Donutology founder considers going cashless following break-in [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Wednesday marked Kansas City, Missouri’s Donutology’s first-ever break-in, something other local businesses around the city have been grappling with after an uptick in property crime this summer.

Surveillance video caught two individuals breaking into the shop’s River Market location and stealing the shop’s safe.

Donutology founder, Andrew Cameron, said the business lost $3,000 with the damages to the shop and a safe being stolen.

“It almost felt like it was our turn given everything that’s been going on in the city,” Cameron said.

The city acknowledged the crime outbreak, and on Thursday, Mayor Quinton Lucas proposed a back-to-business fund that would allocate unappropriated money in the city’s Violence Prevention and Intervention Fund to small businesses who have recently been targeted by criminals. Businesses can now apply for grants— the city is looking to hand out $325,000 to eligible applicants — but the passage of …