HOUSTON — New videos show the moments alleged thieves were bear-crawling on the floor at a local pizza parlor before allegedly stealing bottles of liquor.
Bollo Woodfired Pizza Owner Ray Salti said he posted the video in hopes of catching those behind the crime. He said they have dealt with break-ins before but never one where someone was bear-crawling.
West Alabama Street is home to Salti. He’s run Bollo Woodfired Pizza here for nearly a decade.
“Love the community, love the area. I love everybody around here,” Salti said.
What he doesn’t love so much is a video showing a number of people breaking into his restaurant Wednesday morning before bear-crawling on the floor.
The group is later seen in another video loading up a bag with what Salti said are liquor bottles.
“They knew exactly what they were doing, you know, they knew we had sensors and they knew how to avoid them,” Salti said.
When asked if he'd ever seen something like that happen before, Salti said he had.
“Every year, we have at least two break-ins. But this time around they stole stuff, they took stuff,” Salti said.
“In the past, people have broken in, you think, maybe looking for cash?” KHOU 11 reporter Amanda Henderson asked.
“Looking for cash but we don't have cash, you know,” Salti said.
The restaurant has a number of cameras and sensors inside and outside. Salti said he has another idea on how to stop the constant break-ins.
“There's a lot of things, I think, uh, you know, the city can help do, but it's, it requires more officers to patrol the area,” Salti said.
In the meantime, people are checking in to see how they can help. Even during our interview with Salti, he was getting texts and calls.
“Everybody is calling me because of it, you know, because of this,” Salti said.
It's a reminder to Salti why he loves his community and the people he meets within it.
“The glass guy, he came within the hour and he's, he's also a customer of ours. He knows you know, when I call him at 7 in the morning, he knows somebody broke into his restaurant, you know,” Salti said.
Salti said when they install a new glass panel some security sensors will also be included.
Houston police said at this time there’s no evidence tying this break-in to any similar crimes but they are investigating.