Surveillance footage shows a burglary at the home of an Asian business owner in Denver in November 2024.Law enforcement agencies in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area are investigating a rise in burglaries targeting Asian homes, businesses and places of worship across the community.across the state this year, according to Denver ABC affiliate KMGH-TV.
Surveillance footage shows a burglary at the home of an Asian business owner in Denver in November 2024.The Douglas County Sheriff's office first warned the community of these burglaries in an Oct. 31 statement and so far, no arrests have been made, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. "They are destroying small businesses," Nguyen said in Tuesday's interview. "The amount of money that they took is detrimental to, you know, them being able to operate."She's also president-elect of the Denver Metro Association of Realtors, and said that the home of one of her real estate clients was burglarized twice since September.
Weekly urged the community to notify law enforcement if they see anything suspicious and advised residents to keep their homes locked, install lights on their property and to implement multiple security measures to safeguard their homes, as well as to communicate with their neighbors.