Surveillance video captured a man smashing through the front door of Mantiiras in Dallas’ Bishop Arts neighborhood before stealing money from the business, according to its owner.
The video shows a man walking up to the front door of Mantiiras around 2:30 a.m. He stumbles before hurling something at the glass. Once inside, he goes straight for the cash register, looks around and then leaves.
“This all happened in a minute,” owner Luis Martinez said.
Martinez started Mantiiras in 2023 when he was 18 years old.
“I’m super proud of my business. I think it makes me more happy bc its been able to help my family as well,” Martinez said.
Martinez said the man stole all the money the business made the day before.
About two hours later, Martinez said surveillance cameras captured another man walking through the same broken door and stealing more items.
“Stole our soda, stole our merch… just like for us to be dried out with our product; it’s like ahh it’s not fair I think,” Martinez said.
The shattered door was replaced Friday. Martinez said the $600 repair came out of his own pocket.
Mantiiras wasn’t the only Bishop Arts business targeted.
A few blocks away, surveillance video shows what appears to be the same person kicking open the door of Wayward Coffee before stealing the register.
“Just so violating, just so violating, and just so rude,” owner Caroline Irby said.
Irby said the man then went to the owners’ other business, Outpost Fine Goods, where surveillance cameras recorded him stealing there as well.
“Such destruction honestly is what it is and no regard for what we have built together,” Irby said.
Both owners said they want whoever was responsible to be held accountable.
“To the fullest extent, I’m down for that,” Irby said.
This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC DFW. AI tools helped convert the story into a digital article, and an NBC DFW journalist edited it again before publication.
