Local restaurant broken into for the second time in four months
Apr 06, 2025
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Local business owners are voicing their frustration after their business was vandalized for the second time in less than four months.
"I'm tired. I'm just tired of this because it's really discouraging to try to keep moving on," Tabitha Cole said.
Tabitha and her husband, Loa
rd, were preparing to go to bed, they got a notification that their business, Hillboyz Wing and Burger Bar, had been broken into.
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In surveillance video, two suspects can be seen walking alongside the business, using a hammer to bust out every window.
According to the Coles, nothing was stolen and the suspects didn't go inside the restaurant.
They claimed that they didn't know who was responsible for the vandalism.
"If we knew or had any beef with anybody, we could actually direct that energy or figure out what to do from here, but it could be anybody," Tabitha Cole said.
The owners said they just replaced the windows three weeks ago.
The replacement came after someone broke into their restaurant back in December.
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Loard Cole said it cost them around $30,000 to replace the windows last time.
"If I got to pay a security guard to be here at night, then that's what I have to do," he said. "But I won't let anybody take what God gave to me."
Cole said that despite the recent adversity, he's determined to keep his restaurant open.
"They not gone make me move. They not gone make me close my business. I won't give them that luxury," Loard Cole said. "I won't give them that satisfaction that they could do this and they think they're going to win." ...read more read less