BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Republican candidate for Buffalo mayor, James Gardner, is calling for increased police action to combat what he describes as a crime crisis, pointing to recent break-ins at local restaurants as evidence that businesses are under siege.

Gardner held a press conference in front of Casa di Pizza on Tuesday, which has been burglarized three times this year.

"They've been broken into three times in a calendar year; three times, criminals have smashed their way inside this building," Gardner said.

The candidate pointed to the recent arrest of 68-year-old Calvin Laster, accused of burglarizing two restaurants over the last two weeks : Sato in the Elmwood Village and Casa Azul in Allentown.

"We have a crime crisis in the City of Buffalo," Gardner said. "Until we st

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