In-N-Out to close Oakland, California restaurant due to wave of car break-ins, armed robberies

In-N-Out Burger will close its only restaurant in Oakland, California because of a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and armed robberies targeting customers and employees alike

OAKLAND, Calif. -- In-N-Out Burger will close its only restaurant in Oakland, California, because of a wave of car break-ins, property damage, theft and armed robberies targeting customers and employees alike, the company announced.

The fast-food burger joint in a busy corridor near Oakland International Airport will close on March 24 because even though the company has taken “repeated steps to create safer conditions our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized,” Denny Warnick, In-N-Out’s chief operating officer, said in a statement Wednesday.

In-N-Out, based in Irvine, California, said the Oakland location will be the first to close in the company's 75-year history, he said.

“We feel the frequency and severity of the crimes being encountered by our customers and associates leave us no alternative,” Warnick.

Oakland has seen a spike in property crime and robberies throughout the city across the bay from San Francisco, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.