NO STATE IN THE NATION HAD A HIGHER BURGLARY RATE THAN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES FROM THE FBI. BUT HERE IN ABQ, BURGLARIES WERE DOWN 16 PERCENT. APD’S CELINA ESPINOZA TELLS 770 KKOB BURGLARIES AND OTHER PROPERTY CRIMES ARE OFTEN TIED TO DRUGS.
ESPINOZA SAYS THE BURGLARY NUMBERS WOULD GO DOWN EVEN FURTHER IF PEOPLE WOULD SIMPLY LOCK UP THEIR CARS, HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
