blvd. -- which has commercial businesses at all four of its major corners -- had 2 reported commercial burglaries (one in May, one in January.) It's not immediately clear if the 5 commercial burglaries we're reporting here are the only ones in December but for now we presume the area had at least 7 reported commercial burglaries in 2019.

In prior 12 month periods, LBPD crime stats indicate reported commercial burglaries below. Caveat: the Clark/Spring commercial center was undergoing major renovations for part of the 2017/2018 period. (Baja Sonora served its customers out of food trucks at the site.) The then-ongoing renovations preclude direct annual comparisons during this period.

2018 = 2
2017 = 5
2016 = 8
2015 = 4
2014 = 3
2013 = 1


Both of the burglarized businesses were open (and many customers) within hours of getting hit. LBREPORT.com encourages our readers to patronize them in a show of support for their owners and employees.

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