Home > News OMAHA, NE – Douglas County authorities are investigating a string of burglaries on Omaha’s northwest side. Local business owners say someone hit several of them early Sunday morning. At least three were broken into at 144 th and Fort. The suspect smashed windows to get in, taking money, electronics, and other items.   “This is my second home. And I take pride in this. This is my business,” said Lori Bruner at Aqua-Tots Swimming School.   Bruner spent part of Monday combing through her security camera footage. Around 3:30 a.m. Sunday the video shows a man enter the business, grab the cash box and leave. Bruner said the burglar also took an iPod from her office.   “You can see what he was wearing, see the build a little bit,” she said Monday afternoon pointing to the security footage.   It took the man just minutes to hit three businesses near 144 th and Fort.   “We all work. They can do the same thing instead of stealing money from people who work really hard,” said Shari Preister who runs Cuppycakes Sweet Boutique.   The glass of Preister’s pastry case was still shattered Monday. The repairs will take time.   Douglas County Sheriff Tim Dunning said via phone Monday afternoon officers continued the investigation Monday afternoon. They did not have a suspect in the burglaries. Sheriff Dunning said more than a thousand dollars of cash and products were taken, along with electronics and even a gun. […]

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