but this isn't the way margaret moore was hoping to bring in the new year. >> well, we're a small, local business. i think anything -- anything, no matter how small it is -- taken from you can be important. >> reporter: this suspect broke into inga's alpine lounge a few days before christmas. he's caught on surveillance video stealing hundreds of dollars of alcohol after not finding any money. >> he was in here almost an hour, they said. so, yeah. >> reporter: denver police think he may be the same guy who smashed his way into businesses along the one-mile stretch of hampton avenue this week. other stores were hit on the he broke into all types of places from a wig shop to chain restaurants looking for cash. >> it feels creepier knowing he was up and down the block or could have been in here drinking and socializing and -- i don't know, casing the place. >> as investigators look for the suspect, margaret says you have to leave what happened last year behind. she's looking forward to another hopefully crime-free year of business. >> we're moving on. 2016 will be a great year. >> reporter: