The Valley Center Library lost thousands of dollars’ worth of electronics, art and a safe in two separate break-ins, and now deputies are looking for the suspect.
The first burglary happened around Christmas, sometime between 8 p.m. on Dec. 24 and 8:45 a.m. Dec. 26, 2014.
The suspect broke into the library, located at 14147 Horse Creek Trail, and took $6,600 worth of items.
Here is the full list: 10 white iPads with individual cases, a mobile iPad charging station, a black digital Nikon DX camera, a red digital Canon camera and a dark gray Safeguard safe with about $200 in cash. The suspect also made off with keys to the library and Valley Center History Museum attached to the library.
The second break-in was noticed on Jan. 27, 2015. The suspect got into a storage room and took a black Aspire laptop, a gray Dell Latitude laptop, a black Epson projector, a 42” Insignia television, an Insignia Blu-ray player, two PlayStation 2 game consoles, a white Xbox game console, a DVD/Disc player, paintings, sculptures and art pieces.
Library employees believe they lost $8,000 worth of items in the last burglary.
If you know anything about the suspect in this case, call the Valley Center Sheriff’s Substation at 760-751-4400 or Crime Stoppers at 888-580-8477. If your information leads to an arrest, Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward.
