Security footage caught thieves stealing an ATM from the Balboa Market in the San Fernando Valley early morning Friday, using a van to rip off part of the store’s entrance for the heist.
Police said a call came in around 3:07 a.m. reporting the damage and two white vans leaving the neighborhood market in the 7600 block of Balboa Boulevard.
The Los Angeles Police Department said officers arrived and took a burglary report, but have not yet provided information on what was stolen.
The owners of the market, however, said they lost $3,500 in the heist and the thieves caused $20,000 in damages.
Footage of the aftermath showed the liquor and flower section nearly destroyed.
“We work every day and we come to work not expecting stuff like this to happen,” the night manager told KTLA’s Rick Chambers. “But I guess there’s people out there that don’t care.”
This ATM theft is one of many that have taken place within the area recently, where vehicles ram the store or use chains to rip outdoors.
Balboa Market has already managed to clean the destruction and boarded up the windows.
Employees told KTLA they hope the owners can overcome the loss and they encourage community members to help give the recovering shop some business.
