A sophisticated gang of crooks cleaned out three jewelry stores in downtown Delano, GA yesterday morning while the police were responding to nonexistent emergencies around the city’s outskirts Chief S. James Butts told reporters this morning. “Not only did the thieves disable the store silent alarm systems,” Butts said; “They also were responsible for three automated alarms, two bomb threats at schools and four auto accidents with reports of injuries that tied up all of our patrol units well away from the downtown area.
Butts also reported that the Delano Police Department had requested assistance from the Federal Bureau of Inquiry in the conduct of the investigation. “Too many of cyberattacks were involved in this series of events for our Department to investigate,” Butts explained, “We only have one cyber-investigator on the force and she is already working on two other cases.” According to the Georgia Bureau of Inquiry, the State cyber-investigators are still tied up on the continuing attacks on vehicle charging stations in the Atlanta area and are not available to help the Delano investigation.
Johnathan Quest, spokesperson for the FBI, confirmed this morning that the FBI was working with the Delano Police Department on the investigation. “We have some indications that the criminals used an internet connection to hack the building security system,” Quest explained; “This means that they could be charged with computer fraud, which is, of course, a federal crime.”
Employees at all three of the jewelry stores reported that they had just finished putting jewelry on display when the thieves entered through the front door of each store. The doors had not yet been opened for the day, but the crooks apparently remotely manipulated the electronic locks on the doors. One of the store managers that asked not to be identified because of insurance concerns said that opening those doors before they were unlocked through the store security system should have immediately triggered an alarm to the Delano Police Department.
The three store owners refused to discuss the value of merchandise stollen from their stores because of ongoing negotiations with insurance companies.
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