extra practice news story #3: CRIME

Sometime between the hours of 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Jan. 30, a juvenille burgulary occured at a church on the east side of Logan. This church is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and is located on the corner of 1600 East and 900 North.

After speaking with Sherriff Deputy, Geoffrey Hasty, it appears that there are two suspects that they are investigating. He told us that one entered through an unlocked window and then came around and let the other one in. As Hasty walked through the building with the physical management manager, Robert Knotz, the only thing that they noticed to be missing were two computer processing units.

Robert Knotz was the first one to come upon the scene as he was doing a routine check on the building at about 6 a.m. He said that the first thing that led to any concern was the two monitors on the floor right by the entryway. He then called police and has been working with them. He seemed confident that they will get to the bottom of this problem when he said, "We have ample evidence, we'll figure this one out." The investigators have already started finger printing and have sent a canine unit through the building.

One of the Bishops that attends this building, Lawrence Shirk, told us that he feels horrible because he was the one that accidentally left the window open, which is against church policy. He said, "I'm just glad that nobody got hurt, it's just equipment, it can be replaced." Luckily for the church, the computers that were taken did not contain any confidential information.

Evelyn Breathwaite was one of the witnesses that said that she heard something that night. She lives right across the street from the church. Breathwaite said that she heard glass breaking, but they aren't sure if that was related to this incident or not.