businesses robbed in San Diegos 4S Ranch neighborhood NBC 7 San Diego [Video]

Surveillance video captured the moment a suspect used a sledgehammer to break into Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant and took a money bag from their private office.

The incident happened at around 3:30 a.m. Friday along Paseo Del Sur in the 4S Ranch neighborhood of San Diego and resulted in thousands of dollars of damage to the property, according to the owner.

“You just feel violated, you know what I mean,” Ponce Meza, owner of Ponce’s Mexican Restaurant said. “You don’t expect something like this to happen and the way that it did happen, the guy busting a sledgehammer and just busting the door open, it’s pretty crazy.”

About 20 minutes later and less than a mile away, Mostra Coffee was also targeted.

“Somebody broke in. They stole our register and our deposit bag in the back,” Joshua Cunningham, area manager for Mostra said.

According to San Diego Sherriff’s Office, they took …