Popular coffee spot burglarized

Charity Starkenburg, the owner of Bamboo Coffee, arrived at her La Conner business shortly after 6 a.m. Tuesday morning to find the door hanging slightly open.

At first, she thought the damage was caused by the wind. But when she saw that a chalkboard inside the building had been thrown to the ground, she knew it was more than that.

Skagit County Sheriff’s Sgt., Jenny Sheahan-Lee, commander of the La Conner sheriff’s station, said the business at Morris and Sixth streets had been burglarized overnight Monday or early Tuesday morning.

The door had been kicked in and leaned back into its frame to hide the break-in.

According to Starkenburg, the perpetrators took an iPad as well as some other electronics, and raided a cooler for drinks.

While the till drawer on the cash register was opened, no money was stolen.

“It could have been worse,” Starkenburg said.

Sgt. Sheahan-Lee said that while burglary suspects had been arrested in the county on Tuesday morning, no connections had been made to the break-in at Bamboo Coffee.

Deputies are still investigating.