Pasadena Coffee Shop Hit By Third Burglary In Six Years

A masked burglar struck Highlight Coffee in Pasadena early Thursday morning, smashing through the front window and stealing the cash register in a brazen theft captured entirely on security cameras, according to KABC 7 News. The incident marks the third time Highlight Coffee has been targeted since opening six years ago.

“This is the third time that it’s happened, so you know, we kind of knew what was happening,” owner Frank Kim told ABC7 after rushing to his business after being woken up by the alarm company.

Security cameras captured the fast-moving burglar during the early morning break-in.

The video shows him shatter the front window and climb through, then walk behind the counter of the coffee shop and grab the cash register. The alarm went off seconds later as he escaped, according to the ABC7 report by Amy Powell.

“He broke the window, knew exactly where to go. Luckily, because of the last two robberies, we kind of prepared a little bit, and he didn’t get away with too much. But yeah, he was in and out,” Kim said.

Despite the setback, Kim immediately called someone to repair the window, cleaned up the mess, and opened for business as normal on Thursday.

So far, no arrests have been made in connection with the latest break-in, ABC7 reported.

Highlight Coffee was hit with a similar burglary two years ago, and another one just months after the shop opened in 2019, according to the news report.