In the news, but not about the music…

We made the news again today, but not because of our music. Yesterday, the police caught and arrested a “suspect” from a burglary last week in Utah Opera’s production studios. We caught a guy stealing laptops and other things on the surveillance cameras (they’re all over our buildings), but didn’t catch him before he left the building.

Well, when he came back again yesterday he didn’t get too far before he was stopped.I saw him walk past my office the first time he came last week. When I saw him stroll by again on Monday morning, I couldn’t believe he actually came back. It takes a lot of guts (or a lack of something) to try and break into offices with people watching you do it.

You can read more about it in the Deseret News and Salt Lake Tribune:

Curtain closes on accused theater burglar (Salt Lake Tribune)

Man arrested in Utah Symphony burglar (Deseret News)

Now you know what the office chatter around the watercooler right now is. I’ll have to see if I can get ahold of the tapes and add them to the blog…

Update 10/31/08: There was another burglar today. Security at the building has been increased significantly and we’re all dealing with the new realities.

Here is the image of the woman who stole the purse. If you recognize her, please contact Mike Lund at (801) 869-9052.

Update 11/03/08: Here’s a video of the guy breaking into one of the offices. As you can imagine, the entire company is being extremely careful and keeping a close eye on everything after this. I don’t know why it’s so fast - it plays slower on my computer.