The general manager of Venice's Baja Cantina said the restaurant beefed up security after a recent break-in, but they never thought they'd have to fortify the roof.
through a skylight on the roof, raided the cabinets of top-shelf liquor, caused thousands of dollars in damage, and passed out on the floor until police arrived to arrest him. It was the thief’s second break-in at the same restaurant in a week.
Security video showed two feet dangling from the ceiling of Venice’s Baja Cantina early Sunday morning, moments before the thief lowered himself inside. He then headed straight for the bar, pulling out multiple bottles of top-shelf liquor and drinking directly from them. For the next hour and a half, the increasingly intoxicated intruder downed multiple bottles, smoked cigarettes, broke a refrigerator, and caused thousands of dollars' worth of damage.
Sanchez wasn’t surprised when he recognized the crook. He spotted him the night before, screaming and wandering in the middle of Washington Boulevard with no pants on. "It’s shocking, but the worst part is that you begin to normalize it," he said of the increasingly disturbing encounters locals have had with the homeless population.The same homeless suspect was seen on security video swiping a bottle of expensive Mezcal from the same restaurant just last week.
Since then, the restaurant beefed up its security measures, but no one thought the roof needed to be included. Sanchez wonders where it’s going to stop. "If you’re building a fortress here, how inviting is that? Yeah, you’re safe, but will that be inviting to people? Is that what we want to portray to the hundreds of thousands of tourists and families that come out here? ‘Oh, you have a prison - you’re safe inside - but once you walk out those doors, it’s the Wild West,’" Sanchez said. that I have read and agree