Tulsa Restaurant Victims Of Smash And Grab

The owners of a Tulsa restaurant are frustrated after a thief breaks into the building and took off with their cash register.

They say they will be out $3,500 and the theft was caught on tape.

Maddie and Zach Morris, the owners of 3Natives at 101st and Sheridan, say they are doing what they can to get back on their feet and now they hope police will find the person responsible.

The security footage outside of 3Natives shows a person breaking through the front glass.

The person goes inside and rips the wires off the cash register, grabs it, and runs back out the front door.

The owners discovered the damage when they got into work on Tuesday.

"I immediately called my brother Zach to get him up here, and then just kind of went from there, called the police, and filed a report,” said Maddie Morris.

"I got in my truck and got here as fast as possible,” said Zach Morris. “Someone had smashed the door open, taken the cash register drawer, and that's about it. We're lucky with that, at least."

Maddie and Zach Morris are brother and sister and opened 3Natives together seven months ago.

They say it’s hard enough to run a business these days, then, to have someone take advantage of them.

"It's actually really frustrating to me,” said Zach Morris. “We work seven days a week for the past seven months. It's a lot of hard work. We're just trying to provide a life for ourselves together as a family."

They already got new Plexi-Glass on the door and cleaned up the mess- so the next order of business is to take it one step at a time.

"We'll definitely increase our security a little bit more, be a little more cautious about locking things up at night, and just go from there,” said Maddie Morris. "It's just shocking. You wouldn't think that a store our size, so small, that would be a target, but it could happen to anybody."

They have a message for whoever did this.

"I forgive you,” said Zach Morris. “It's a sad world, and I hope it was a desperate time, and it's worth something meaningful."

They are thankful for customers who learned about the break-in on social media and decided to stop by on Tuesday and order a meal, and they love all the support.