LCSO Investigates Ashburn Restaurant Break-In

Another restaurant in Ashburn was broken in to during the night on September 21st, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s office. A side glass door to a restaurant was damaged and a cash register and its contents were taken from a restaurant located in the 43100 block of Broadlands Center Plaza.

The case is under investigation.

LCSO is advising commercial businesses and restaurants to remove all monies from the cash register when the business is closed and leave the registers open to prevent further damage, according to the Sherriff’s office.

This warning comes in light of the five burglaries targeting Asian businesses in the past few weeks that occurred during the overnight hours.

The first break-in was reported on September 11th at the Good Fortune Chinese Restaurant in Junction Plaza in Ashburn, followed by similar burglaries at King’s Buffet in Sterling and Hunan Village Restaurant in Ashburn’s Piccadilly plaza. In all three burglaries, the suspect(s) entered by damaging the glass door and removing money from registers.

Three more break-ins at Asian establishments were reported on September 17th, according to police reports.

An Indian restaurant, a Chinese takeout restaurant and a nail salon were all broken in to in the 45600 block W. Church Rd. in Sterling.

Two cash registers were taken from two of the businesses and cash was taken from each business.

These incidents are possibly related to burglaries that targeted similar locations in the Ashburn and Sterling areas.

The LCSO also encourages residents and business owners to report all suspicious activity by calling 703-777-1021.