More than 40 arrested breaking into abandoned Houston homes and businesses in storm flood aftermath
Forty people have been arrested for looting across Houston following Harvey
People have broken into abandoned homes and stores to loot them of cash
The city has also warned residents of scammers, posing as firefighters and Homeland Security special agents and telling people to evacuate in order
Despite the 40 arrests, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the curfew and the increased police presence have helped keep most criminals at bay
By KELLY MCLAUGHLIN
DAILYMAIL.COM
31 August 2017
Forty people have been arrested for looting across Houston and its surrounding areas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, police said.
Houston officials have imposed an overnight curfew running from midnight until 5am, but that hasn’t stopped dozens of people from breaking into homes and stores looking for cash and other items.
The city has also warned residents of scammers, posing as firefighters and Homeland Security special agents and telling people to evacuate in order to ransack their homes.
Despite the 40 arrests, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said the curfew and the increased police presence have helped keep most criminals at bay.
It was effective,’ he told the Houston Chronicle. ‘It’s going to remain in effect until we kind of get past the situations we’re in.’
Houston police Chief Art Acevedo said there were no arrests for curfew violation on Tuesday, the first night after it was imposed.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, looters broke into stores across Houston, stealing cigarettes, cash from registers and cell phones.
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