{"id":547316,"date":"2026-03-19T18:48:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547316\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T18:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:48:39","slug":"video-restaurant-owner-says-home-hit-multiple-times-by-armed-intruders-in-brampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547316\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Restaurant owner says home hit multiple times by armed intruders in Brampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The owner of a Brampton restaurant says he\u2019s on the verge of \u201cgiving up\u201d after being the victim of multiple armed home invasions. (Photo: GoFundMe)<\/p>\n<p>The owner of a Brampton restaurant says he\u2019s on the verge of \u201cgiving up\u201d after being the victim of multiple armed home invasions.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Pitamber is a local father and business owner, taking over the Calypso Hut restaurant from his parents following his parent\u2019s death in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The family business has been around for decades, and is known for its Guyanese-Chinese fusion cuisine.<\/p>\n<p>And while things may look fine to restaurant guests, Pitamber says he\u2019s been struggling after his home has been broken into by armed assailants multiple times in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>He says he was pistol-whipped in the most recent break-in, all while his children were home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the (third) time this has happened and I just feel like giving up,\u201d the Brampton father said of the most-recent break-in on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/tired-of-being-helpless?attribution_id=sl:315fc269-6201-43d1-b958-1e7c55f422b7&amp;lang=en_CA&amp;ts=1770150687&amp;utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GoFundMe pag<\/a>e.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773946117_387_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>He has shared videos of the alleged break-ins on\u00a0Calypso Hut\u2019s social media pages, including clips showing men armed with what appear to be handguns rummaging through drawers and going through belongings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s everything I have, I\u2019m telling you,\u201d Pitamber can be heard saying to the armed and masked men in one clip. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing here, I promise you. There\u2019s nothing to take, I\u2019ve given you everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His mother\u2019s wedding rings and jewelry \u2013 items that were supposed to be an heirloom he could pass down \u2013 were stolen in the last home invasions, along with his daughter\u2019s piggy banks, the family\u2019s passports, and money set aside for a vacation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so tired of it and have never told anyone about the way I feel inside. I wouldn\u2019t wish this feeling for anyone on earth,\u201d he wrote on the fundraising page, which has received over $19,000 in donations of a $20,000 goal.<\/p>\n<p>He said he started the fundraiser \u201cas a last resort.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peel Regional Police did not respond to a request for comment by publication, but reportedly confirmed the three break-ins at Pitamber\u2019s house to Now Toronto. Pitamber reportedly hasn\u2019t had an update from investigators regarding the break-ins since the first one happened in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 33,582 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,262,198 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    179 VOTES<br \/>\n    Will Pierre Poilievre\u2019s Joe Rogan appearance help or hurt him?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The owner of a Brampton restaurant says he\u2019s on the verge of \u201cgiving up\u201d after being the victim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-547316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}