Crime & Safety

Business Burglary Hits Ramona Family Naturals

The natural heath foods store was broken into sometime between Aug. 13 and 14.

was broken into sometime between Aug. 13 and 14, according to store owner Robert Bradley.

The store's front window was shattered by the vandal.

Bradley told Patch that his alarm never went off, though the burglar didn't seem to take anything

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"It doesn't look like anything was disturbed or taken," Bradley said, aside from the broken window.

Bradley also told Patch that there was blood on the broken glass and that a sheriff's deputy had taken blood samples.

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Patch is still waiting for a response from the sheriff's department.

A generous customer, Doug Banker, came and boarded up the window for Ramona Family Naturals and Get Savvy started a website to raise funds to replace the glass.

Ramona Family Naturals is later this summer, tentatively Sept. 1, to 6th and D streets.

This business burglary is one of many that have taken place in Ramona in recent weeks.

show that multiple businesses have been burglarized, robbed or vandalized in the past two weeks, including:

  • July 31: Burglary at 1000 block of Main Street. The AM/PM convenience market had $15 worth of liquor stolen from it.
  • Aug. 1: Armed robbery was reported at 1800 block of Main Street. Miscellaneous items were stolen in an armed robbery at Kmart.
  • Aug. 2: Arson was reported at the 1200 block of Main Street. $5,000 worth of damage was caused by fire at Molly Malone's Bar.
  • Aug. 3: Petty theft was reported at the 1600 block of Main Street. A minor stole $37.49 worth of items from Rite-Aid. They were recovered.
  • Aug. 4: Burglary/vandalism reported at 400 block of Aqua Lane. The Ramona Outdoor Community Center was burglarized.
  • Aug. 7: Burglary was reported at 600 block Main Street. Miscellaneous items and building material worth more than $300 were stolen from Animal Artistry.


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