VICTIMS WILL HAVE TO REGISTER
WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTIONS FOR --
>> Todd: AN UNDERGROUND BUNKER
IN A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT FOUND
WITH STOLEN GOODS, FOUND NEAR
LOCAL HOMES AND SCHOOLS.
JOINING MP IS VICTIM OF FOUR OF
THE ROBBERIES IN THE LAST YEAR
ALONE.
ASHLEY KING, WERE YOU SURPRISED
WHEN YOU FOUND UP WHERE THE
STOLEN GOODS WOUND UP?
>> A LOT OF STUFF HAPPENS
ESPECIALLY IN NEIGHBORHOODS NEAR
CREEKS.
WE LIVE NEAR TWO CREEKS, QUITE A
FEW CREEKS RUN THROUGH SAN JOSE
AND PEOPLE BRING STOLEN ITEMS,
BIKES, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.
>> Todd: YOUR HOME HAS BEEN
TARGETED FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST
MONTHS.
HOW POWERLESS DO YOU FEEL TO
STOP THIS?
>> YEAH, INCREDIBLY POWERLESS,
THE FIRST TWO TIMES OUR HOME WAS
TARGETED, IT WAS WHILE IT WAS
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST TWO TIMES IT WAS
TARGETED, THEY STOLE LARGE
TRUCKS, THIRD TIME THEY STOLE A
BOBCAT AND THE FOURTH TIME THIS
PAST SUNDAY WAS SOME PRETTY
LARGE EQUIPMENT.
IN TRUTH, YOU FEEL INCREDIBLY
POWERLESS, THE SAN JOSE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WASN’T ABLE TO DO
MUCH AFTER ANY OF THE THEFTS AND
YOU START TO FEEL LIKE IT IS
JUST A PART OF DAILY LIFE IN A
WAY.
>> Todd: YOUR HUSBAND THWARTING
A FIFTH ROBBERY.
HOW WORRIED ARE YOU FOR YOUR
FAMILY’S SAFETY?
>> I’M NOT WORRIED FOR OUR
SAFETY, THE SITES BEING TARGETED
ARE LIKE CONSTRUCTION SITES AND
THEY COME AT NIGHT WHEN NOBODY
IS PRESENT.
I GUESS ON ONE HAND, THAT IS A
GOOD THING.
THE PART THAT MAKES YOU FEEL
UNSAFE WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT THE
AMMUNITION AND WEAPONS THAT WERE
TAKEN AND HOW CLOSE THIS BUNKER
WAS TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, INCLUDING
A SCHOOL THAT I MYSELF TEACH AT.
>> Todd: HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU
THERE ARE MORE BUNKERS LIKE
THIS, THIS ONE IS NOT THE ONLY
ONE?
>> I MEAN, THEY MIGHT NOT ALL BE
AS WELL BUILT AS THIS ONE, I
WOULD BE MORE SURPRISED IF THERE
WEREN’T. WITH THE FREQUENCY
THAT CONSTRUCTION SITES ARE
BEING TARGETED AND THE NUMBER OF
TOOLS BEING TAKEN AND IT IS ALL
OVER SAN JOSE, NOT JUST IN THIS
SMALL AREA.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
IS HAPPENING VERY COMMONLY.
THEY’RE EASY THEFTS IF YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS
CUT A CHAIN AT A FENCE AND THEY
WERE ON THE PROPERTY.
I THINK IT IS VERY LIKELY IT IS
HAPPENING FREQUENTLY AND IN
MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
>> Todd: ASHLEY, THE QUESTION I
CANNOT ANSWER AND I HOPE YOU
CAN, WHY DO THE HOMELESS NEED
POWER TOOLS?
>> SO I THINK THIS MIGHT BE A
COMPLICATED QUESTION, I DON’T
THINK I HAVE THE ANSWERS
OBVIOUSLY, I DON’T THINK IT IS
NECESSARILY JUST HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS DOING THIS.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROBBERIES THAT
HAVE HAPPENED, THEY HAVE ARRIVED
WITH TRUCKS AND LARGE EQUIPMENT.
I DON’T KNOW IF HOMELESS
INDIVIDUALS ARE LIVING IN THE
HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS OR OTHER
INDIVIDUALS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE ANONYMITY OF THE HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS.
IT IS HARD TO SAY.
I THINK IT IS JUST AN EASY PLACE
TO HIDE.
ENCAMPMENTS BECOME QUITE LARGE,
PEOPLE DON’T GO NEAR THERE, GOOD
PLACE TO HIDE MORE LIKELY.
>> Todd: AGREED.
I THINK THERE IS MORE TO THE
STORY.