Burglars target antique, collectibles business in Riverside
An antique and collectibles business in Riverside is pleading for help, hoping someone can identify burglars that have broken into the store twice over the last month. Surveillance footage shows thieves smash through glass doors in February and then, again last Friday. They stole high-end valuables and some rare movie props that were on display inside the shop. “Glass everywhere. My building was ransacked, everything I worked hard to put in here was just thrown everywhere,” said Sharonne Leibscher, owner of Annie Rooster’s Sally Anne’s Antiques, Collectibles & More. The business owner said she still gets emotional about the burglaries and estimates that she’s out more than $40,000 because of stolen merchandise and costly repairs to her store. “The first one happened February 22. I received a phone call from property management stating that my building had been broken into,” Leibscher said. She arrived that day to find shattered glass and items, like clothing, handbags, jewelry, old coins, vintage paper money and home goods items that were boxed up stolen. The store owner said the thieves even used her own boxes to