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Raleigh police arrested Ron Pierce for allegedly committing nine commercial burglaries across Raleigh in the past few months, including multiple break-ins at Vic's Italian Restaurant in the City Market. Pierce faces multiple charges.

<p>UPDATE THE FORECAST VIDEO TO KEEP YOU AHEAD OF THE STORM. &gt;&gt; GOOD AFTERNOON. I MARK BOYLE IN THE WRAL LIVE CENTER RIGHT NOW HERE AT 4 O'CLOCK RALEIGH, POLICE ANNOUNCING THE ARREST OF 45 YEAR-OLD RON PIERCE HAS SEVERAL COUNTS FACING NOW. THESE CHARGES, INCLUDING FELONY BREAKING AND ENTERING. HE'S ACCUSED OF COMMITTING CRIMES FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. MANY OF THOSE CAUGHT ON CAMERA. THESE BREAK-INS AT BUSINESSES ACROSS RALEIGH. THIS IS SOME VIDEO WE SHOWED YOU A WHILE AGO. THIS IS FROM VIC'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT AND HE GOES IN. HE STEALS AS MUCH AS HE CAN GET AWAY WITH AND HEADS OUT. HE ALSO BROKE INTO ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS, A GROCERY STORE ON EAST MARTIN STREET. THE TIRE GUY ON ROCK QUARRY ROAD. THE POOL ARE ON POOLE ROAD AND OTHER CRIMES AS WELL. HE'S FACING THAT BREAKING AND ENTERING CHARGE LARCENY AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO PROPERTY RALEIGH. POLICE SAY THAT EVEN THOUGH HE IS IN CUSTODY AND FACING THESE CHARGES, THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR INFORMATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SUSPECT OR INFORMATION ABOUT</p>

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Owners of a popular Raleigh restaurant are frustrated from dealing with another break-in at their business.

FEEL FOR THE RALEIGH CHRISTMAS PARADE? TONIGHT, A STRING OF BREAK-INS AT A POPULAR RALEIGH RESTAURANT. THIS IS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO OF THE CRIME OF VICK'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT IN CITY MARKET. >> THE RESTAURANT HAS HAD 3 BREAK INS IN THE PAST WEEK. 5 IN THE PAST MONTH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M LENA TILLETT. ONE OF THE OWNERS THINKS IT'S THE SAME PERSON DOING THIS TO. MEANWHILE, CLYDE COOPER'S BARBECUE NEARBY ANNOUNCED. >> YESTERDAY THEY ARE LOOKING TO RELOCATE CITING CRIME AS A REASON WHY WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES TALK TO BOTH RESTAURANT OWNERS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS TONIGHT. CARLY. HAPPENED AT VICK'S LAST NIGHT. >> WE KNOW ONE OF THOSE OWNERS SAID THAT THE SUSPECT PICKED UP A BRICK FROM CITY MARKET. THEY TRIED TO THROW IT AGAINST THAT DOOR TO BREAK IT. IT DIDN'T WORK. THEN TRIED TO THROW THAT BREAK AGAINST THIS DOOR ONCE AGAIN DIDN'T BREAK, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEE THE SCUFF MARK WHERE THAT BREAK HIT AND THEY EVENTUALLY BROKE THIS SIDE WINDOW NOW BOARDED UP NOW. BUT THOSE OWNERS SAY THEY'VE HAD TO REPLACE THE GLASS SO MANY TIMES. IT'S RACKED UP THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THIS IS WHAT VICK'S LOOKS LIKE THIS MORNING AFTER ANOTHER BREAK. AND YOU CAN SEE THE CRIME IN THIS VIDEO. A PERSON STEPS THROUGH A WINDOW THEN QUICKLY MAKES THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE CASH REGISTER. >> AND NOW IS THE SMALL AMOUNT OF CHANGE. ALL THAT FOR COINS. >> YEAH, IT'S CRAZY. HAVE KIND OF THOSE LAYER AROUND A MASS THIS MORNING WHEN OWNER MICHAEL LONGO THINKS IT'S THE SAME PERSON WHO HAS BROKEN IN 3 TIMES THIS WEEK. >> WHY IS IT JUST US? >> YOU KNOW WHY? IT'S JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT ELSE IS JUST KEEPS COMING TO US. WRAL DATA TRACKERS DID SOME DIGGING AND FOUND CRIME AROUND THE RESTAURANT IS RISING. >> POLICE INCIDENTS IN OCTOBER ARE 3 TIMES HIGHER THIS YEAR THAN THEY WERE IN 2019 THAT YEAR. THERE WERE 50 INCIDENTS IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR 132, THE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH ALLIANCE RECENTLY BROUGHT IN PRIVATE SECURITY TO HELP PATROL PARTS OF DOWNTOWN WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRIME. >> PEOPLE ARE COMING LIKE THEY USED TO. >> LESS FOOT TRAFFIC COUPLED WITH THE SPIKE IN CRIME OR REASONS. CLYDE COOPER'S BARBECUE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THEY'LL BE LOOKING TO RELOCATE. OUR CUSTOMERS ARE IMPORTANT TO US. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO HAPPEN TO HIM AND WE WANT THEM TO FEEL SAFE COMING DOWN BOTH DIXON, CLYDE COOPER'S, OUR LOCAL FAVORITES. THEY'VE BEEN IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH FOR DECADES. IT SUPPORTS MY THIS RESTAURANT SUPPORTS A LOT OF OTHER FAMILIES THAT WORK IN HERE. SO WE WANT TO KEEP IT OPEN. >> HERE IS THE VIX SAY THAT THEY PLAN TO INSTALL BETTER SECURITY CAMERAS GOING FORWARD. THEY ALSO HOPE RALEIGH POLICE IDENTIFY AND ARREST THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE. BACK TO YOU.

