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Tips needed in PTC burglary incident
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Posted on Dec 24 2004
The NMI Crime Stoppers continues to seek tips for a burglary and theft incident that resulted in Pacific Trading Co. losing thousands of dollars in cash and checks.
PTC said that the suspect(s) managed to get away with approximately $36,000.
According to NMI Crime Stoppers, patrol officers were dispatched to the establishment early morning of Sept. 6 after receiving report that it had been burglarized. The report was placed at about 6:58am.
“The operational manager of [PTC] called [the Department of Public Safety] and reported a burglary and theft incident. Patrol officers arrived at the scene and later learned that the office assigned to the general manager was burglarized,” said Crime Stoppers coordinator PO2 Eric F. David.
Police have yet to identify how many suspects were involved in the incident.
David indicated that investigation conducted by the responding officers revealed that the suspect(s) entered the establishment through the rooftop by cutting the roof open.
“They [suspects] made their way to the general manager’s office from the ceiling, passing through the alarm systems,” he said.
Further, David said the suspect(s) then broke through the safe room and managed to gain entry to one of the safes.
The incident has been tagged as the Crime Stoppers’ Crime of the Week for Dec. 20-26.
Anyone with information about the crime, or any other crime, is urged to call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 234-7272, or *11 from any Verizon Cellular phone (toll free from Tinian and Rota). Information may also be submitted through its website at www.nmicrimestoppers.com.
Crime Stoppers pay up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest. All tips remain anonymous and caller ID is not used.
The NMI Crime Stoppers, which was established in 1989, has been helping the police department solve cases through unique information-gathering techniques that reward tipsters.
It received tips through its hotline, which led to arrests for crimes ranging from burglary to robbery, and even murder.
