AUSTIN, Texas - A bizarre string of break-ins at a Northeast Austin strip mall left three businesses damaged and one out of thousands of dollars.

Break-ins at NE Austin businesses

What they're saying:

"This one was bizarre," said Jessica Edwards, manager, Knuckleheads Tobacco & Gifts.

Three neighboring businesses — Brass Ovaries dance studio, Knuckleheads smoke shop, and Thundercloud Subs — were all hit inside the same strip mall near I-35 and 290 in northeast Austin.

Each business shares walls, which is how the burglar moved through them.

"Someone broke through with a crowbar through the Brass Ovaries back door, and they didn't know what they were looking at because it was pitch black in there. They made one giant hole, but it turned out to be Thundercloud's wall. They just popped

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