CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have one man in custody after he allegedly tried to burglarize multiple stores at a strip mall in Coral Springs.
The strip mall in the area of West Atlantic Boulevard and Coral Ridge Drive was reportedly targeted on Wednesday morning.
An employee at a Domino’s store located in the strip mall could be seen picking up debris from the shattered storefront door.
Officials said 30-year-old Antwan Holston was taken into custody after his vehicle was identified on surveillance video.
The suspect appeared in bond court on Thursday, where he faced multiple burglary charges.
Holston allegedly broke into three businesses and attempted to enter two others.
“Well, they broke the glass door from the front of the store, they looked all around the place, they didn’t touch anything, he didn’t find anything and he left,” said the owner of an international shipping store at the strip mall.
After leaving the Domino’s store empty-handed, he then fled to hit up another store at a different shopping center.
“They told me to please not go in [because] there was a break-in,” said Diane Fortner who works at Pete’s Place Family Restaurant. “They took me over to the side and asked me who I exactly was.”
The side glass door at the restaurant was left shattered but, again, nothing was taken.
The restaurant’s owner was quick to get the door repaired in time for breakfast.
“It’s a little scary, but I’m glad they caught him,” Fortner said. “It’s a good thing, especially for the vendors around here.”
Coral Springs Police said no property or money was taken due to the businesses taking part in their “Open and Empty” program.
Holston has been charged with five counts of burglary and one count of resisting arrest without violence. Police believe he is responsible for more than 60 burglaries since he was released from state prison in June 2018.
Investigators said they found a crowbar, a mask and gloves inside Holston’s vehicle.
He is being held at the Broward County Jail on $52,000 bond.
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