Police hope surveillance video showing two people breaking into the metal basement doors of at least a trio of Southwest Philadelphia businesses helps them track down the burglars.
The thieves struck a series of small businesses over a three-week period earlier this fall, Philadelphia police said. In each instance they entered the business in overnight hours, by pulling open the basement doors on the sidewalk.
Video released over the weekend by police show two men walking in front of Uceta Grocery at Elmwood Avenue and South 61st street on Sept. 24, 2024. You see the men pry open the basement door and then walking in the store before grabbing bags full of merchandise.
The second video show the duo approaching E&D Food Market on South 66th Street on Oct. 11, 2024 and again pulling up the basement doors. You then seem them inside loading items into large trash bags.
The third video …