Practice News Story – Crime

Two CPUs were stolen from a church building on the east side of Logan on January 30.

The church building belonged to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and was located on the corner of 1600 E 900 N. Sheriff Deputy Geoffrey Hasty said that an investigation of the case is currently underway. According to Hasty, two juveniles were involved in the crime. Some time between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. one of them entered through a window that was unlocked then went around to the door and opened it for the accomplice. The two then proceeded to steal the two CPUs and threw two computer monitors on the floor in the hallway. “We’re gonna bring in extra units… We’re gonna figure this one out,” Hasty said.

Physical Management Manager Robert Knotz was the first person to come upon the crime. Knotz stated that he was coming in to replace some ceiling tiles when he found the two computer monitors on the floor in the hallway. Upon further investigation, Knotz found the door to Shirk’s office open, as well as the window. According to Knotz, the fact that the window was unlocked in the first place was against building policy.

Bishop Lawrence Shirk, the man in whose office the juveniles entered through, received a phone call around 7:30 a.m. informing him of the incident. Shirk said that he had opened his window the previous night because it was getting stuffy in his office, then forgot to close and lock it on his way out. “I’m glad nobody go hurt,” Shirk said, “When it comes right down to it, it was just equipment”.

Evenly Breathwaite, a witness to the crime, said that she heard noises around 1:45 a.m. which woke her from her sleep. Even though she lives across the street from the church building, she still was able to hear the sound of glass breaking. Breathwaite said that she mistakenly believed the sounds to be coming from a garbage truck, but when she awoke the next morning she realized that could not have been the case. “This is normally a pretty safe neighborhood,” Breathwaite said, “It’s the first time this has happened in the 50 years I’ve lived here”.