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Several Athens Businesses Burglarized; Reward For Arrests Offered


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Athens County Crime Solvers Anonymous is asking for help and offering a reward to solve a series of break-ins.

Since mid-November, 8 businesses have reported burglaries or attempted burglaries while they were closed.

According to the press release:

  • On November 19, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at the Sol Restaurant and Bar which is located at 700 E. State St. It was determine at approximately 5:00 AM on this date a male subject forcibly entered the business and stole several alcoholic beverages. The suspect was wearing dark colored jogging style pants and a hooded sweatshirt.
  • On November 24, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a second complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at the Sol Restaurant and Bar. It was determined a suspect forcibly entered the business at approximately 6:20 AM and he was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.
  • On November 24, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at O’Betty’s Red Hot restaurant which is located at 15 W. State St. Between 3:00 AM and 6:30 AM on November 24, individual(s) forcibly entered the business and took an undisclosed amount of money.
  • On November 28 2019, a man stole items after forcibly entering Brenen’s Coffee Café on Court Street at approximately 8:30 PM.
  • On December 8, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at Fish N Stuff which is located at 4 Station St. The business had been forcibly entered between 8:30 PM on December 7 and 11:30 AM on December 8. The individual(s) stole an undisclosed amount of money.
  • On December 15, 2019 at 5:20 AM, the Athens Police Department responded to an activated burglary alarm at the Smoke Zone Smoke Shop which is located at 80 N. Court St. Officers discovered signs an individual(s) was attempting to forcibly enter the business but was not successful. 6. On December 15, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at the Silver Serpent which is located at 728 E. State St. The business had been forcibly entered between 10 :00 PM on December 14 and 8:00 AM on December 15 and an undisclosed amount of money was stolen.
  • On December 15, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at the Hilltop Quick Change which is located at 161 N. Lancaster St. The incident occurred between 3:00 PM on December 14 and noon on December 15.
  • On December 16, 2019, the Athens Police Department received a complaint of a breaking and entering that occurred at OMG! Rotisserie which is located at 139 Columbus Rd. It appears the business was illegally entered and items stolen between December 14 and December 16.

Athens County Crime Solvers Anonymous is offering $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest in these cases. The phone number is (740) 594 – 3331.

You can also look up details online at www.crimesolversofathens.org