Thieves broke into a Hispanic warehouse in the Bronx and took $100,000 in cash, according to the NYPD.
The robbery happened early Monday morning in “Los Castillo’s Mini Market” in Morris Heights and the suspects have not been captured. Surveillance video captured a man stealthily breaking into a private office with masks and flashlights before taking out cash from the store cash register. Another of the thieves was seen behind the counter, throwing bills into his backpack.
Winery owners are also threatened with people following them home and robbing them, like in the 90s.”
Fernando Mateo – Founder and spokesperson of “United Bodegas of America” (UBA)
“The winemaker, of course, He is devastated economically, socially, mentally. “He lost $100,000 dollars,” said Fernando Mateo, founder and spokesperson for “United Bodegas of America” (UBA).
Owner Carlos Castillo was too distraught to speakhe noted ABC News. “I know him, his father and his family, hard-working people,” said Radhamés Rodríguez, president of UBA. “It is very sad. I know, because I own a grocery store. I’ve worked for 35 years and at the store we know how hard it is to make a couple of dollars.”
It wasn’t until the owner showed up for work on Monday that he realized his business had been broken into. The steel rear door was pried open and some security cameras were damaged.
“They were able to cut all the Wi-Fi wiring, all the instruments that would have alerted the police departments,” Mateo said.
Burglaries throughout the city have decreased, but it’s a different story in the Bronx, specifically within the 46th Precinct, where NYPD crime statistics show robberies are up 25% this year. Small businesses are suffering.
“Bodega owners are also threatened with people following them home and robbing them at the door of their house or apartment, like in the 90s,” Mateo said.
In addition to suffering a wave of robberies, New York stores have become scenes of violence against employees and customers.
Nearly all (93%) of New York City’s 3,000 supermarkets have been targeted by thieves in recent months, and most are being robbed daily, according to a new fall survey. Additionally, the New York Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is concerned about an alarming trend: Pharmacy thefts have increased 620% in the last two years statewide.
Theft at New York City retail stores rose an alarming 81% during the first quarter of 2023, in many cases with violent attacks on employees and business owners. This was reported in May by the group Collective Action to Protect Our Stores (Collective Action to Protect Our Stores, CAPS-NY) representing 5,000 establishments, including supermarkets and warehouses, again demanding that state congressmen pass laws against shoplifting. They ask, among other things, for the imprisonment of thieves who attack workers.
Many owners have chosen to reduce hours and lock up merchandise. given the rise in robberies in stores, pharmacies and warehouses, in many cases with violence against employees and the public.
In December The owner of a laundromat was fatally shot during a group robbery at his business in Brooklyn (NYC). They took his gold chain and no one has been arrested. Days later, a 53-year-old man was beaten by at least two subjects in the aisles of a supermarket in the Bronx.
In September a Siena College survey identified crime (73%) among the biggest concerns of New Yorkers. According to another alarming survey released in the summer 70% of NYC residents fear that they will be victims of a criminal act.
2024-02-08 17:34:00
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