PORT ST. LUCIE – Port St. Lucie Police is looking for suspects who broke into a Golden Corral restaurant, 651 NW St. Lucie West Blvd., sometime on April 5.
At about 4:38 a.m., April 5, officers responded to an alarm notification received by restaurant management about a burglary in process.
While investigating, officers discovered a smashed window and evidence of an attempted forced entry on a door.
With the assistance of a St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office K9 unit, officers found no one inside the restaurant, according to police reports.
During the investigation, officers found more signs of forced entry on the building’s roof, including a large, one-foot-wide hole. The Fort Pierce Police Department drone unit conducted a detailed search of both the roof and attic space, according to police reports.
Inside the building, officers found extensive damage to the manager’s office and throughout the ceiling. Several electrical cords connecting the alarm and camera systems were cut, the peephole of an exterior door had been removed, and several alarm keypads were damaged and ripped from the walls.
Because the investigation is continuing, police are not disclosing what, if anything, was taken during the burglary.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact the Port St. Lucie Police Department at 772-871-5000.