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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Valentine's Day is always a busy season for Central Square Florist in Cambridge.
"It’s sort of a never-ending battle with keeping up with the orders as they keep coming and keep coming," employee Emma Curtis told WBZ NewsRadio Monday.
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After working for two weeks straight, store employees were looking forward to a day of rest, but a trespasser had other ideas.
A masked man was captured on surveillance breaking into the shop with a crowbar Saturday night. Video footage shows the individual rummaging around and leaving without taking anything.
"He found, like, an empty cash drawer," said Jackie Levine, who runs the fourth generation flower shop. "You know, we mostly do web business and credit card business, it’s not like we have all this cash sitting around for people."
Central Square Florist has been around since 1929 and in its current location on Massachusetts Avenue since the 1980s, but Levine said the store has never seen anything like this happen.
"It’s almost like your family is being violated," said Levine.
"It’s a lot to process through your brain," added Curtis.
The Cambridge Police Department is investigating the incident.
WBZ's Jay Willett (@JayWillettWBZ) reports.