By Gary Meyer, TME

Three local businesses have been burglarized in one week, Los Angeles and Kern County Sheriff’s officials report.

China Red House restaurant in Lebec, plus Ranch House Restaurant and Gorman Plaza Market, both at the Gorman exit of Interstate 5, were burglarized in the past week.

Two recent Lebec break-ins and one in 2015 were all carried out the same way: Smash – and – grab burglars shatter the front…(please see below to view full stories and photographs)

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Burglars broke through the front door of China Red House restaurant on Friday morning, March 1. They stole cash. Kern County Sheriff’s Deputy Gabriel Gonzalez made entry to the burglarized restaurant prior to the arrival of the owner.

Lebec’s second smash ‘n’ grab burglary in 2019 was at China Red House on March 1.

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