Eight suspects have been arrested for looting by Buffalo police as of Tuesday, as people are using the chaos created by the intense winter storm as an excuse to pillage stores for nonessential items.
Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia announced that the city’s recently formed anti-looting task force arrested four people in one hour Tuesday morning and four others later that day, according to WIVB-TV.
“This isn’t people stealing food and medicine and diapers,” Mr. Gramaglia said. “They are destroying stores, they’re stealing televisions, couches, whatever they can get their hands on. They’re opportunists, they’re taking advantage.