An independent pharmacy owner in Stafford hopes investigators can find out who keeps trying to break into his store.
A burglar tried to break into Dan’s Wellness Pharmacy, located at 418 Garrisonville Road in North Stafford, at 1:35 a.m. Saturday. The burglar broke into a back hallway but was not able to enter the pharmacy, owner Dan Singh told Stafford Local.
An alarm sounded when the burglar broke in notifying the Stafford sheriff’s office. Singh said fled the scene without stealing anything.
This is the third time this has happened at the independent business.
“Police have always arrived within minutes. The burglar seems to know that after he gets in he only has a few minutes before police arrive,” Singh told Stafford Local.
Over the past five years in Stafford, the number of burglaries in the county has remained steady. The county saw 252 reported burglaries in 2012, making it the five-year high for this type of crime, according to a sheriff’s office report.
The number of reported burglaries in the county dropped below 200 to a total of 179. Last year, the number of reported burglaries in Stafford County fell to 165.
