{"id":223194,"date":"2025-09-13T09:23:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223194\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T09:23:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T09:23:15","slug":"san-antonio-sees-surge-in-atm-thefts-as-business-owners-grapple-with-crime-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/223194\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio sees surge in ATM thefts as business owners grapple with crime wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 In a brazen act of theft, burglars broke into a business early this morning, smashing through a wall to steal an ATM. <\/p>\n<p>This incident is part of a troubling trend affecting local business owners, with dozens of similar crimes reported recently.<\/p>\n<p>Marcie, a manager and bartender at the targeted establishment, expressed her disbelief at the lengths the suspects went to for the ATM cash. &#8220;It looks like they knew what they were doing, breaking a wall,&#8221; she said. Marcie noted that such incidents have become more frequent, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;ve been here for many years, and this has never happened, but now this is like a trend going around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Police Department confirmed the rise in these types of crimes, reporting a spike to 43 cases this year over the past four months. While overall breaking and entering cases have decreased compared to last year, the impact on business owners remains significant.<\/p>\n<p>Christopher Juarez, co-owner of &#8220;The Thrift Thru,&#8221; recounted a similar experience, watching on cameras as thieves broke into his shop. &#8220;They came in our back room, they grabbed, like, a pair of shoes, maybe like a jacket, and some money from the till,&#8221; Juarez said. He described the situation as &#8220;annoying&#8221; and difficult to prepare for, adding, &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of hard to prepare for this, because you can&#8217;t, you don&#8217;t know when it, when it, when it can happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The SAPD continues to investigate these crimes as business owners hope for justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 In a brazen act of theft, burglars broke into a business early this morning, smashing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":223195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,121088,121090,35786,90031,121089,7463,7202,7203,120081,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-223194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-america","tag-atm-thefts","tag-breaking-and-entering","tag-burglary","tag-business-owners","tag-crime-wave","tag-police-department","tag-san-antonio","tag-sanantonio","tag-surveillance-cameras","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115196264630814965","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}