Burglar breaks into Black Bear Diner

A break in at the Black Bear Diner!

A thief making off with almost a thousand dollars.

Black bear diner!

A thief making off with almost a thousand dollars.

Action news now reporter ana torrea is live in redding at the black bear diner... anaãhow did the thief get in?

Through the roof!

This evening: police are investigation what happened* after the general manager came in early on monday and found parts of the ceiling scattered on the floor and a gaping hole in the roof.

Take so* trt: 09 charity smith shift lead at black bear diner i think we were more so dumbfounded that had happened, that somebody put the effort in to climb our roof to, cut holes in the ceiling the black bear dinerãopen for business today - even after someone stole its security cameras and 750- dollars.

And employees say: the theft feels personal.

Take so* trt: 08 charity smith shift lead at black bear diner it's more of a hurt on us, because we work hard for our money and when you'er stealing from our business you're stealing from each employee.

Ana stand u* trt:21 ana torrea @atorreanews this is the hole that the suspect has made and you can tell its completely covered up.

The black bear diner says they believe he cut the hole made his way inside into the office and that's when he found where they black diner stored their petty cash.

And that's when he took off with the money.

And it could have been worse.

Take so* trt:06 charity smith shift lead at black bear diner but then relieved to know that just petty cash was stolen and not all of our big bank deposits from the weekend.

Customers tell action news now they wanted to show their support take so* trt:06 martin flack regular customer i heard about it today and i came right in to eat because it's such a wonderful atmosphere and the food's good.

But some say this happens too much take so* trt:06 martin flack regular customer i'm sorry for their loss// they're warning people.

We have to watch out for that kind of stuff here in redding across the town the black bear diner's been at this spot for about 25 years.

And this is the first time its been robbed.

Trt: 09 charity smith shift lead at black bear diner i think we were more so dumbfounded that had happened, that somebody put the effort in to climb our roof to, cut holes in the ceiling the black bear dinerãopen for business today - even after someone stole its security cameras and 750- dollars.

And employees say: the theft feels personal.

Take so* trt: 08 charity smith shift lead at black bear diner it's more of a hurt on us, because we work hard for our money and when you'er stealing from our business you're stealing from each employee.

Ana stand u* trt:21 ana torrea @atorreanews this is the hole that the suspect has made and you can tell its completely covered up.

The black bear diner says they believe he cut the hole made his way inside into the office and that's when he found where they black diner stored their petty cash.

And that's when he took off with the money.

And it could have been worse.

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Live in redding, ana torrea, action news now coverage you can count on police tell action news now they do have a suspect in mind -- but they don't think there is any connection between the suspect and the diner or it's management.#