Texas hurricane relief program workers robbed in 6 'brazen incidents' in recent months: 'Unacceptable'
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Construction workers in Texas working to help residents recover from 2017's Hurricane Harvey have been the victims of a number of armed robberies in recent months.
"It is unacceptable that hardworking General Land Office construction crews have been assaulted six times since July of this year in the City of Houston," Buckingham told Fox News Digital. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
The Land Commissioner said that Monday a crew of workers were helping residents who were impacted by 2017's Hurricane Harvey rebuild their homes when they were robbed at gunpoint. Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, struck Texas and Louisiana, killing over 60 people and destroying over 200,000 homes and businesses.
Buckingham said that one of the suspects shot the supervisor in the hand during the assault.
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