City of Albuquerque closes 6th problem property
KOAT
[{'start': '0.399', 'end': '2.368', 'text': "'RE WATCHING KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS.  THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE HAS  CLOSED ANOTHER MOTEL THAT  OFFICIALS SAY IS A NUISANCE  PROPERTY.  AND ACCORDING TO OFFICERS, LAST  YEAR THEY RESPONDED TO ALMOST  1000 CALLS ON FOURTRTH STREET NR  MENAUL AROUND THE COURT JOHN  MOTEL.  HERE'S SASHA LENNINGER.  SIX PROBLEM PROPERTIES CLOSED IN  SEVEN MONTHS.   WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SHUT  DOWN THESE HOTBEDS OF CRIME IN  OUR CITY.  ON THURSDAY, THE CITY OF  ALBUQUERQUE CLOSING COURT JOHN  MOTEL IN THE NORTH VALLEY.  OFFICERS RESPONDING TO ROUGHLY  940 CALLS IN A TWO BLOCK RADIUS  OF THE MOTEL JUST LAST YEAR,  CALLS THAT THE COURT MOTEL  ITSELF INCLUDE 16 CALLS FOR  ASSAULT OR BATTERY, 26 REPORTS  OF STOLEN CARS, TWO SHOOTINGS,   THREE RAPE CASES, SIX CASES OF  ILLEGAL DRUGS AND TEN  SHOTSPOTTER ACTIVATIONS.  HE HAS JUST BECOME A HOTBED FOR  DRUG TRAFFICKING, VIOLENCE AND  PROSTITUTION, ROBBERY, KIDNAPING  AND DV ARE ALL CALLS THAT WE'VE  HAD IN THIS AREA.  WOODEN BOARDS NOW COVER UP THE  WINDOWS ALONG WITH THESE YELLOW  SIGNS.  THE CITY SAYS UNSAFE LIVING  ENVIRONMENTS INCLUDE OVERLOADED  CIRCUITS, PEST INFESTATIONS, AND  NUMEROUS PLUMBING ISSUES.  YESTERDAY OUR TEAMS CAME OUT AND  WERE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH  15 INDIVIDUALS AS MAYOR SAID.  14 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS TOOK US  UP ON OUR SERVICES.  ONE OF THEM, A 97 YEAR OLD  VETERAN WHO NOW HAS EMERGENCY  HOUSING.  THESE ARE THE SIX MOTELS THE  CITY HAS CLOSED SINCE OCTOBER OF  LAST YEAR.  TIWAHE LODGE WAS THE FIRST TO  CLOSE, FOLLOWED BY THE LOMA  VERDE MOTEL IN JANUARY.  A MONTH LATER.  BOW AND ARROW LODGE IN MARCH,  THE MOTEL SIX AND DAYS INN ON  THE WEST SIDE WERE SHUT DOWN,  AND THEN THE COURT JOHN MOTEL.  WE'RE ALSO UNDERSTANDING THAT  NOT NECESSARILY THE HOTELS  THEMSELVES, BUT AT LEAST THE  INDIVIDUALS USING THESE HOTELS  IN SOME WAY SEEM TO BE  CONNECTED.  THE CITY HAS SAID THEHE PROPERTS  ATTRACT CRIME.  SO WE ASKED, WITH THEM NOW BEING  CLOSED, ARE THEY SEEING LESS  CRIME IN THOSE AREAS?  THIS IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.  BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE  BIGGEST THING IS, IS AS WE KNOW  IN POLICE ACTIVITY, ACTIVITY IS  THAT YES, CRIME HAS HAS  ESTABLISHED HERE, BUT THE  INDIVIDUALS ALSO GO OUTSIDE OF  THIS LOCATION AND ACTUALLY  CONDUCT THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY,  MEANING THE CRIMINALS JUST TAKE  THEIR CRIME SOMEWHERE ELSE.  AND THE CITY SAW THAT THE  WESTSIDE THERE WAS A MOTEL THAT  WAS SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF A CODE  VIOLATIONS AND JUSTT ILLICIT  ACTIVITY.  ONE OF THE FEMALES FROM THAT  MOTEL, SHE MOVED HER ILLICIT  OPERATIONS TO THIS HOTEL.  THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY KNOW  CRIME IS GOING TO MOVE  LOCATIONS.  ONCE A PROBLEM.  PROPERTY IS CLOSED.  BUT OFFICERS ARE BEING  PROACTIVE, MONITORING THE HIGH  CRIME AREAS AND ARRESTING  CRIMINALS.  SASHA LENNINGER KOAT ACTION  SEVEN NEWS AND THE CITY SAYS OF  THE SIX PROPERTIES, IT'S CLOSED  SO FAR,"}]