Evette Ingram said her beauty supply stores across LA County have been hit a dozen times and in some cases, she was even robbed at knifepoint. She says the local law enforcement isn’t doing enough to protect business owners like her.
A Tarzana business owner is fed up and is closing shop after multiple thefts.A business owner in the San Fernando Valley is fed up and is closing shop after being victimized repeatedly by robbers., said she’s been burglarized and robbed twelve times. In some incidents, she was even threatened at knifepoint by shoplifters. store on Ventura Boulevard shows $25,000 worth of merchandise was stolen as two suspects, a man and a woman, rummaged through the store.
It is the sixth time thieves have broken into her Tarzana store, forcing her out of business and out of LA County. She says the local law enforcement isn’t doing enough to protect business owners like her. "My message is to enforce the laws," Ingram said. "If the laws are enforced, these people will think before they commit these crimes because we, the business owners, are being hit so hard." "It’s gotten to be too much. It’s taken a toll on my health, and now I have health problems because of all of the stress," Ingram told FOX 11’s Gigi Graciette.
The bandits took off with more than high-end merchandise. They also took Ingram’s peace of mind and the passion she felt for being a business owner. DAILY NEWSLETTERthat I have read and agree
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