CLARK COUNTY — Criminals spent so long breaking into an ice cream shop that they scooped their own ice cream.
As reported on News Center 7 at 6, Saturday night, criminals cut electrical lines and broke into Lee Ann’s Dairy Delight.
“They had pulled the whole electric box off cut the wires, they took our AT&T box for our credit card system. They cut that they took the cameras inside,” Randi Woods-Lopez, co-owner of Le Ann’s Dairy Delight.
Woods-Lopez said unfortunately break-ins are becoming a regular occurrence for them.
She said this is the sixth time in three months the shop has been targeted.
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“I prayed, what can you do? This is our livelihood. We have to keep going there. There’s no shutting down. There’s no stopping,” Woods-Lopez said.
The Lopez family has even changed interior features to keep people out.
“We put boards up instead of windows where they had broken the windows, trying to deter them,” Woods-Lopez said.
Springfield police said they are aware of the break-ins.
Customer Babara Sanger feels for the owners.
“They’re the nicest folks, I cannot believe that they keep getting broken into this is horrible,” Sanger said.
Woods-Lopez said there have been talks about moving locations, but they cannot afford to move due to the cost of constant repairs and replacing stolen items.
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