Dallas Restaurants Targeted by Same Suspects in Overnight Burglaries

Overnight Burglaries in Dallas

• 🚨 Two Dallas restaurants, Tacos Juancho in Oak Lawn and Tomateros Seafood Restaurant on S. Buckner, were burglarized on the same night.
• ⏱️ The incidents occurred just after 2:00 a.m. on a Tuesday, with suspects arriving in a stolen van.

Tacos Juancho Burglary

• 🔨 At Tacos Juancho, suspects used a sledgehammer to smash a safe bolted to the ground, stealing close to $3,000 in cash.
• 🚪 They gained entry by prying open a side door and were captured on infrared camera breaking through the office door.
• 🚨 A burglar alarm sounded 30 seconds after they began smashing the safe.

Tomateros Seafood Restaurant Burglary

• 🔗 Surveillance footage from Tacos Juancho led to a report from Tomateros Seafood Restaurant, indicating the same suspects were involved.
• 🛠️ At Tomateros, suspects used a pry bar to break through the front door and stole an empty cash register.

Previous Incidents and Impact

• ⚠️ This was the second robbery for Tacos Juancho in just five months, with a previous incident in September involving a single suspect taking a cash register and a small office safe.
• 🚧 Tacos Juancho is also facing challenges due to ongoing road construction impacting business.
• 🙏 Restaurant staff expressed frustration over the hard work being taken advantage of and hope for police investigation and wider reach of the surveillance video.