TACOMA, Wash. — KIRO 7 News spoke Leah Alo who has been working at One Stop Dentistry for about eight years.Alo showed surveillance video to KIRO 7 News that captured a man peeking into people’s vehicles in their parking lot after he had arrived in a gray vehicle Wednesday at about 3 p.m.Security video captures the moment a man breaks into a vehicle and steals a bag in broad daylight in Tacoma. Several people also accuse him of stealing their vehicles.
And the business has seen other types of crimes over the years, including bullets ripping through its windows and a suspect destroying security cameras.“They’ve broken our cameras in the front of the building. We’ll get them fixed, put them back up and they’ll break them,” said Alo. “I feel like you should feel safe at your place of work.”Alo said her coworker recently filed a report with police about her damaged vehicle Friday.
“How many times you have to think you should buy the next security measure to prevent the crime happens to us?” he continued. Norooz said many of his workers are often concerned for their safety, with many thinking, “That nagging voice behind your mind that I’m going to work, am I going to be okay?”Workers at One Stop Dentistry told KIRO 7 News the business installed additional safety measures and protocols to keep its customers and workers safe, including locked doors.
KIRO 7 News also spoke with Michael Kearns, who said the man caught in One Stop Dentistry’s surveillance video, stole his family’s van Wednesday.