Monterey Park break in nets defective toy parts for burglar

Probably not the big score this burglar was hoping for:

MONTEREY PARK — A burglar broke into a hobby shop early Wednesday, but escaped with only a broken toy airplane and a box of defective toy parts in the felony, police said.
Police responded to a burglary alarm just after 1:20 a.m. at Banana Hobby, 602 Monterey Pass Road, Monterey Park police Sgt. Dave Elliott said. They found the door to the business was open.
Investigation revealed that a man was captured on surveillance video breaking into the store and stealing two boxes from the lobby, authorities said.
It was determined one of the boxes contained a broken toy airplane, and the other defective toy parts, the sergeant said.
A description of the burglar was not available, officials said, however detectives were using the video tape in an attempt to identify him.

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