Burglars steal thousands of dollars of equipment from Winnipeg church, adjacent business
CBC
A south Winnipeg church and the neighbouring business are sounding the alarm after burglars stole thousands of dollars worth of equipment last week.
On Monday afternoon, Kester Mokolo stopped by the Redeemed Christian Church of God to pick up a bag he had left during a service the previous night when he noticed the keyboards were missing.
His heart sank as he saw many more things were missing.
"It's really sad that someone can walk into a church and want to take stuff … It's really sad," he said.
Lead pastor Dipo Adewumi says roughly $25,000 worth of equipment was taken, including a camera the church uses to broadcast services, a TV and a number of microphones.
"I've heard of situations where people break into houses, break into cars, but I've never heard of somebody breaking into a church. And to steal the equipment that we use to worship, it's quite strange," he said.
That financial hit will hurt the church, the pastor said.
"We're struggling. We're talking about $25,000, so it's really going to affect us, but we are people of faith and we believe that God is going to step in and help us."
A Winnipeg police spokesperson confirmed that the church had filed a report on the burglary, but had no further details to offer.
Another big theft took place earlier in the month at an accounting firm next door.
Early on March 2, a contractor hired to do snow removal arrived to finish the job when they found a trailer and skid steer missing, says Valerie Chaput, the building maintenance manager and director of human resources at Talbot and Associates.
"They asked what happened with their equipment and I said, 'Well, I don't know. I didn't do anything — not that I know of. No one else here did anything.'"
Chaput believes the theft of such large equipment must have required a co-ordinated effort by a group of people.
She also feels for her neighbours who went through something similar.
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