Police in Buffalo, New York, have arrested eight people for looting multiple stores following a deadly winter storm in western New York over Christmas weekend.
Videos released by the department’s anti-looting team on Tuesday show the aftermath of the looting of stores, with boxes everywhere, shelves emptied and shoes looted from a warehouse.
The Buffalo Police Department’s anti-looting team recorded video of stores that were looted during the winter storm on Christmas weekend.
(Buffalo Police Department)
Alarms can be heard on most videos when the person recording the footage captures the damage that was done to the stores.
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The looters seemed to leave nothing untouched.
The refrigerator shelves were empty of drinks, clothing was ripped off the shelves and thrown all over the floor, the gift card shelves were mostly stripped, and the shoe boxes were cleaned and left empty.
A family walks past Cameron’s 24-hour convenience store in Buffalo, New York on December 26, 2022. – Emergency crews in New York scrambled on December 26, 2022 to rescue abandoned residents from what authorities called it the “blizzard of the century.” a relentless storm that has killed at least 25 people in the state and is wreaking havoc on holiday travel across the United States.
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Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia acknowledged during a news conference Monday that officers had responded to several reports of looting and that arrests had been made.
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“People who are looting when people are losing their lives in this harsh winter storm is absolutely reprehensible,” Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown said during the news conference. “I don’t know how these people can live with themselves, how they can look in the mirror. They are the lowest of the low.”
On Tuesday afternoon, the department reported that eight people had been arrested in connection with winter storm robberies of businesses.
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Buffalo Police continue to investigate the looting incidents and ask anyone with information about the looting to call a tip line at 716-847-2255.
The historic blizzard dropped feet of snow in western New York over Christmas weekend and has caused at least 28 deaths.
