Business owners were on high alert in the Simi Valley area after three salons were targeted by a smash-and-grab burglar during the early morning hours Wednesday.
Starting shortly after midnight, the windows and door of a salon in the 1700 block of Los Angeles Avenue were smashed out triggering an alarm. Officials from the Simi Valley Police Department arrived to find the cash register dismantled in disarray on the floor.
Surveillance video captured a man in a light colored baggy shirt and dark colored pants in the building for less than 40 seconds from the time the windows and door were broken, Sgt. Jeff Dominick from the Simi Valley PD said.
Cash was not at the location during the attempted theft and the burglar may have moved on to another location, according to officials.
A man with the same description from the salon targeted around midnight was captured on a second surveillance video in the 5900 block of Los Angeles Avenue where two other salons were burglarized in a similar fashion within hours of the first location.
"What he has against nail salons, massage parlors, I'm not sure," Dominick said.
Only one of the salons from second location had cash on site. Around $1,000 was taken from the register of that business, Dominick said.
Detectives will take over the investigation and review both videos as well as any evidence left at the sites.
Officials are asking anyone with information to contact the Simi Valley PD at 805-583-6950.