The Brief

PHOENIX - The search is on for burglars who hit three eyeglass shops in central Phoenix last week.

The backstory:

Village Eye Works is a family-run business that has been here since the 1980s. The owners said one week ago in the middle of the night, a man threw a rock through this back door and climbed through.

Security camera footage shows the suspect walk into the store and immediately start throwing glasses into a bag.

The owners said he seemed to know which brands he wanted to target, which made them wonder if he had been in the shop before.

Dig deeper:

Between the merchandise he took and the damage he did to the store, they estimate this cost them about $80,000.

Fortunately, they have insurance, and they are just glad no one was there when it happened. But they sai

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