‘They’re Just Not Afraid’: Burglars Hitting St. Paul Restaurants, Prompting Owner’s Call For City To Do More

CBS Minnesota

February 7, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The owner of a popular St. Paul brunch spot burglarized overnight says criminals are getting too brazen — and he has the surveillance video to prove it.

The Gnome Craft Pub on Selby Avenue, a popular St. Paul brunch spot, was burglarized at about 3 a.m. Sunday. Owner Brian Ingram, who owns Purpose Driven Restaurants, says this overnight robbery is the second at one of his businesses in the past week. Two thieves broke into The Gnome’s third-floor office and ripped out a 400-pound safe that was bolted to the ground. They dragged it down all three flights of stairs and got the safe into a car parked out back. The safe held all the cash set aside for staff tips.

“It’s not the money that they’re stealing, it’s the damage they do to the building when you bust holes in walls and rip doors off,” Ingram said.

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