CAN FIND ANYTHING .....
ESPECIALLY POLICE.
ALBUQUERQUE'S WALMARTS
HAVE TO PROVEN TO BE
A CRIME MAGNET. NEWS
13'S JEANNIE NGUYEN GOT
ANSWERS FROM A-P-D AS TO
WHY.
ALEX, ALBUQUERQUE POLICE
SAY WALMART IS A ONE
STOP SHOP FOR THIEVES
AND A LOT OF TIMES, THEY
DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING
CAUGHT ON CAMERA.
IT'S FOUR IN THE MORNING
AND THE CASHIER HAS JUST
STEPPED AWAY. THAT'S
WHEN THIS SUSPECT FOUND
THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
TO BREAK INTO A JEWELRY
CASE AT THE WALMART ON
CARLISLE AND MENAUL.
3:29 "They got to know
his person, break in to
that jewelry area, and
they got away with
about $1500 worth of
jewelry." 3:38 AND JUST
LAST MONTH, THESE TWO
SUSPECTS PULLED A QUICK
ONE ON THIS UNSUSPECTING
CASHIER AND MANAGED TO
MAKE OFF WITH 21-HUNDRED
DOLLARS. THIS WAS ALL
DONE BY CONTINUOUSLY
ASKING THE CASHIER TO
MAKE CHANGE.
3:09 Officer Simon
Drobik - Albuquerque
Police "It's probably
the biggest one the
detectives here in the
Northeast have ever
STORES AROUND
ALBUQUERQUE
HAVE BEEN THE TARGET OF
THIEVES. LAST WEEK, IN A
PRESENTATION FROM MAYOR
BERRY ABOUT
ALBUQUERQUE'S CRIME
UPTICK... HE POINTED OUT
CRIME UPTICK... HE
POINTED OUT THE TOP
LOCATIONS POLICE RESPOND
TO. SIX OF THOSE....
WERE WALMART
STORES.... WITH THE ONE
AT SAN MATEO AND ZUNI
LEADING THE
PACK. APD SAYS, IN
GENERAL, WALMART IS A
TEMPTING SPOT FOR
CROOKS.
3:49 "There's so much
stuff at Walmart,
is going to catch them,
lost prevention may or
may
not be there watching
you. Less staff, so
there's a lot of target
opportunity there for
them to steal." 4:03 THE
CRIME PROBLEM HAS LED TO
THREE WALMART LOCATIONS
IN ALBUQUERQUE
SHORTENING THEIR STORE
HOURS. THEY WERE
24-7.... NOW THEY CLOSE
AT MIDNIGHT.
IN 2014, THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA
CONDUCTED A NATIONAL
STUDY SHOWING THAT WHILE
CRIME DROPPED
SIGNIFICANTLY ACROSS THE
U-S, COUNTIES WITH
WALMART STORES CONTINUED
TO EXPERIENCE HIGHER
RATES OF PROPERTY AND
VIOLENT CRIMES. ALEX
BACK TO YOU.
OK JEANNIE. JUST THIS
PAST WEEK --- THE MAYOR
ROLLED OUT A 14 POINT
PLAN TO CURB PROPERTY
CRIME IN THE CITY...
WHICH HAS SPIKED
CONSIDERABLY THE PAST
COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR
NEW MEXICO'S NEXT
