Store Owner Suffers 4 Break Ins Since Occupy Boston Began

John on October 25, 2011 at 3:53 pm

From WCBV 5:

At Congress Card and Tobacco, a worker had to board up a window after the fourth break-in in less than a month.

“The big items are the tobacco products because cigarettes are running $60 to $70 a carton, and they’re walking out with garbage bags full of them,” said owner Linda Capillo.

The first break-in was Sept. 29 — the day before Occupy Boston set up camp in nearby Dewey Square. Capillo is convinced the break-ins are linked to the growing crowd.Tuesday’s break-in was at 4:45 a.m.

“They came in the side window, and there was a piece of cardboard in the doorstep and it had a saying on it,” Capillo said.

If you follow the link there’s a video clip of the story.

This is the second time in a week that Occupy Boston has denied having anything to do with crime tied to them. They previously denied having anything to do with the left wing slogans spray painted on local banks. Banks, of course, are a particular target of the Occupy movement.

Related: From the AP, word that Occu-theft isn’t limited to Boston:

Fariyal Lakhani, owner of a kiosk next to an Atlanta park where a few dozen protesters have camped out, said people aren’t buying candy bars and sodas, or they want things for free or at a steep discount.

“We’re very upset,” Lakhani said. “There’s no business. Too much argument.”

A 7-Eleven one block from the protests in Portland, Ore., reported a higher-than-normal $6,000 in shoplifting since the protest began Oct. 6. The store has added a security guard.

These folks are anti-capitalists. What do you expect?