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In the early hours of May 18th, 2017 in Parma Heights, Ohio, a working class suburb 20 miles south of Cleveland, which sounds like a lovely place, I might add, like the rest of the state.

Pearl Road cuts through the town in a long stretch of strip plazas and small storefronts.

Hair salons, nail studios, pizza shops, you know the kind of useless strip mall that inhabits pretty much every city in America?

Well, those shops are usually owned by locals and these businesses open early, close late, and know their regulars by name.

The strip is dark and small shops are locked up for the night.

The early morning is calm except for one thing.

A burglar is ready to do his thing.

He grabs a landscaping stone, hauls it up, and hurls it at the front door of Classic Hair Studio.

The glass explodes, the stone breaking apart into chunks across the floor.

He doesn't hesitate.

He ducks inside, heads straight for the counter, and yanks the entire cash register loose.

The drawer jerks free, cords snapping, and he's out in seconds.

Inside the cash register, he finds almost $300 in cash, and the machine itself is probably worth a couple hundred more.

A few doors down, he does it again.

Another front door smashed, this time at the nail studio.

Instead of taking the whole register, he opens the drawer.

This one has $50 inside.

But it doesn't matter.