'It’s really disheartening': Third break-in attempt at Fruition MKE Café 

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MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) - For a small Milwaukee business owner, it’s another tough morning. Someone tried to break into Fruition MKE Café for the third time, even after the business switched to a cashless system.

Tiffany Miller, the owner of Fruition MKE Café, said “It’s still really disheartening to experience that again.”

The first break-in at the café was in July. Just last week, the café was broken into again and several hundred dollars were stolen.

Surveillance video from early Wednesday morning, Jan. 28, shows suspects walking up to the front door and trying to force their way in before leaving.

Miller said, “There’s two individuals. One appears to be looking out, the other is actually doing the break-in. You can see them on the cameras pacing the block.”

When Miller walked up to the café, she noticed damage to the door. She said, “I’m opening the door and I see the door chipped. I’m like, is that a smudge or what is that? Then I reviewed the cameras and they tried another time to come in here.”

After last week’s break-in, Miller added a reinforced acrylic door. She said, “I’m really grateful that I got the acrylic door, the panel, because it’s harder to break, almost impossible to break than glass.”

Miller also switched the café to a cashless system.

She said, “I don’t have cash. Many businesses have gone cashless for this very reason. I wasn’t the only business affected by this going on 27th street and I really want them to stop.”

Miller said the café was built as a place for work, connection, and community.

She said, “Had they visited before and felt the love, joy, and community within these walls they would have thought twice about breaking in here.”

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