TOTOWA -- The first time it happened, Maureen Jaret didn't even call the police.

She had been careless. Jaret, who owns Jarets Stuffed Cupcakes on Union Boulevard with her husband Keith, said she always left cash in the register, and though she had bought security cameras two months earlier, she had not installed them.

So when Jaret realized the morning of July 10 that someone had broken in and emptied the register, she chalked it up to experience. There was no information she could give police anyway. She installed the cameras.

"You get comfortable and you're not thinking anyone's going to steal from you," she said.

Two weeks later, the cameras indicated there had been overnight activity. The burglar had returned.

This time Jaret called the cops. Investigators dusted the store for fingerprints, but they had little else to go on. The cameras had only captured poor night-vision footage of the burglar, who made off with $100.

The burglar visited a third time this past Friday night.

"This time we had no money in the register, but it was clearly the same guy," Jaret said. "Only now he spent 10 minutes looking all over our stuff. It was just awful."

With no money in the register, the burglar probed through the store, walking into a room with lights on and allowing the cameras to get a clear shot. Fed up, Jaret posted the picture on social media, where it has been shared more than 800 times.

The Totowa detective working the case, who declined to comment, has told Jaret police have received several tips.

"They're calling to give names of who they think it is, and he thinks they'll have something fairly soon," she said.

Anyone with information may call Totowa Police at (973) 790-3700.

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