Oakwood break-in leads to $50,000 damage estimate, lost heirlooms - Gainesville Times

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Oakwood break-in leads to $50,000 damage estimate, lost heirlooms

RLM Affairs owner Resia McFarland takes a phone call Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, as she cleans up damage at her McEver Road business after a break-in and vandalism. When she opened the florist early Thursday she heard the alleged vandals still inside. - photo by Scott Rogers

01182019 RLM 2.jpg — RLM Affairs owner Resia McFarland takes a phone call Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, as she cleans up damage at her McEver Road business after a break-in and vandalism. When she opened the florist early Thursday she heard the alleged vandals still inside. - photo by Scott Rogers

Heirlooms from Resia McFarland’s grandmother were in pieces Thursday, Jan. 17 as she walked through the damage following a break-in that morning at RLM Affairs, an event planning business on McEver Road. McFarland came in while the burglary was in progress around 8:15 a.m. and called 911.