PSY ON PICO, a kosher restaurant on west Pico Boulevard, just east of Beverly Drive, was burglarized at approximately 2 am Tuesday, June 22. The suspect smashed the glass front door, entered the restaurant and took $1,500 from the cash register, according to Mike Loeben, restaurant manager.
The incident was caught on video inside the restaurant which showed a masked person going straight to the register, taking the money and leaving. The front door has since been replaced.
The burglary comes in the wake of two incidents on May 28 just one block east at Young Israel of Century City, and Pat’s restaurant on the adjacent block. Jon Knight Prince, 26, was arrested on June 3 on suspicion of felony vandalism in those incidents.
“It appears this was a professional robbery,” Loeben said. “We are very aware of recent antisemitic attacks in the neighborhood, but we will have to wait and see if there is any connection.”
Calls to West Los Angeles Police were not immediately returned.
This is a developing story.
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