{"id":320634,"date":"2025-10-21T07:43:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/320634\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:43:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:43:16","slug":"5-points-businesses-on-high-alert-after-string-of-recent-break-ins-jso-investigating-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/320634\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Points businesses on high alert after string of recent break ins; JSO investigating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.<\/strong> \u2013 Several businesses in Jacksonville\u2019s 5 Points neighborhood have fallen victim to a series of break-ins, with the latest target being a popular local coffee shop that sustained thousands in damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">BREW Five Points, a fixture in the community for 11 years, said the business was left with approximately $3,000 in property damage after burglars shattered windows and stole cash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the damage, the coffee shop remained open for business, with staff quickly cleaning up the debris.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIn all the 11 years, there is a first time for everything,\u201d the business posted on Instagram, detailing the break-in and damage to the shop.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The Jacksonville Sheriff\u2019s Office (JSO) is investigating multiple similar incidents in the area. According to JSO data, several burglaries have been reported near or in Riverside since Sept. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Pattaya Thai restaurant became another target on Oct. 13 around 3 a.m., when surveillance footage captured a suspect using a cinder block to break through the front door\u2019s glass windows before stealing cash from the premises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Just minutes later, at 3:40 a.m., Sake House restaurant reported a similar break-in, with perpetrators targeting a side entrance and using the same method \u2013 a cinder block to shatter the glass door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Local customers have rallied to support the affected businesses. \u201cIt\u2019s sad how someone could do that,\u201d said Maren, a regular patron at BREW Five Points, who planned to continue supporting the establishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">JSO is actively investigating these incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Anyone with information about these burglaries is urged to contact JSO at 904-630-0500.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Several businesses in Jacksonville\u2019s 5 Points neighborhood have fallen victim to a series of break-ins,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":320635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5136],"tags":[5229,3188,723,7310,27607,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-320634","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-fl","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-jacksonville","12":"tag-riverside","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115411039849831712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}