Police release state fair crime numbers

EVEN THOUGH FEWER PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE STATE FAIR THIS YEAR POLICE ARRESTED A LOT MORE PEOPLE IN FACT ARRESTS WERE UP 33 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR ERIC KAHNERT GOT HIS HANDS ON THE FINAL NUMBERS HE S LIVE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS ERIC STATE POLICE TELL US THOSE ARREST NUMBERS WENT UP BECAUSE OF THE HUGE PRESENCE THEY HAD OUT HERE SURE THERE WERE A FEW HIGH PROFILE ARRESTS BUT CRIME ACTUALLY WENT DOWN IN SOME AREAS THE STATE FAIR ISN T ALL FUN AND GAMES FOR STATE POLICE DURING THE 17 DAY EVENT POLICE WERE WORKING THE CROWDS LOOKING FOR BAD GUYS HIGH PROFILE ARRESTS INCLUDED THE SO-CALLED MORA GROPER AND JAIL ESCAPEE JUSTIN HALL JUST LAST WEEKEND POLICE SAY THEY FOUND 40 YEAR OLD SEX OFFENDER FRANK SEYMOUR IN THE BEER GARDEN WEARING AN ANKLE MONITOR SEYMOUR WAS CONVICTED OF RAPING SOMEONE IN THEIR SLEEP HIS ARREST FOR VIOLATING PROBATION WAS ONE OF 40 STATE r between State Police APD and BCSO with our gang units -3 ON ANY GIVEN DAY CAPTAIN PETE KASSETAS SAYS 60 POLICE OFFICERS PATROLLED THE FAIR THOSE OFFICERS KICKED OUT 175 ROWDY FAIR-GOERS COMPARED TO JUST 93 LAST YEAR 5 33 we were able to identify potential problems and remove those problems from the fair grounds when it was necessary to do so -8 BURGLARIES MORE THAN DOUBLED THIS YEAR AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS WENT UP BIG TIME BUT FELONY WARRANTS WERE DOWN 20 PERCENT ASSAULTS AND BATTERIES — DROPPED 40 PERCENT AND THE NUMBER OF LARCENIES THINGS LIKE PURSES BEING STOLEN FELL 80 PERCENT CAPTAIN KASSETAS SAYS HE WANTS CRIMINALS TO KNOW THE STATE FAIR — IS NOT THEIR PLAYGROUND 4 36 i have no idea why someone who is wanted by law enforcement would come to the nm state fair it makes absolutely no sense to me -9 DRIVERS COMING AND GOING TO THE FAIR ALSO HAD A ROUGH YEAR THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC CITATIONS THIS YEAR 23 — COMPARED TO JUST 2 LAST YEAR REPORTING LIVE FROM THE FAIR EKEYWN4 TOMORROW AFTERNOON