Burglars Steal Money, Cash Registers From Westmoreland Co. Ball Field Concession Stands
IRWIN (KDKA) -- Police are looking for the thieves who stole money and cash registers from concession stands at two Westmoreland County youth sports baseball fields.
Footprints can be seen on the door where the thieves kicked it in at the Police Athletic League's Norwin Sports Complex.
The burglaries were discovered on Monday.
"Everything in the office and the concession stand was rifled through, every drawer was opened. There's papers all over the place," said Kris Laukus, the PAL Norwin coach.
Laukus found the damage Monday afternoon. She and PAL Norwin Commissioner Bob Stein believe the thieves entered the building through a door on the second floor, using a garbage can as a ladder to reach the deck.
"Smashed out our light first and used a pick ax to pry open our side door," said Stein.
Inside, two safes, including one with about $1,000 from a weekend fundraiser, were gone. The thieves also took the petty cash and the brand new cash register.
To get around the alarm that covers the front door, the PAL volunteers believe the thieves took an 80-pound safe and dropped it over the second-floor deck to get away with the cash.
"Anytime something like this happens, it's a kick in the teeth, it really is," said Stein. "And they're stealing from our kids, and in this case, our special needs kids."
About a mile away, at the Pen Glyn ball fields, Irwin Police say thieves got away with cash and a cash register sometime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. The police chief says the burglars were neat.
"The burglars removed the window using some tools and neatly set the plastic window aside so there was no damage to the building itself," said Irwin Police Chief Roger Pivirotto.
Police don't have any suspects right now. They say the two burglaries are most likely related.
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