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BALDWIN PARK, Calif. () — The owners of a shapewear store in Baldwin Park believe a vandal intentionally slammed a pickup truck into the building.
The incident happened on Saturday, December 13, just after 11 p.m. at Fajas Genoveva on Maine Avenue.
Surveillance video shared with Eyewitness News shows a white pickup truck ramming into the building and taking off. The following morning, a white Hummer and an SUV pull up the store and at least two people are seen walking in and out of the business.
However, the owners told 7 that nothing was stolen.
“All of my roof was on the floor, and everything was like really bad,” said owner Ive Kruchinski.
She said the damage was extensive, and it all feels personal to her.
“To create something for me to feel like, ‘I did it’ and a lot of customers love me because it’s my passion,” she said.
Kruchinski and co-owner Steven Reyes said it’s been hard to focus on their business after problems in the area have been ongoing.
“It’s countless trash in the front of our store, if it’s not trash, it’s always alcohol bottles, cans, drug use … everything,” said Reyes. “Everything you can think of. We’ve had our windows broken, and it’s just a constant, constant feud with the homeless that’s out here and the drug users, to be honest.”
The Baldwin Park Police Department told the owners their initial thought was that the suspect was a drunk or impaired driver, but Reyes doesn’t believe that.
“We had an incident the prior week, again, with the homeless,” he told Eyewitness News. “We finally called the cops, and they came right away. So I assumed they believe that we called the cops on them, and that’s why we would be targeted, obviously.”
The business owners said the incident left them with about $17,000 worth of damage.
“I don’t feel safe right now, I don’t feel not at all safe, so we have to move from this area,” said Kruchinski.
“She and I remodeled this whole thing together. Now, we’re going to have to start all over somewhere again, and only time will tell if we even open up somewhere else. We’ll see,” added Reyes.
Last week, Reyes wrote a letter to the city council, saying though it’s too late to save his business, the incident should be a warning.
“At this point, it’s just as soon as they help the next person, you know? … That this doesn’t continue to happen to them,” he said.
Kruchinski and Reyes said they’ve tried to work with unhoused people in the area – even pointing them toward resources – for months, but said this was the last straw.
Meantime, no suspects have been identified in the case. Eyewitness News has reached out to the Baldwin Park Police Department for more information but has not heard back.
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