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Two Hamilton businesses face break-in on the same night

Two Hamilton businesses have been putting things back together after both were hit by the same crime in one night.
Dundurn Market on Dundurn Street saw on early Friday that someone smashed through the front door in the middle of the night.
“It just seems like someone came in and either threw it or used a rock to break the glass,” Dundurn Market Co-Owner Justin Abbiss said.
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The door has been fixed now and business is back to normal.
“They just broke in, maybe came in for a little bit. It doesn’t seem like they did any damage inside which we’re grateful for, and then left,” Abbiss said.
Abbiss says there’s no sign they stole anything, but break-ins like this make things tough for small businesses.
One of Abbiss’ first thoughts is with the person who broke in.
“We’ve got a lot of compassion. People around this time of year can get desperate, it’s getting cold out. Probably looking for a little bit of money. I think it’s just a hard time of the year for a lot of people,” Abbiss said.
The break in took place at a favourite spot for people in the community.
Despite the break in, singer Johann De Zoota was able to perform as usual at the market Friday night.
“I wonder if maybe the people who did this knew the amount of good that the folks at Dundurn Market do they would have thought twice,” De Zoota said.
A break in happened again the same night, as another business just blocks away also had its door smashed.
That was at Hammerhead’s Fresh Fish on Locke Street, but again no theft.
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“And there’s also nothing to steal here at night unless you’re into crab legs,” Scott Forbes from Hammerhead’s said.
And again, concern for the criminal.
“I just hope this person finds inner peace, I really do,” Forbes said.
In both cases, they say there was remarkable support from people in the community who turned out to support them.
“When you put it out on social media that something bad happened to you, it’s amazing the love that comes back,” Abbiss said.
“I’m sitting there at night guarding the place and I’m just getting like all this support from the community just saying how awful it is and how much they love us. It just picks you up.”