Robber Falls Through Roof of Popeyes Restaurant, Spends Hours Breaking In To Safe

Cops in Florida are looking for a burglar who smashed through the ceiling of a Popeyes restaurant and landed with a crash to the ground.

Authorities in Florida are looking for a burglar who smashed through the ceiling of a Popeyes restaurant and landed with a crash to the ground.

But it didn't knock him to his senses. After taking in his surroundings, the man found the restaurant's safe beneath the counter, according to a YouTube video posted by the sheriff's office in Jacksonville.

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"After several hours of prying and striking the safe, the suspect was able to break it open and steal money," they said, but did not say how much money was stolen.

The man broke into the store on January 18. The restaurant staff had failed to switch on its security system that night, according to the sheriff's office.

The unidentified robber remains at large.

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If you have information about who the man is, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office ask you contact them at 904-630-0500 or by email at JSOCrimeTips@jaxsheriff.org.

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