5REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – A Rehoboth Beach man is behind bars after police say he broke into the same restaurant twice in just over two weeks, stealing thousands of dollars’ worth of food and alcohol.

Delaware State Police said 60-year-old Craig Beckett was arrested Monday after troopers found him riding a bicycle near 302 The Local with stolen food in his backpack.

Investigators later linked him to an earlier burglary at the same business, located along Coastal Highway.

According to police, the first break-in happened the morning of September 27, when a suspect forced his way into the restaurant’s outdoor walk-in refrigerator and took about $2,000 worth of food and alcoholic beverages.

On October 13, around 3 p.m., troopers were again called to the restaurant after another theft from the

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