CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Thieves targeted several businesses along Ludlow Avenue in Clifton. Affected businesses include Adrian Durban Florist, Ajeet India Restaurant, Clifton Barbers and Sitwell’s Coffeehouse.
Megan Denham, general manager at Sitwell’s, said she met police at the coffeehouse around 5:45 a.m. Saturday. She said police recovered the cash register and are running tests on it, but the money was gone.
Denham said the thief also stole Sitwell’s security camera, but there is additional surveillance coverage up and down Ludlow Avenue.
Thieves targeted several businesses along Ludlow Avenue in Clifton. Affected businesses include Adrian Durban Florist, Ajeet India Restaurant, Clifton Barbers and Sitwell’s Coffeehouse. (WKRC)
“Obviously we don’t want this to happen because we’re a small business and a very community-based small business,” Denham said. “That’s kind of how the entirety of Ludlow is, too. It just sucks, but people are going to do what they’re going to do. Sometimes it’s just the price you pay of having a business.”
Louis, an employee at Two Seven Two Bakery, said this was not the first recent break-in in the area. He said there was a similar incident at a neighboring store the week before.
“I came to work one morning and there was just glass on the floor, the door was open, and I was like, ‘What’s going on here? This is weird,’” Louis said. “I was like, ‘I guess I should call the cops,’ so I did. I guess now this is happening more frequently, which is unfortunate.”
As of Saturday evening, Local 12 had not received confirmation of the incident from police.
