Newton Pizza Shop Burglarized Twice In 10 Days

NEWTON, MA – The Newton Police Department is currently investigating two burglary incidents of Stone L’Oven Pizza located at 1649 Beacon St., according to Newton Police.

The first incident occurred March 10 at approximately 3:30 a.m. The second occurred earlier this morning at 12:41 a.m., according to the police.

The burglars smashed a window on the front door of the pizza shop to enter the building, and stole multiple bottles of liquor, police said.

Store owner Al Gionai told Patch the burglars stole a few hundred dollars worth of liquor in both instances and about $300 to $400 in damages to the store.

"Employees are okay, we're still open, we still operate, and thankfully this happened when we were closed," Gionai said. "There was no one at the store [when it was burglarized], but it's still discouraging. We're trying to make a living and we're grinding day in day out, and to deal with this, it's not something we want to be dealing with."

Gionai said his goal is to raise awareness in the community to stop the burglars from doing this again.

He said he is trying to to look on the bright side of things and said he feels bad for the people who burglarized his store, but can't help but feel "violated."

"The second time around, it almost feels like this becomes a habit," Gionai said.

Investigators believe the two incidents are connected, and are looking for the individuals.

Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to please call NPD Detectives at 617-796-2104 or leave a message on the anonymous TIP Line at 617-796-2121.