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The owners of Vic's Italian Restaurant have dealt with several break-ins at their City Market location for weeks now.

<p>YOUR HOLIDAY TRAVEL NEXT WEEK. RIGHT NOW AT 5. AND IT'S HAPPENED AGAIN. THE OWNERS OF THIS RALEIGH RESTAURANT ONCE AGAIN CLEANING UP THE PIECES AFTER SOMEONE BROKE IN. IN FACT, THIS IS THE 3RD TIME IN A WEEK AND THE 5TH TIME THIS MONTH THAT SOMEONE BROKE INTO VIC'S RESTAURANT IN CITY MARKET. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD OWENS AND I'M DEBRA MORGAN. THE OWNERS TELL WRAL THEY ARE OUT MORE THAN $4500 IN DAMAGES. &gt;&gt; THIS IS VIDEO FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK. WRAL'S CARLY HAYNES JOINS US NOW LIVE TONIGHT. KYLIE, THIS SITE IS NOW ALL TOO FAMILIAR FOR THE OWNERS. &gt;&gt; WELL, NOT AT I WERE OUTSIDE OF ITS ITALIAN RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW. THE OWNERS TELL US AN INTRUDER TOOK A BREAK FROM CITY MARKET, TRIED TO THROW IT AGAINST THIS STORE TO BREAK IN. IT DIDN'T WORK. THEN TRIED TO THROW IT AGAINST THIS STORE. YOU CAN STILL MAYBE SEE A SCUFF MARK WHERE THE ATTEMPTED IT. WE'RE ABLE TO BREAK IN THERE, BUT THEY EVENTUALLY BROKE IN THROUGH THIS WINDOW. IT'S STILL BOARDED UP RIGHT NOW AND THEY ENTERED THE RESTAURANT THROUGH HERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT AROUND 11, 30. THEY ENTERED THROUGH THAT SIDE WINDOW BEFORE HEADING OVER TO THE CASH REGISTER. ONE OF THE OWNER SAID THE ONLY TOOK COITS BUT THE OWNERS THEY'RE STILL GOING TO FACE COST BECAUSE IT $1600 JUST TO REPAIR THAT WINDOW. AS YOU SAID, THIS IS THE 5TH BREAK-IN AT THIS RESTAURANT SINCE HALLOWEEN WEEKEND OVER AND OVER. THESE OWNERS ARE HAVING TO CLEAR THE PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS AND THEY BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME PERPETRATOR. EACH TIME. &gt;&gt; THIS GUY CONTINUES TO COME. AND WHY IS IT JUST US? YOU KNOW WHY IT'S JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT ELSE IS JUST KEEPS COMING TO US. SO IT COULD BE AN INSIGHT. THEY WERE KIND OF LOOKING INTO THAT. &gt;&gt; ONE RALLY, POLICE SAY THEY ARE STILL ACTIVELY SEEKING THE</p>

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welcome to WRL Small Business Spotlight, where we're highlighting your favorite local businesses as they continue to bounce back from the coronavirus pandemic. I'm Kevin Kozminski, and this week we're in Raleigh's City Market District, visiting a Southern food staple that keeps on ticking Welcome. Two big ads. They want your vote for Best Southern food at the 2020 w. R. A L Awards. And despite the rough year, big ads is open for business. All the Southern staples you love. I got an omelet. I think we got pancakes. French toast. Somebody got another omelet. It was good. Just anything. Regrets. Country style steak of a rice with gravy, collard greens, Mac and cheese escape with molasses and honey. Just any of the good Southern stuff. You know, the way they were meant to be. I think Big Head said this a lot. Um, his mom always told him, It isn't good enough for you to sit down and eat yourself. Don't put in front of somebody else and we especially pulled through that big ads. Popularity is undeniable, but like most restaurants, they face some tough decisions about how to maintain business during the pandemic. We did close our doors for, I think, six weeks or reopening or take out for two weeks. And then after the first two weeks, we went to 50% capacity. The sales just weren't there because the foot traffic hasn't been there. As simple as that is not a lack of desire or a lack of quality service quality food. It was no foot traffic. Sammy Hopgood manages the store and his parents, Sam and Lynn, on all three big heads locations, Sammy Says PP PE funds helped keep things afloat during the rough patches. So the P P P was the literal lifeline that is allowed to maintain a staff and maintain um, an open restaurant that can then generate its own business. The Hopgood family bought the restaurant from Big Ed Watkins in 2000 and six and have worked to ensure the high standards of country cooking are met every single day, Sammy says. It's about both consistency and, of course, the ingredients. I would say it's the quality of our ingredients and the amount of intentional that we have and preparing them because you can't have good food without a good ingredients. So we're really intentional about putting a lot of time and energy into our food preparation. These guys even switch up the lunch menu on a daily basis in the breakfast menu. It's there all the time, all day long, and it kind of runs itself. But the lunch menu, which we change every single day. We put a lot of energy and hard into that. Sammy admits things got scary for a bit, but says business is starting to trend back in the right direction. But it's getting better. Vaccinations are going up, comfort levels going up. There's a direct correlation January and February and typically slow much for the restaurant industry. But there are especially slowed this year, painfully slow at times. But it's changed a lot and it's changing fast, and I love to see that. And after a year filled with so much negativity, it's nice to be able to sit and have a meal next to your friends and neighbors. Just as big as intended. One of the things I'm most proud of with our business is the diversity of who dines with us. You're gonna see everybody and anybody. This is a place that is welcoming two. Any individual we pride ourselves on having affordable meal for your family or for yourself. So you got any big heads location? Kind of big heads downtown? You're gonna be surrounded by your neighbors. Um, and a really authentic fashion. Uh, this is a place for everybody. So next time you're in downtown Raleigh, check out big ads in city market. And don't forget your appetite.