Anchorage business break-ins on the rise, some stores hit multiple times

Thieves are breaking in to more Anchorage businesses, according to data from the Anchorage Police Department. There were 264 commercial robberies in 2016, compared to 193 in 2015. Commercial burglaries jumped from 407 to 676 during the same period.
Several businesses have been hit multiple times. On Saturday, Midtown electronics repair and refurbishment store Device Pitstop was burglarized for the third time since it opened in March of 2016. Surveillance footage shows a Volkswagen Golf hatc