BRADENTON, Fla. — Surveillance video shows the General Manager of Oak and Stone restaurant in Bradenton allegedly burglarizing the restaurant.
The Bradenton Police Department (BPD) provided surveillance video that shows a man with his face covered in the restaurant, unplugging security cameras around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday.
Police said that when a worker arrived at the restaurant later that morning, they saw the safe open and empty, and the cash register at the bar was forced open.
BPD detectives reviewed the surveillance video provided and additional angles outside the restaurant. They were able to find that William “Billy” Johnson, 43, the GM of the restaurant, was seen parking a car registered to him a couple blocks from the restaurant, he then walked back the restaurant and open the door with a key before burglarizing it and walking back out the door with the deposit bag.
Watch video of Johnson walk to the restaurant
Johnson was arrested at his home.
Pasco County woman trying to rebuild mobile home after hurricanes
"I cried, of course, because I've worked very hard getting it nice, which has been difficult for me since I lost my husband and being alone,” Kelly Welty said.
Welty's mobile home lost its roof during Hurricane Milton. She said it was the only one in the Buena Vista community to get totaled by a tornado.
