7-Eleven broken into, tobacco stolen for 2nd time in a month
Devastated and disappointed.
A store owner in Seattle's Woodland Park says his business has been hit twice in the past month by thieves.
Joe Batch works at the 7-Eleven on Phinney Avenue North. He came to work 15 minutes early Saturday to see his store ransacked for the second time in about a month.
"It's devastating, you know, I'm just trying to have a normal job," Batch said.
But rather than making coffee and counting the till to start his workday, Batch was calling the police after two people drove a car into the front of his store and stole all their tobacco products.
“You know, beer's heavy to carry so they went for the lightest, most expensive thing, tobacco," he said.
According to Batch after looking at surveillance video, he claims two men grabbed a trash bag from the gas pumps of the 7-Eleven and threw all the tobacco in there.
He says they were in and out in less than a minute.
And in the daylight, hours into his shift, you could still see the glass shattered and the front door bent open.
“Devastating to see my city where I grew up has turned to this," Batch said.
And to Batch it's especially frustrating when one of these windows had already been repaired about a month ago. After the store had been broken into and someone once again stole all of their tobacco products. That time, using a small rock to break a window.
In the meantime, Batch says they've called corporate 7-Eleven to work on putting up plywood and replacing these windows, all the while hoping this is the last time he has to make that call to police.
"Seattle's a great city, it's just sad to see this element happening," Batch said.
He did speak with Seattle Police officers who showed up to the business later in the day and filed a report.
西雅图伍德兰公园附近7-11便利店一个月内第二次被盗烟草
沮丧和失望。
西雅图伍德兰公园的一位店主说，他的生意在过去一个月里两次遭到小偷袭击。
Joe Batch 在 Phinney Avenue North 的 7-11 便利店工作。他周六提早 15 分钟来上班，看到他的商店在大约一个月内第二次被洗劫一空。
“这是毁灭性的，你知道，我只是想找一份正常的工作，”巴奇说。
但是，在两个人开车进入他的商店前面并偷走了他们所有的烟草产品后，Batch 并没有煮咖啡和数钱开始他的工作日，而是报警了。
“你知道，啤酒携带起来很重，所以他们选择了最轻、最贵的东西——烟草，”他说。
根据 Batch 在查看监控视频后的说法，他声称有两名男子从 7-11 的加油泵中抢走了一个垃圾袋，然后把所有的烟草都扔了进去。
他说他们在不到一分钟的时间内进出。
在白天，在他轮班数小时后，你仍然可以看到玻璃破碎，前门弯曲打开。
巴奇说：“看到我长大的城市变成了这个，真是令人震惊。”
对于 Batch 来说，当这些窗户中的一个在大约一个月前已经修好时，尤其令人沮丧。在商店被闯入之后，有人再次偷走了他们所有的烟草产品。那个时候，用一块小石头打破了窗户。
与此同时，Batch 表示，他们已经打电话给 7-11 便利店，负责安装胶合板和更换这些窗户，同时希望这是他最后一次向警方报警。
“西雅图是一座伟大的城市，看到这种情况发生真是令人难过，”巴奇说。
他确实与当天晚些时候出现在该公司并提交报告的西雅图警察进行了交谈。
