CRIME ALERT!
Appalachian State University Police Department
October 2, 2009
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Campus Crime Alert
Burglary
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ASU Police were called early Friday morning (October 2) to the New River Light & Power offices located on Winkler's Creek Road in Boone to investigate a Burglary Breaking & Entering. Unknown suspect(s) broke into the building sometime between midnight and 4:00 a.m., by breaking out a window and stole an unknown amount of money from the night deposit box. The suspect(s) also attempted to open the safe with an acetylene torch that was stolen earlier that night from Miller's Auto Repair Shop on Daniel Boone Drive, but the attempt at opening the safe was unsuccessful.
ASU Police is investigating the New River Light & Power break-in, and the Boone Police are investigating the break-in of Miller's Auto Repair Shop. Anyone having information about either of these crimes can all the ASU Police at 828-262-2150 and the Boone Police at 828-268-6900. You may also or anonymously report information to High Country Crimestoppers at 828-268-6959 or by going to the ASU Police web page at www.police.appstate.edu and clicking on the Report Crime Information Anonymously link.
Crimestoppers will pay up to $1000 cash for information that leads to the arrest of the suspect(s) in these cases.