SAN ANTONIO – Business owners at North Star Mall had to spend part of Monday morning cleaning up the damage caused by a pair of overnight burglary suspects.
San Antonio police say at least 12 businesses, mostly kiosks, were targeted during the break-in which happened around 3:30 a.m.
SAPD: Man, juvenile arrested after breaking into North Star Mall, stealing $2,000 in jewelry
“The kiosks were mainly just dismantled for absolutely no reason. They were grabbing glass panes and throwing them all around the mall, just trying to damage whatever they could find,” said Sgt. Gabriel Rosas with SAPD. “They tried a couple of the registers. They broke TVs. They broke a couple of other items from the kiosks themselves.”
Police were first notified of the burglary by mall security, who spotted the suspects on surveillance cameras.
When officers arrived, they noticed the glass door to a mall entrance had been smashed with rocks.
They say they then heard a commotion and found the two suspects, a man and a juvenile, still inside the mall.
In addition to causing the damage, the pair also got inside a jewelry store and helped themselves to merchandise, police said.
“One of them was able to slide underneath one of the metal railings,” Rosas said. “They were able to get a couple of thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry, and it was returned to the owners.”
After police took the two suspects into custody, they gave them each a pair of bracelets, handcuffs, for the ride to jail.