Businesses in downtown Nanaimo are fed up with crime in their city, particularly with an increasing number of broken windows.
The latest window smashing happened just hours after B.C.’s Premier visited the city promising change.owner Dave Lawrence started getting notifications from his security system.“It’s just such a shocking thing. I’m the Victoria Crescent Association president. I’m promoting the area. I tell people to come down here so to get hit like this myself is just very disheartening,” said Lawrence.
“I took the picture and maybe about five minutes later the police came,” said Sommai Daengsomboon, Owner of Zalathai Thai Restaurant.“A lot of yelling. Nonsensical stuff. Throwing stuff through the window of the barbershop next door, but what concerned me the most he came this way. I definitely try not to engage with these people cause you never know what could happen. There’s been a lot of violence around these streets in recent times especially,” said Joel Martin, Owner of Mainstay Tattoo.
Police arrested a suspect 20 minutes after the incident. Intoxicated by either drugs or alcohol, the 46-year-old sobered up in police cells and was released this morning on an undertaking. He’s to appear in court on July 17 on a mischief charge. “In the last few weeks, five businesses in this short one-block area have had their windows smashed. In two of the incidents, people entered and stole items inside,” said Kevan Shaw, President Emeritus of the Victoria Crescent Association.Sign up for our newsletter to get breaking news and daily digests sent to your email.
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Will the judge make this goon repay the barber for the damage done to his shop? Of course not. Will the judge send him back onto our streets to commit more antisocial behaviours? Yes of course. Why?
bcndp how about you all start paying for the vandalism out of your own pockets instead of tax payers footing the bill. The go fund me link is in the page!
cinny65 There is a to help with replacing the windows.
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