Business owner frustrated after burglar steals cash from Fresno store, attempts break-in at Clovis location

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE) – A Central Valley business owner is asking the public’s help to help find the man he says broke into his restaurant last week and tried again overnight.

Lewis Everk, the owner of the Jugo Juice and Salad Bar, says he caught the suspect on camera twice.

Everk says he’s frustrated the suspect isn’t in custody yet, but he says he thinks he found out why he was a target in the first place.

Surveillance video from his Clovis business shows the moment the suspect accidentally triggered an alarm while messing with the lockbox early Monday morning, running off before he even got inside.

But Everk says it wasn’t the case last week at his business in Fresno.

“Was able to break our alarm, get to the back, retrieve cash, employees’ tips and made off with a decent amount of money,” explained Everk.

Everk said since then he’s upped the security but says he thinks he knows why they were targeted in…

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