The Vinyl Resting Place, a North Portland record store, became the target of two burglaries within a single week, resulting in significant losses and a community rallying to support the owner. According to KPTV, the first break-in occurred early Thursday morning when the suspect smashed the store's front door and fled with a cash register containing $5,000.

Store owner Steven Cook, featuring a broken front door, told KGW the money was from consignment sales: "That wasn't even my money. I had sold that stuff on consignment for somebody else, which was the hard part, telling them, not only was I burglarized but I lost your money." The second burglary happened on Sunday, leading to the theft of a laptop from the premises, as reported by KATU.

In a twist of events, the diligent owner helped police apprehend the alleged burglar during the second incident. Cook, reliving the events, had found it necessary to store high cash sums in the register after previously being followed home, creating an unsettling risk that loomed over the day's end.

The community support, rallying around Cook, a local staple in the Portland music scene, has been vocal. They have expressed solidarity after the break-ins that shook Vinyl Resting Place, echoed through the statements Cook relayed to KPTV about the frequency he was able to only keep $200 in the register usually. The police believe they have caught the suspect responsible for the break-ins, providing a sigh of relief to Vinyl Resting Place's staff and customers who consider the store more than just a place to buy records.