FROM STAFF REPORTS
HOOVER’S VALLEY — Thieves took a flat-screen TV and a laptop computer from a volunteer fire agency in Sherwood Shores III, less than two weeks after another fire department reported thousands of dollar in fire and EMS gear stolen from their station, according to the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office.
The most recent incident was reported about 11 p.m. Nov. 20 after volunteers arrived at the Hoover’s Valley Volunteer Fire Department in the 300 block of CR 118B.
“Some of the volunteers were at the fire station and noticed the doors were unlocked,” sheriff’s office Capt. Dwight Hardin said. “They looked a little bit closer and discovered the TVs and laptops were gone.”
The TV was valued at $500, and the laptops were estimated at $250 each, according to the report.
“The investigators did fingerprint the location, and we’re going to wait for the outcome,” he said.
On Nov. 10, the sheriff’s office reported that burglars stole several thousands of dollars worth of items, including a $10,000 jaws-of-life, from the Oakalla Volunteer Fire Department on a remote stretch of FM 963.
“There’s quite a bit distance between the two locations,” Hardin said. The two agencies are about 50 miles apart. “I don’t know (that) you can say these are linked because they’re two very different types of things taken.”
Anyonewith information on either break-in is asked to contact the sheriff’s office at (512) 756-8080 or Hill Country Area Crime Stoppers Inc. at 1-866-756-8477 or www.hcacrimestoppers.com.
All calls made to Crime Stoppers are anonymous, and the caller may be eligible for up to a $2,000 cash reward.
Tipsters now may text tip information to CRIMES (274637) and then tip218 at the beginning of the message before sending.
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