At least four food carts in Portland have reported break-ins and thefts this week, and at least one of them was caught on camera.

Koi Fusion shared a surveillance video of a thief inside their cart on West Burnside near Providence Park Wednesday night into Thursday morning:

Marlon Reyes, the manager of the food cart, says the thief got away with two iPads and the very security camera that had been recording him.

The cart relies heavily on online orders, and Reyes estimates they lost out on thousands of dollars in orders they couldn't make due to the iPad theft.

"This was a pretty big hit, since we are a small business, we're not like a Chipotle or McDonalds, anything like that would really hurt us a lot," said Reyes.

Two other food carts, E-San Thai Cuisine and Wasabi Sushi, were also burglarized.

"He's stolen from hardworking small businesses that has cost them a lot in damages to repair in order to keep working," the owners of E-San Thai Cuisine wrote on Facebook.



Kay Nantharaj works at Wasabi Sushi PDX food cart.

"I don't usually leave any valuables stuff in here, just the food, you know, to protect yourself, especially all the hassle you have to go through as a small business," said Nantharaj.

Portland Police say at this point, they can't say whether the break-ins are connected.

About half a dozen food cart pods had reported thefts late last year, and a man was arrested for stealing from at least two of those pods.



