THREE Nepean Hwy restaurants were burgled last week. On Monday 25 July thieves jemmied open the front doors of the Riceberry Cafe, Edithvale. They ran behind the counter and stole the cash register containing $50 float money and escaped through the front door, 11pm. Police are examining CCTV footage of the incident which shows a Caucasian man wearing a hoodie and possibly driving a lowered red Commodore.
Overnight Saturday 30 July the Bonbeach Cafe was broken into and $200 till money stolen. The offender entered through the front door and searched a store room and office where he pulled out plugs, possibly in an attempt to disable computers and CCTV cameras. Police say he was wearing a fluoro jacket and had his face covered.
Early Sunday 31 July an offender jemmied open the front door of the Thai Rose café in Chelsea and stole $400 from cash registers and a tips jar.
First published in the Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News – 3 August 2016
