Shocker.

(LA Times) — Crime continues to be an issue at Occupy L.A.’s camp at City Hall.

The Los Angeles Police Department said arrests in the general area around the camp are up, including charges of disorderly conduct, drug violations, public drunkenness and lewd acts.

In the nearby L.A. Mall, a CVS employee said that $730 worth of toiletries, alcohol and first-aid supplies had been stolen from the store over a two-week period in late October. In the report filed Oct. 27 with mall security, the employee said “thefts were occurring because [of] the newly frequent visits from the Occupy L.A. people.”

Occupy L.A. representatives didn’t dispute the claim, noting that many of the protesters don’t have jobs or money.

Serious crimes more than doubled in the area around Occupy Los Angeles during the first 45 days since the protesters began their encampment, LAPD officials said.