Popular CA coffee shop hit with another break-in; thieves cause $20K damage but steal just $2

"Surveillance video shows a truck smashing through the front door around 2 a.m. Two suspects entered the shop and searched for less than a minute before leaving. The owners said the suspects likely escaped with only a few dollars but caused about $20,000 in damage, which is not covered by insurance."

""Door frame is gone. Windows are gone. Doors are gone. And they took like $2," said Hamza, a coowner of the shop, who didn't want to use his last name over security concerns. "Unfortunately, insurance doesn't cover things like this. It is more so for things like customer injury, liability stuff inside. So, this will have to be 100% outofpocket.""

""Our beans are single-sourced straight from Yemen, brought into Michigan where they are roasted, and then directly shipped to us," Hamza said. "So, our coffee is actual real coffee - not something you can just go buy at a local store.""

""People saw how busy we were, especially late night. You don't normally see that for coffee shops. They were probably assuming we have a lot of cash on hand," he said. Hamza said the first break-in happened four months after the grand opening. After the third incident, the business went cashless."

Crews boarded up the main entrance of Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Company in Fremont after a break-in early Tuesday morning. Surveillance video shows a truck smashing through the front door around 2 a.m., followed by two suspects entering and searching for less than a minute before leaving. Owners said the suspects likely escaped with only a few dollars but caused about $20,000 in damage that insurance would not cover. The shop has been operating for about two years and is described as the first Yemeni coffee shop in the South Bay, with beans single-sourced from Yemen, roasted in Michigan, and shipped directly. The shop stays open late, which the co-owner believes may have made it a target. After earlier break-ins, the business went cashless despite community backlash and some lost business.

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