Police are looking for two men who they said visited an Atlanta restaurant at least five times within a month and stole valuables from cars in the parking lot.
Surveillance video outside of LLoyd’s Restaurant and Lounge in the 900 block of DeKalb Avenue captured the two men arriving, peeping into parked cars with flashlights and smashing windows.
The first of the break-ins occurred March 15, when two customers told police they found their windows broken when they returned to their cars, according to a police report obtained Tuesday by AJC.com. One man said a bag and handbag were taken from his Jeep Grand Cherokee. The second man said a Lenovo laptop was taken from his Suzuki Aerio.
Video appears to show the burglars arrive that night in two cars, a white Nissan Rogue and a silver Nissan Altima. One man gets out of each car, and they meet in the middle of the parking lot and speak briefly. Then, they use the flashlights on their cellphones to look into cars before smashing the windows and stealing items inside.
Just four days later, a man who had rented a silver Infiniti called police to report another break-in outside the restaurant. He told officers the right rear window of the car had been smashed in, and a bag with his laptop, passport and social security card was missing. The next day, officers were dispatched to LLoyd’s again, when a woman said her laptop had been stolen from her Ford Mustang.
According to incident reports, the burglars returned March 26 and April 1, again breaking into cars and stealing laptops.
Four of the five cases were captured on a surveillance camera.
Atlanta police are still trying to find the men involved.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Atlanta police. Tipsters can remain anonymous, and be eligible for rewards of up to $2,000, by contacting Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577-8477, texting information to 274637 or visiting the Crime Stoppers website.
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