{"id":2024541,"date":"2023-09-07T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/string-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek\/"},"modified":"2023-09-07T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:10:33","slug":"string-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/string-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek\/","title":{"rendered":"Downtown Walnut Creek&#8217;s Safety Questioned Amidst Burglary Spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstring-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2024541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Restaurants in Downtown Walnut Creek Targeted in Recent Burglaries<\/h2>\n<p>Several restaurants in downtown Walnut\u200b Creek, California, have\u200b fallen victim to a series of burglaries, leaving owners\u2062 shocked and concerned. The\u2062 incidents occurred between July 16 and 24, as\u2062 well as on August 7.<\/p>\n<h3>Impacted Establishments<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>De Afghanan\u2062 Kabob House<\/li>\n<li>Melos Italian Table<\/li>\n<li>Ramen Hiroshi<\/li>\n<li>Lita<\/li>\n<li>Vinous \u200dReverie Wine Merchant<\/li>\n<li>Tellus Coffee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The owners of these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/restaurants-and-community-members-feed-those-in-need-after-ala-tornado\/\" title=\"Restaurants and community members feed those in need after Ala. tornado\">establishments<\/a> have shared their experiences with \u2063The Epoch Times. Additionally, the San Francisco Creamery has also reported incidents of &#8220;dine and dash&#8221; behavior.<\/p>\n<h3>Owner Testimonials<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Gaetano Piccolo, owner of Melos Italian\u2062 Table, expressed his \u2063concerns, stating, &#8220;People are \u2064saying that you have to \u2063be\u2063 a little bit more careful now, that Walnut \u200cCreek\u2064 was a much safer\u200d place\u200b to be, but now there\u2019s \u200da little \u2062bit more criminal activity going on and you have to be a little bit more careful about your stuff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mr. Piccolo discovered the burglary\u2064 when his \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/string-of-burglaries-calls-into-question-the-safety-of-downtown-walnut-creek\/\" title=\"Downtown Walnut Creek's Safety Questioned Amidst Burglary Spree\">alarm company called<\/a> him at 4 a.m. The burglars\u2063 had broken \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-demand-fbi-secret-service-records-on-alleged-hunter-biden-gun-incident\/\" title=\"GOP Senators Demand FBI, Secret Service Records On Alleged Hunter Biden Gun Incident\">lock box<\/a>, entered the \u2064restaurant\u200d using \u2064the\u200c key, and stolen his first shipment of alcohol for \u2064the new restaurant and bar. Fortunately, the loss was limited\u200b to approximately $1000 worth of goods.<\/p>\n<p>Hiroshi Tun, owner\u2062 of Ramen Hiroshi, expressed his disappointment, saying, &#8220;Walnut Creek is not safe anymore.&#8221; His restaurant experienced a break-in on July 19, resulting in the theft of cash, an iPad, and Bluetooth\u2063 speakers valued at around $3,500.<\/p>\n<p>Wais\u2062 Omar, owner of De Afghanan Kabob \u2063House, shared his \u2064disbelief, stating, &#8220;When I \u2062tell my friends or \u200bfamily, nobody\u200d believes \u2062me, because\u2062 nobody expects \u2062something \u200cto happen \u200cin Walnut Creek.&#8221; His restaurant was also targeted\u200c using the same method as \u200cthe others, with the burglars breaking\u2063 open the lock box to gain access.<\/p>\n<p>Igor Ivanov, owner of Vinous Reverie Wine Merchant, expressed his frustration, saying, &#8220;This year\u200b it\u2019s the smaller businesses that are \u200bbeing hit.&#8221;\u200c His\u2064 store was \u2063broken into on July\u2062 18, \u2063resulting in the theft\u200d of the cash register and approximately $2,000\u2063 worth of damages.<\/p>\n<h3>Increased Security\u200b Measures<\/h3>\n<p>In\u200d response to these incidents, the affected owners \u2064have taken steps\u200d to enhance the\u200d security of their establishments. Measures include removing\u2063 lock boxes, changing \u2064locks, adding deadbolts,\u200b increasing security cameras, and updating door security.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the arrest of \u200done suspect, the investigation\u200b into these \u200dburglaries \u2062is ongoing, \u2063with additional unidentified \u2062suspects still being \u200dsought.<\/p>\n<p>These incidents serve as a reminder \u2063that even in seemingly safe neighborhoods, businesses must remain\u200b vigilant and take necessary \u2063precautions to \u200cprotect \u200cthemselves from\u2064 criminal activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurants in downtown Walnut Creek, CA, were shocked by a recent wave of burglaries. Occurring between July 16-24 and Aug. 7, targeted establishments included De Afghanan Kabob House, Melos Italian Table, Ramen Hiroshi, Lita, Vinous Reverie Wine Merchant, and Tellus Coffee. Owners expressed their concerns about the incidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2328,"featured_media":2024542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2024541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2328"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2024541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2024541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2024542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2024541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2024541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2024541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}