ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Albuquerque police’s arrest of Kellie Shugart has business owners breathing a sigh of relief.
Shugart is connected to at least seventeen burglaries this summer, and detectives are working on more charges.
Jessica Carothers, the owner of Blo Blow Dry Bar and Waxing the City in the Northeast Heights, said Shugart targeted both of her businesses within two weeks in July.
“It’s frightening to walk into a business in the morning that’s had windows removed and has been ransacked and burglarized,” said Carothers. “It definitely gives people a very unsteady feeling.”
Her surveillance cameras caught Shugart and another person cut out the entire window pane and crawl into the salon. Police noted that technique in several other robberies. Surveillance videos from multiple boutique businesses also showed a Silver Subaru and a woman with dyed red hair.
Shugart is now facing 69 charges, ranging from…
