Crime & Safety
Thousands Stolen in Break-In at Di Carlo
Oak Creek police are investigating a burglary at Di Carlo and Family Vision, which share a building at 8469 S. Howell Ave.
Update 6:55 p.m. March 6: The amount of money stolen from di Carlo was not as much as originally reportedβit was actually about $4,800. Read more in an update posted March 6.
Oak Creek police are trying to determine who forced their way into Trattoria di Carlo in the overnight hours Thursday and stole between $15,000 and $20,000 in cash.
According to a police report, officers arrived just after 9 a.m. Friday and found four cash registers removed, emptied and stacked in the main entry. An office in the restaurant, 8469 S. Howell Ave., was also ransacked.
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Police say the person or people responsible for the burglary entered by forcing open the main doors.
They also jimmied open the doors of Family Vision, in the same building, and took about $150 in cash, according to the police report.
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The scene was turned over to detectives and evidence technicians, who are still investigating. Police were also checking into video surveillance footage.
Di Carlo, one of the most popular restaurants in the city, recently celebrated its 10th anniversary.
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