DENVER — It started with home burglaries. Now, an uptick in burglaries to Asian businesses and places of worship has the community on high alert.
“The way that they’re robbing now, they’re not even caring if the alarms are going off,” said Lisa Nguyen, owner of Kentucky Plaza off of South Federal Boulevard.
Burglars busted into her tenant’s store, U.A.N Convenience Smokes & Vapes, and stole $17,000 worth of merchandise.
Surveillance cameras caught the U.A.N Convenience Smokes & Vapes burglary. Watch the video below:
Surveillance video captures burglars targeting Asian business
“It’s happening down south. It’s happening up north. This is central Denver right here. It’s happening at places of business. And now they’re going into churches and robbing churches,” said Nguyen.
Denver Dongsan Baptist leaders told Denver7 that thieves pretended to be new members of the church and burglarized vehicles in its parking lot and the pastor’s home.
Across Colorado, there have been around 100 reported burglaries of Asian homes this year.
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