PEORIA — For the second consecutive day, someone smashed their way into a North University Street business and stole a cash register and other items.

On Thursday at 10:15 p.m., Peoria police responded to an intrusion alarm at Asian Market, 3016 N. University St. An intruder had smashed the glass front door of the market with a brick, entered the business and stolen the cash register and an unspecified number of egg rolls in the food cabinet in the front of the store. There was $200 in the cash register, according to a police report.

The owners were unsure if security cameras were working properly.

Early Wednesday morning, thieves took the cash register during a burglary of University Convenience Food Store, 2604 N. University St, according to the Peoria Police Department.



Security footage showed a man smashing the glass door of the business at about 1:47 a.m., then going inside and grabbing the cash register, which he set outside the door. He also took 10 to 15 cartons of cigarettes and an iPad. A second man picked up the cash register, and both men took off running west in an alley off Virginia Street, according to the report.



One of the store’s owners, who lives next door, heard the robbery and came out as the men were running off. The owner told police that the cash register was worth $4,000 and contained about $300 in cash. The cigarettes were worth about $800, according to the report.





