Thieves target 3 businesses in downtown Decatur, police say [Video]

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – Three businesses in downtown Decatur were targeted by thieves last weekend, the city’s police department said.

Near 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, officers were called to at least two of the stores after their commercial burglary alarms went off. The thieves shattered glass windows to get into a neighboring American Deli and Rebel Teahouse off E Ponce de Leon Avenue, police said. They also broke into a Dairy Queen off E Trinity Place, about a quarter mile south of the other two businesses.

Security footage from Rebel Teahouse shows two people dressed in black breaking through the store’s front glass door. They vaulted over the service counter, appearing to take large wads of cash from a safe before running away through the front door. The entire operation took a little over a minute.

Christine Nguyen, the owner of Rebel Teahouse, said watching the video was …