PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Three robberies in less than a week have caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and stolen property at three separate optics shops — Central Eyeworks, Van Buren Optical and The Village Eye Works.

All three stores are within about a mile of each other, and surveillance cameras captured the same ruse at each location. Now, business owners are sounding the alarm, worried the thief will strike again and asking for the public’s help to find the person responsible.

Village Eye Works has been a family-run business for decades.

“We’ve been in business since 1985 — for 40 years,” said owner Bob Royden.

Bob and his daughter, Steph Royden, said decades of hard work were shattered in seconds.

“Very quick. He just goes through the whole store,” said Steph Royden.

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