THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022 A3
LocalNews
Spate of burglaries strikes downtown businesses
Sapphire necklace,
Halloween costumes,
candy among stolen items
“My cash box was gone,
a couple of books on
the floor. They got away
with a whole whopping
$14 in change.”
BY NICK ROSENBERGER
Redmond Spokesman
A string of break-ins hit nine
downtown Redmond businesses
over five consecutive days, from
Oct. 15-20.
The break-ins targeted
BrightSide Thrift Store, the
Redmond Bazaar and Spirit
Halloween, in addition to Fiesta
Mazatlan, Big O Bagels, Jody’s
Diner, Choice Car Wash and Sa-
lon Bliss.
Owners and store managers
estimate the burglar stole about
$5,000 from BrightSide and
$14 in change from the Red-
mond Bazaar. Spirit Halloween
store manager Jesse Newton
said the burglar stole a couple
Halloween costumes, candy,
$15 in change and broke all
but one of their cash registers.
Newton estimated the total
cost of the damages to be about
$4,000.
Newton said they put in a re-
quest from corporate for new
registers, but wasn’t sure they’d
be able to get them in time for
Halloween.
According to Newtown,
the burglar bent some metal
in the back of the store and
— Doug Elek, owner of
Redmond Bazaar
Nick Rosenberger/Spokesman
Jacob Powell, the manager of BrightSide Thrift Store, points at a safe that was destroyed and emptied by burglars on Oct. 19 in Redmond.
broke through the drywall to
get inside.
According to Jacob Pow-
ell, the manager of BrightSide
Thrift Store, about 11:40 p.m.
the burglar broke a window and
boosted themself into the store.
They stayed there until about
3:10 a.m., trying to break into
the safe with power tools.
The thrift store raises funds
for the nonprofit BrightSide An-
imal Shelter, which tries to help
pets find new homes.
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“It kind of hits you,” he said.
“It’s shocking.”
BrightSide had recently ac-
quired a vintage sapphire neck-
lace that Powell was about to get
appraised. He estimated it was
worth at least $4,000.
Powell said that when they
sold the necklace they were go-
ing to treat staff.
“It would’ve been nice to have
a good pizza party,” he said.
Now, the necklace is gone.
Powell, who has worked at
the store on and off for about
six years, said they deal with
people jumping over their
fence to steal donated items
on an almost daily basis. But
he said this was the first time
someone had broken into the
building itself.
Doug Elek, the owner of
Redmond Bazaar, said he’s
owned the business for 11 years
and never been broken into
before.
“My cash box was gone, a
couple of books on the floor,”
Elek said. “They got away with a
whole whopping $14 in change.”
RPD is asking for your help
in identifying and locating the
suspects responsible. If you
witnessed or have informa-
tion about these burglaries,
please contact RPD through
non-emergency dispatch,
541-693-6911.
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Reporter: ttrainor@
redmondspokesman.com
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