An Edgewater restaurant in Chicago recently fell victim to a theft, where the perpetrator made off with a small sum of cash but left the owners facing significant repair costs.

Security footage captured the moment the thief kicked through fractured glass to gain entry into the establishment.

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Laxmi Ray, co-owner of Sam’s Chicken & Ribs located on Granville near Winthrop, recounted the incident that happened in the early hours of January 4. The burglar not only absconded with the cash register but also damaged a computer before making a quick escape.

“It’s quite disheartening and frustrating,” Ray expressed. “I’m really saddened by it.”

Although the stolen cash was minimal, the damage inflicted by the intruder amounted to several thousand dollars.

“Very quick. Within, like ,30 seconds, he finished everything,” Ray said.

The crime was one of a string of burglaries committed, police say, by a suspect seen on CTA surveillance video trying to break open a cash register on a train platform.

Police say he is wanted for at least seven business break-ins in the past month in Uptown, Edgewater, and West Rogers Park, most within half a block of a CTA Red Line station.

The first three occurred in the 1100-block of West Argyle, near the Argyle Red Line stop, where CTA cameras captured his face behind a mask.

At Sam’s Chicken & Ribs, which is also half a block from the Red Line, they have had to replace the register and repair the front door.

“It’s painful, yeah. Pain for the business, painful for the business,” Ray said.

The owners say this is the second burglary at their restaurant in about a year, and so, they have ordered a metal security gate for the business.