Three lawn mowers, a truck and other landscaping items totalling more than $80,000 were taken from Pro Touch Landscapes on Thompson Bridge Road, the third reported burglary there within the past eight months.

Owner and Gainesville City Councilman Zach Thompson said the suspect broke in after 9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13.

“This time, they used some kind of a key to get in to the gate. I don’t know if they picked our lock or if they had a key that matched our lock,” he said Friday, Nov. 16.

Two red Exmark zero-turn mowers, one red Exmark walk-behind mower, a black Generac generator, a $50,000 truck and some plants were stolen.

In March, three suspects disabled the electricity and cut the fence before taking six backpack blowers.

A squad of suspects struck on Oct. 26 by cutting the fence and running a car through it.

The Thompsons reported roughly 40 items missing along with a $35,000 truck, totalling $50,000 in property loss.

The owners decided to offer a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest.

A similar reward is being offered in this case.

“It was totally different people this time. The last time I think it was some professionals. They were in and out in about 12 minutes, they stole a bunch of equipment and it was probably five people. This one was just one person, and that one person took about an hour while he was getting everything together,” Thompson said comparing the most recent burglaries.

Thompson said the truck from the October burglary was found in Fulton County, but it has not yet been released by law enforcement.

The truck from Tuesday’s case was recovered without the keys this week at the Versailles Apartments’ parking lot off of Park Hill Drive in Gainesville, Thompson said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Investigator Daniel Adames at 770-535-3786.