{"id":25666,"date":"2025-01-20T17:05:30","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=25666"},"modified":"2025-01-20T17:05:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T17:05:31","slug":"wismar-market-robbery-second-stall-broken-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wismar-market-robbery-second-stall-broken-into\/","title":{"rendered":"Wismar Market Robbery: Second Stall Broken Into"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Jacquey Bourne<\/em><br><em>December 10, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wismar Municipal Market remains a target for thieves, with a second stall broken into within recent months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest incident occurred sometime Monday night or early Tuesday morning, leaving stall owner Odetta Woodroofe counting significant losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodroofe, who operates a stationery and linen outlet in the market, reported that hundreds of thousands of dollars in goods, including stationery and bed sheets, were stolen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She continues to assess the full extent of her losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of the Wismar Market Vendors Association (WMVA), Keith Hollingsworth, has expressed frustration over the lack of adequate security at the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that despite previous break-ins, including one involving a goldsmith who lost millions earlier this year, no tangible measures have been implemented to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hollingsworth stated that the WMVA had sent letters to the Mayor and Town Council recommending security upgrades, including the installation of cameras, but no action has been taken. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that such measures could help identify perpetrators and deter future incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ongoing security concerns have left market vendors increasingly anxious about the safety of their livelihoods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are calling for immediate action to protect their stalls and prevent further losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jacquey BourneDecember 10, 2024 The Wismar Municipal Market remains a target for thieves, with a second stall broken into within recent months. The latest incident occurred sometime Monday night&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25667,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25666\/revisions\/25667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}