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MIDVALE — Three small businesses in Midvale are reeling after a man smashed their windows.
It happened near 7100 South and State Street on Monday night. Security footage from Sagato's Bakery & Cafe shows the man hitting a window with a rock and kicking it, breaking it enough to get in. He apparently did the same thing at Alexander's Pet Salon and EZ Pawn.
Verona Sagato-Mauga is the owner of the bakery, which opened its doors in 2018. She said watching the video was upsetting.
"It's like a punch in the gut," Sagato-Mauga said. Then she realized the man didn't stop there. Then he came inside.
"He comes right through the window, walks straight past here, doesn't look at any of our items or anything and goes straight to the office," Sagato-Mauga said.
She said the man rummaged through papers and files in the office, among other things.
"Walks around a little bit, heads into our walk-in refrigerator, takes a sausage roll and then he leaves," she said.
But he's not done with his spree of destruction. He does the same thing next door at Alexander's Pet Groomer and EZ Pawn; lots of damage, nothing missing.
The window will cost a couple of thousand dollars to fix. That's on top of the business cost from closing, which is a big hit for a small family business. But, Sagato-Mauga said the response from customers and friends has been overwhelming.
"In times like this, when bad things happen, it's so nice to have a wonderful community to fall back on, and it helps you to realize like, things are OK."
Unified police are looking over surveillance video and working on leads.
