Love Connection Lingerie, an grownup retail retailer situated at 8244 Santa Monica Blvd, was the goal of vandals once more this previous weekend. An individual or individuals tried to smash their entrance window however missed, as an alternative smashing the “L” on their Love Connection signage, breaking the sunshine fixture.
Proprietor Ron Arouas tells WEHO TIMES that the incident occurred this previous weekend, and he first seen it on Monday morning. He has not reported the incident to the West Hollywood sheriff’s Station as a result of he doesn’t consider they are going to be useful since cameras didn’t seize the incident. “They haven’t been unhelpful on this scenario and all the time request that I present video,” he mentioned. “With out that, there’s nothing they will do.”
Love Connection West Hollywood Vandalized – WEHO TIMES
Love Connection West Hollywood Vandalized – WEHO TIMESHe added that he’s wanting into investing in additional cameras and recording techniques particularly identified in direction of the road to see if he might presumably catch whoever is focusing on his retailer.
That is the fifth assault previously 4 months the place vandals have tried to smash the shop’s home windows.
Video footage dated October 12 reveals an worker being hit within the again with what turned out to be a marble whereas closing the shop at 11:09 p.m. “I feel it was destined for one among my home windows and it hit my worker,” Arouas advised WEHO TIMES. “He thought he acquired shot.”
A second occasion occurred on October 30 at 2:08 p.m. “I used to be doing a day shift, and I heard a thud up towards the constructing,” he mentioned. “I ran exterior and noticed a rock rolling again into the road that bounced off my wall. At that time, I used to be like, ‘wow, any individual’s actually focusing on the enterprise.’”
He added that a few nights later, the enterprise subsequent door had its window smashed. He believes the rock was geared toward them, however the vandal missed.
Video footage on October 30 at 2:08 p.m. reveals a telephone charger being thrown on the window. He mentioned he hoped the sheriff’s might fingerprint the charger, however he was advised that there have been not sufficient assets to fingerprint an merchandise except it concerned a murder.
Arouas says he offers with shoplifters, the unhoused, and people who act out sexually in his retailer, however these current assaults are completely different and smack of some form of hate crime.
Love Connection first opened in West Hollywood in 2004. Arouas co-owns the shop along with his mom, who’s Jewish.
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