Kelly Cooper, a Republican who ran for Congress against Representative Greg Stanton (D-AZ-04) last fall, had another one of his restaurants burglarized recently, about four months after he announced his intent to challenge Stanton again. Cooper blamed the rise in crime in the Valley on Stanton’s polices, saying he is responsible for “worsening crime.”
The congressional hopeful told The Arizona Sun Times it could be a regular smash and grab or a targeted political attack. He said his other two restaurants had been broken into before, but this was the most organized burglary he’d experienced. He pointed to the high percentage of felons involved with the BLM and Antifa riots and noted that the burglars drove a white C-Class Mercedes. Additionally, the burglars only took the safe; they ignored a $1,500 iPad sitting on top of the safe and the big-screen TVs.
Area conservatives have hosted political events at Cooper’s Chandler restaurant, BKD’s Backyard Joint. Video footage from Cooper’s security cameras showed the four burglars, who wore masks and hoods, breaking the glass on the door at 3 a.m. early Sunday morning. They spray painted over one of the security camera’s lenses. They headed directly for the office, where the safe was, which Cooper said made him believe they knew in advance where it was. They were in and out in about three minutes.
Cooper shared video footage from the alleged crime with The Sun Times.
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