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<\/p>\nDALLAS – A Lake Highlands man is trying to rebuild after a devastating burglary just days before Christmas. He said a burglar in a red robe and slippers walked away with nearly all of his belongings.<\/p>\n
Dallas Apartment Break-In <\/p>\n
What we know:<\/p>\n
The burglary happened around 1 a.m. on Wednesday at Aaron Pace\u2019s apartment in the 6900 block of Forest Lane.<\/p>\n
Pace, who works for Shake Shack, was on a week-long work trip to help the company open its first restaurant in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n
When he got back home, he found just about everything that wasn\u2019t bolted down was gone.<\/p>\n
Dig deeper:<\/p>\n
A neighbor\u2019s doorbell camera captured video of the burglary.<\/p>\n
The video shows a man in a red robe and slippers walking past the apartment with food in his hand. He stops at Pace\u2019s door because there is a flyer on it. Presumably, he takes that as a sign that no one is home.<\/p>\n
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The suspect goes around the side of the building and breaks in through a sliding glass door on the first floor. He can be seen leaving the apartment with Pace\u2019s belongings.<\/p>\n
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To add insult to injury, the burglar returned the next day dressed in Pace\u2019s clothes instead of the red robe. He had a young accomplice with him, and together they carried out more of Pace\u2019s belongings.<\/p>\n
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What they’re saying:<\/p>\n
“They took, I had two TVs, a PlayStation, pretty much all of my clothing \u2018cause I had a whole bunch of it packed up \u2018cause I was moving. So all my clothing, a bunch of my kitchen utensils, it was pretty much anything they could get their hands on since everything was packed up. It was pretty much everything. Like the only thing I have left is my couches and bed,” Pace said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The 20-year-old victim called the thief a Grinch.<\/p>\n
“He really looked like the Grinch too, because he was walking out with a sheet full of my items too. \u2018Cause he had actually taken one of the sheets off my bed, the fitted sheet and put a whole bunch of items in there. And you see him carrying that out with one of my computer monitors in his hand,” he said.<\/p>\n
What’s next:<\/p>\n
Pace filed a police report but is still waiting for a detective to contact him.<\/p>\n
He is looking to the community for help identifying the suspects and to rebuild.<\/p>\n
He also plans to invest in renters\u2019 insurance for his next apartment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: The information in this story comes from doorbell camera video and an interview with the victim.<\/p>\n
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