Read the outrageous note a burglar left for restaurant owner - as footage shows him creeping behind checkout counter

Newly released footage shows the moment a burglar leaves a bizarre note on a checkout counter while stealing from a restaurant in California. 

Security footage from the eatery in San Fernando shows the suspect scurrying across the floor as he makes his way behind the checkout counter. 

The thief is later seen picking up a sticky note sitting on the counter.

The next day, the victims found the note, which read: 'Sorry! Need $ for drugs, won't come back.'

Police told ABC7 that all of the businesses were located around the Maclay corridor and San Fernando Mall. 

Three were burglarized, six were vandalized and another was targeted in a grand theft.

Officials are working to determine whether the same person may be involved in the crime spree. No suspect has been identified.

The incidents come a few months after thieves stole $30 million from a Los Angeles money storage facility in one of the largest cash heists in the city's history.

The raid was carried out under the cover of darkness at the cash vaults held at the GardaWorld facility in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley, on the northeastern edge of L.A., where cash from businesses across the region is handled and stored, police said.

It is thought the gang broke in through a hatch on the roof and some how circumnavigated the security systems to access the vaults and escape without raising the alarm. 

While there did not appear to be any damage done to the roof, local news footage showed a patched up hole on the southeastern side of the building. 

Debris lay around it, though it is unclear what this may have been used for or if it was related to the theft. 

The break-in is among the largest cash burglaries in Los Angeles history.