{"id":1817930,"date":"2023-01-20T21:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T02:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817930"},"modified":"2023-01-20T21:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T02:23:05","slug":"houston-restaurant-owners-are-sleeping-in-their-businesses-armed-to-keep-out-burglars-because-of-citys-lax-bail-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/houston-restaurant-owners-are-sleeping-in-their-businesses-armed-to-keep-out-burglars-because-of-citys-lax-bail-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston Restaurant Owners Are Sleeping In Their Businesses, Armed, To Keep Out Burglars Because Of City\u2019s Lax Bail Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouston-restaurant-owners-are-sleeping-in-their-businesses-armed-to-keep-out-burglars-because-of-citys-lax-bail-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1817930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Restaurant and bar owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/houston-taqueria-where-patron-shot-and-killed-would-be-robber-gets-robbed-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houston<\/a> To protect themselves from robbers, they are asleep in their homes, armed.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent another spate of break-ins in recent weeks, the restaurant owners decided to sleep in their restaurants. According to the owners, their businesses were broken into multiple times by the same suspect. They placed the blame on Houston\u2019s bail policies, which have resulted in more criminals out on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been broken into six times now,\u201d Tod Jones, owner of Glitter in Midtown Houston told local media outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khou.com\/article\/news\/local\/houston-restaurant-bars-burglaries\/285-6667ff6d-562d-4173-9594-be37661e754b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KHOU<\/a>. \u201cThey\u2019re coming in, grabbing as many bottles as they can, throwing it in a bag and then they\u2019re out. Both my windows are broken, and I\u2019m like, \u2018Man, I don\u2019t even want to fix them because they\u2019re going to be broken again in the next few days.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones stated that thieves caused more than $20,000 of damage and stole alcohol. \u201cAt this point, you don\u2019t even want to claim it on your insurance, because you don\u2019t want to lose your insurance,\u201d He said. \u201cYou just have to fix it yourself.\u201d KHOU reported Jones sleeping at the bar now, closing at night and rising in the morning to protect his property.<\/p>\n<p>Raul Jacobo, owner of Cobos Barbecue East Downtown, is also found sleeping in the back of his restaurant, with a gun in waiting for burglars. The restaurant was broken into twice, both times in less than two weeks despite it being just one block from a Houston Police Department headquarters. Jacobo and his security guard caught a thief, and they held him until the police arrived. \u201cPolice got there, he had his bag with all his tools in it, ski mask,\u201d He said. \u201cThen, next thing I find out, he\u2019s out the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are literally one street away from an [HPD] substation and we have a criminal that is breaking in twice in four days and doesn\u2019t care about any consequence,\u201d He concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been burglarized 15 times in the last year,\u201d Lindsey Rae of Two-Headed Dog Houston said this at a recent city council meeting via the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/19\/armed-bar-owners-in-texas-sleeping-in-shops-to-stop-criminals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019re seeing, if they are getting caught, they\u2019re getting re-released because of the cash bond issues we\u2019re having,\u201d She continued. \u201cThey can come back and rob us again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ABC affiliate investigates 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/abc13.com\/feature\/harris-county-bond-system-repeat-offenders-houston-crime\/11250980\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTRK<\/a> found that Houston\u2019s bail policies have allowed more criminals back onto the streets. The outlet discovered that only 3.5% percent of Harris County cases in 2011 resulted with defendants being released on felonious bond. In 2021, however, defendants were released in 18.8% of cases, almost six times more often. For defendants posting felony bonds, the most common charges were felon in possession or control of a weapon and aggravated assault using a deadly weapon.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the investigation found that criminals were engaging in more crimes while on bail. Only 3.5% of cases in 2011 involved defendants who were already on at least one felony bond. In 2021, this number jumped to 19%. 968 of those cases involved accused felons who allegedly committed at least four new crimes after being released on bond. The outlet discovered that one of the suspects was currently held on 13 separate bonds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Restaurant and bar owners in Houston are sleeping in their establishments, armed, in order to protect them from robbers. The restaurant owners have resorted to sleeping in their businesses in order to prevent a recent rash of break-ins that have taken place in recent weeks. 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