Make it 21.

That's how many police incident numbers chip truck owner Sandie Manning has on file for break-ins at her Barton Street East casual eatery.

Spectator columnist Susan Clairmont chronicled Manning's running battles with crack addicts and thefts in a column earlier this month after thieves made off with a jar of coins - donations - she used to buy baby food for a local food bank.

"I'd rather they smash my windows than take food out of a baby's mouth," an angry and tearful Manning, 56, said at the time.

Now, police report, thieves returned to Manning's truck two short days after the column appeared. Hamilton police gave no reason for the nearly three-week delay in revealing the break-in.

According to a press release issued Friday, officers noticed the rear door of Manning's truck was ajar and discovered the hinges had been removed from the outside.

Surveillance video from inside the refurbished shell of the Brink's truck shows two teens stealing cans of pop, but making no effort to open the cash register.

In the past, thieves have stolen cash, soft drinks and one time a 50-pound bag of potatoes from the chip truck, which Manning has operated in a vacant lot at Barton and Kensington for eight years.

Police say they are looking for two teenage boys following the July 12 incident, and ask anyone with information to contact Detective Scott Yuill at 905-546-8936.

The first suspect is described as white, 15 to 17 years old, with medium, ear-length hair. He was wearing a baseball hat, camouflage shorts, dark sneakers with white trim around the bottom, and a backpack.

The second suspect is described as a white, 15 to 17 years old, with curly, brown hair. He was wearing a black baseball hat with an Underarmour symbol, a black golf shirt. He has an athletic build.

- Clairmont: Theft No. 20 brings fry truck owner to tears