Dozens of restaurants in Washington D.C. have closed their doors amid high rent costs and surging crime, with one business owner admitting he is tired of staff and customers being threatened, robbed and carjacked. According to the Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Association, 52 restaurants in D.C. have shuttered in 2023. Related articleAdditionally, motor vehicle theft is up 84% and violent crime increased 39% year-over-year. REX Management CEO Noe Landini, who recently closed his Washington, D.C. restaurant, told "Fox & Friends" Friday that marked police cruisers and ambulances have been carjacked. "We had an American Red Cross van that was supposed to feed the homeless the other day get carjacked.

Source: Fox News December 30, 2023 00:04 UTC