Crime in the Wabash Valley

Crime in the Wabash Valley

Resulting in death".

"the covid-19 pandemic"..

Has hit "small businesses" and "the restaurant industry" extremely hard financially.

Already struggling..

Many here in the wabash valley..

Including "vigo county"..

Have had to deal "with burglaries" this month.

News 10's "dominic miranda"..

Caught-up with officials from both "the terre haute police department" and "the vigo county sheriff's office".

He explains..

"the numbers"..

Behind "this latest trend".

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Duration:1:16] domini} just a week ago... delish caé here was broken into and their register was stolen.

Restaurant owners i've spoken with say maybe financial harship caused by the covid-19 pandemic may have something to do with this trend.

Regardless...it's an uptick that's garnering serious attention from the terre haute police department.

I spoke with the vigo county sheriff's office on monday morning.

They told me 8 break-ins have happened county wide in just the last 2 weeks.

Since may first...there have been 277 thefts reported.

Terre haute police department detective rick decker also caught up with news 10.

He says from what they've seen...its mostly restaurants around the area... and it always seems to be small businesses that are targeted.

Decker says this isn't just a police problem....this is a community problem.

"these businesses, they are already struggling from covid-19.

They have lost all that income and now they are struggling to get their business together, then they have to pay for damages to their businesses and dollar losses to their businesses."

Coming up for you at the top of the hour..

You'll hear from a business owner who experienced a break-in first hand.

And i'll have more from decker on what you at home can do to help prevent this.

In terre haute.

I'm dominic miranda.

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