Overview
- Local reports describe Tolosa store owners now staying in their businesses overnight to stop break-ins, a practice that spread from nearby City Bell.
- Butcher Juan Coronel says he has spent the past month sleeping inside his shop’s cold room to protect his gear and stock from theft.
- He says merchants and neighbors rotate night shifts and some keep a crowbar at hand to scare off intruders.
- Coronel reports no routine police patrol in the area and says repeated complaints at the Sixth Precinct brought little relief.
- Coverage notes varying accounts of how many attempts occurred and no official crime data, and it warns that staying on-site raises the risk of violent clashes.