The station may call itself “News Channel 3,” but I suspect they’d rather not be the news. A trailer behind the staion’s Humboldt Hill HQ was allegedly broken into over the weekend, with the thief making off with roughly $10,000 worth of equipment, including four news cameras.
On 01-27-2013, approximately 12:00 noon the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the station manager of KIEM News reporting a burglary to the station. A deputy responded to 5650 South Broadway Avenue, Eureka and met with the station manager who reported that someone stole four news video cameras and a scanner from a single-wide trailer located behind the building. There were no signs of forced entry.
The stolen items were last seen in the trailer at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night, 1-26-2013 and were discovered missing on Sunday, 1-27-2013, approximately 11:00 a.m.
The news station and the Humboldt County Sheriff’s office is requesting the public be on the lookout for the three stolen Sony cameras and a Panasonic camera, along with a radio shack scanner. Estimated loss is $10,000.
Anyone with information for the Sheriffs Office regarding this case or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriffs Office at 707-445-7251 or the Sheriffs Office Crime Tip line at 707-268-2539.
This article appears in Charter School Rift.
Any poop left behind?
Maybe the thieves will put to better use those cameras since the local news station sucks. On the bad, it is wrong to thieve.
Reality though is that many local news outlets (blogs, papers, etc…) blow chunks, and that is why the affected news syndicates/outlets are feeling the pinch of the Grinch! – HOJ
No poop, but we did discover a rather large pee spot on the north wall.
Yes, we also found a used condom and half a can of Budweiser.
It would be nice if local television stations knew what proper aspect ratio was…
In rresponse to your question, Mitch, only you.
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Save the condom for evidence and DNA testing. It’ll be interesting.