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Businesses battle break-ins Police tracking suspects as downtown deals with 19 incidents over the past four months Kevin Mills Mission Record
Nineteen businesses in Mission’s downtown core have been broken into, or have been targeted by break-in attempts, in the past four months, according to the downtown business association. That’s just under one-fifth of the busi-
nesses in the area. Jamie Hayes, executive director of the Mission Downtown Business Association, said the break-ins are becoming an epidemic. She said in most cases that she has heard of, no “big ticket items” have been stolen, just “whatever was lying around.” “The thing that I find perplexing is that some of the businesses that are
being targeted have been surprising. There are some businesses where you would think that there is nothing to steal,” said Hayes. While she would not name any of the sites that have fallen victim to thieves, she said some of them were office buildings. “In the end, it is just a nuisance for the business that they have to deal with
this. It’s violating, inconvenient and it’s costly.” But Hayes said downtown isn’t the only area that is being impacted. Other businesses have been hit. She said many owners are getting frustrated and angry. Hayes is encouraging business owners to report everything to police, even if it Continued on A3
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