Philadelphia Business Owners Seeing Uptick In Brazen Thefts

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There's been an uptick in brazen thefts, leaving businesses across the city on edge. It's forcing some owners to make the decision to close. KerriCorrado reports

“We had a trash can behind the bar and that was the perfect little basket for them to put al the alcohol that was on the shelves into,” said Kevin Wong, owner of Far East Descendant.

Wong says the men used electrical wires to hoist themselves up the side of the building to the rooftop.Wong says he just opened six months ago. It took him over six years to create and design the restaurant, handmaking everything inside himself. He says seeing this is upsetting. “As soon as we put it out on social media that we got hit we did get a lot of support from other business owners. They are like ‘hey, it happened to me too,'” Wong said.2 Montgomery County School Districts To Require Masks Again Due To County's COVID-19 Level“The crimes are growing more and more now. Now, they are coming in with big bags and filling up with the merchandise and police cannot do anything to them,” an owner said.

The president of the Delaware Valley Franchise Owners Association says more than a dozen convenience stores have shut down because of crime and shoplifting in the past years and it’s getting worse. “It’s very hard to run a business these days,” an owner said. “The owners are very scared and the employees are scared. Nobody wants to work in a 7-Eleven.”“People should still know that even though there is so much crime in the city, there is a lot is good people here,” Wong said.

 

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KerriCorrado Start blasting these people. City needs a change and when officials don't see the error in ther ways, this is what you get

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