Thousands of dollars in sunglasses stolen from family owned business in Old Saybrook [Video]

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (WTNH) — Thousands of dollars worth of sunglasses were swiped from a family owned business in Old Saybrook.

“Tiptoed in, boom, gone!” Eric Cartier, employee of Cartier Optical, said.

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Cartier Optical has been in Eric Cartier’s family for decades. They have locations in Old Saybrook and Niantic.

“You try and service the community,” Cartier explained. “You try and provide good products. You try and make it not feel like everything is changed up. But this kind of incident makes you think, do I need to lock everything? Do I need to have everything watched all the time?”

Surveillance video, captured from inside the store, shows two men walk in, grab sunglasses and put them into a bag. Cartier estimates $10,000 worth of product was stolen.

“The first guy sees there’s a couple that are loose and you see a big smile come across his face,” he said. …