VIDEO: Burglar Uses Hammer To Break Into Louisville Vape Shop

LATEST BURGLARY AT DARBY CIGS. IN THEIR LATEST BREAK-IN, WHICH JUST HAPPENED MONDAY, A THIEF TOOK A HAMMER TO THE DOOR AND THEN CLIMBED IN THROUGH A HOLE. HE CREATED IN THE GLASS. AFTER MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO HAMMER DOWN THE DOOR. SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO FROM DARBY CIGS ON POPLAR LEVEL ROAD CAPTURES THE MOMENT THE SUSPECT PUSHES THROUGH. HE TRIES TO FIND CASH IN THE REGISTER BUT COMES UP EMPTY HANDED. OWNER TROY LEBLANC SAYS THEY DON’T KEEP CASH ON SITE. THAT WAS HIS MAIN CONCERN, WAS LOOKING FOR CASH, WHICH HE THEN COULDN’T FIND. INSTEAD, YOU SEE THE THIEF GRAB AS MUCH MERCHANDISE AS HE CAN. LEBLANC ESTIMATES IT’S WORTH NEARLY $1,500. HE SAYS IT’S FRUSTRATING, BUT NOT SURPRISING. HE OWNS 11 STORES AROUND SOUTHERN INDIANA, AND KENTUCKY, AND SAYS THIS LOCATION ALONG POPLAR LEVEL ROAD EXPERIENCES THE MOST THEFT. THIS IS THE THIRD BREAK IN SINCE MAY AT THIS LOCATION, BUT HE SAYS IT’S HAPPENED A DOZEN OTHER TIMES. THE STORE HAS BEEN REPLACED. I DON’T KNOW, I CAN’T EVEN TELL YOU. AND THAT’S THAT’S THE SADDEST PART OF IT ALL, IS I COULDN’T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I’VE REPLACED THIS STORE. THAT. CORRECT? LEBLANC NOW ACCOUNTS FOR REPLACING BROKEN GLASS IN HIS BUDGET, ALLOCATING BETWEEN 5 TO $10,000 A YEAR. THERE’S OTHER THINGS WE CAN BE PUTTING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THAT ISN’T PEOPLE BREAKING IN. AND THERE’S A COMMON MISCONCEPTION THAT YOU CAN JUST GO TO INSURANCE, BUT YOUR RATES WILL GO UP. SINCE JANUARY, THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN A DOZEN THEFTS AND ROBBERIES ALONG THIS STRETCH OF ROAD, HE SAYS THEY’VE LOOKED AT PUTTING BARS UP IN THEIR WINDOWS, BUT SAYS IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE, AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NORTH OF $100,000. POLICE DON’T KNOW WHO THE MAN IN THIS VIDEO IS JUST YET, BUT SAY HE LEFT BEHIND DNA WHEN HE CUT HIMSELF CRAWLING THROUGH THE GLASS AND LEFT A TRAIL OF BLOOD IN THE STORE AND POPLA