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HOLE HUNT:Police and Quinte Mall officials have released more information about a daring roof-top break-in.
November 18, 2009
POLICE AND QUINTE MALL OFFICIALS HAVE RELEASED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT A DARING ROOF-TOP BREAK-IN. THIEVES CUT A HOLE IN THE MALL'S ROOF THIS WEEK -- HELPING THEMSELVES TO THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN MERCHANDISE. WHILE NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE -- ONE OF THE BIG QUESTIONS IS HOW THEY "DROPPED IN", WITHOUT BEING DETECTED. NEWSWATCH'S MAX WARK HAS MORE.
IT'S A CRIME THAT COULD BE TAKEN RIGHT OUT OF A MOVIE SCENE.
THIEVES DROPPING IN FROM ROOF TOPS, SCALING DOWN HUNDREDS OF FEET AND MAKING OFF WITH THE HEIST OF THE CENTURY.
HEIST OF THE CENTURY MAY BE AN EXAGGERATION BUT SOMETIMES LIFE REALLY DOES IMITATE ART.
AS WAS THE CASE BETWEEN 10PM SUNDAY AND 8AM MONDAY AT THE QUINTE MALL -- WHEN THIEVES CUT A HOLE INTO THE ROOF AND MADE OFF WITH 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF PERFUMES, SUNGLASSES AND WATCHES.
TAYLOR:
"THIS IS A RARE AND UNIQUE OCCURRENCE."
WARK:
"THE HOLE WAS MADE ABOVE THE SHOPPERS DRUG MART AT THE FRONT OF THE QUINTE MALL.
WE ASKED IF WE COULD GET A CLOSER LOOK WITH OUR CAMERAS BUT MALL OFFICIALS DECLINED OUR REQUEST BECAUSE OF SECURITY REASONS AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS SEALED OVER WITHIN 6 HOURS OF IT BEING DISCOVERED."
NONETHELESS, POLICE INVESTIGATORS HAVE COMBED THE AREA IN AND ABOVE SHOPPERS DRUG MART LOOKING FOR CLUES.
GRAHAM:
"IT'S NOT A COMMON THING BUT IT'S NOT THAT UNCOMMON EITHER.
WE'VE HAVE OTHER BUILDINGS IN THE CITY OF BELLEVILLE AND AS OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE WHERE THEY'VE TRIED TO BY-PASS ALARMS.
SOMETIMES IT WORKS AND SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T."
ROOFTOP ANTICS AREN'T CONFINED TO BELLEVILLE.
IN AUGUST, THIEVES SWOOPED IN TO TAKE 30-THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF JEWELLERY FROM THIS 'GOLD FOR LESS' STORE IN THE FRONTENAC MALL IN KINGSTON.
EDDY:
"IT APPEARED THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.
THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHERE TO COME IN.
THEY WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE GOING THROUGH THE ROOF.
THEY LEFT A LADDER, ROPES AND A FLASHLIGHT BEHIND.
THEY BASICALLY CLEANED EVERYTHING OUT AND LEFT."
GRAHAM:
"IT WOULD BE UNIQUE IN WHAT TOOLS WERE USED OR HOW THEY GAIN ENTRY.
WE HAVE OUR CRIME ANALYSTS WHO LOOK AT AND COMPARE TO OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE SIMILAR TYPE THINGS."
NO WORD ON IF THE TWO INCIDENTS ARE CONNECTED.
UNTIL LINKS ARE MADE AND THE CASE IS CRACKED IT WILL SERVE AS A UNIQUE LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
TAYLOR:
"WE HAVE LEARNED SOME LESSONS AND WE'LL TAKE THAT TO HEART GOING FORWARD."
POSSIBLY CREATING NEW SECURITY MEASURES ... TO KEEP FUTURE ROOFTOP ROBBERIES AT ARMS LENGTH.
MAX WARK, CKWS NEWSWATCH, BELLEVILLE.
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