Suspects at large after El Centro sports shop burglarized
Karina Bazarte
EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA) – Police are looking for multiple suspects after a sports store in El Centro was robbed.
The El Centro Police Department (ECPD) says several suspects stole a truck from Brawley and another car from El Centro.
Abdin Aziz, the owner of Rainbow Sports, says he received a call from the alarm company saying something had happened at his store and that they were calling the police.
“I said well wait let me see what is going on because sometimes I do received false so then they did not dispatch the police and when I checked the camera then I did see something wrong with the store like lots of clothing in the floor,” said Aziz.
Police say the suspects used the truck to crashed into the Rainbow Sports store located on South Imperial Avenue and West Hamilton Avenue near Wilson Junior High School.
The crash created an opening and causing significant damage.
The owner says the suspects were able to steal more than two-thousand worth of merchandise.
“This is our baby…Yes, we lost a lot of money, but at the same time, the interaction with the customers like everyday. We have people who come like everyday. We know people who became like friends so when someone comes to destroy. We say like our cozy nest…this is our nest,” Aziz expressed.
Police says once the suspects left the scene they also took both vehicles with them.
ECPD later recovered both vehicles, the stolen truck was recovered in El Centro and the car was located in Brawley.
Meanwhile, the store says they are still open and have created a go fund me for the owner of the truck.
“Like he mentioned, he only had liability for the van so the van is completely totaled and the last thing I do know of is that is being held in an impound place and he’s being charged…Do you know daily,” said Britteny Farias, manager of Rainbow Sports.
The owner of the truck and he mentioned he uses the truck to drive his three children. To find the GoFundMe, click the link.