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Smash Burglary in Bayside
Written by Shannon Dillon
Wednesday, 23 July 2008
WHERE A WALL AND GLASS WINDOWS ONCE STOOD AT BAYSIDE GROCERY IN REFUGIO COUNTY IS NO MORE. THAT'S BECAUSE AROUND 4 A.M. WEDNESDAY A PICKUP TRUCK SMASHED INTO THE FRONT OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE. REFUGIO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PIECE THE CRIME TOGETHER, WHICH BEGAN MORE THAN 50 MILES AWAY IN VICTORIA.
OFFICIALS SAY A WHITE FORD F-350 WAS STOLEN FROM THE BEST VALUE INN PARKING LOT ON HOUSTON HIGHWAY SOMETIME AFTER 11:30P.M. TUESDAY. THE THIEVES TOOK OFF AND HEADED SOUTH. STORE OWNER VICKY VEGA SAYS SHE WAS RETURNING FROM CORPUS CHRISTI JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND NOTICED SOMETHING STRANGE. THE SECURITY LIGHTS OVERLOOKING THE STORE WERE OFF, SHE WENT IN TO CHECK THE BREAKER BUT DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING WRONG.
VEGA SAYS SHE LEFT AROUND 1:30 A.M. AND THEN GOT A CALL THAT A VEHICLE HAD RUN INTO HER STORE. WHEN OFFICIALS ARRIVED ON SCENE THEY NOTICED THAT SOMEONE TRIED TO CUT THE SECUIRTY WIRES, BUT WHAT THE SUSPECTS DIDN'T REALIZE IS THAT AN ALARM STILL WENT OFF.
"A certain wire might've been cut, it went ahead and sent the signals so we might've had a quicker response time than what people anticipated," says Lieutenant Rodney Cox with the Refugio County Sheriff's Office.
OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO PINPOINT WHAT ITEMS ARE MISSING FROM THE STORE, BUT THEY DO CONFIRM THE SAFE AND A-T-M ARE STILL INTACT. SHERIFF DEPUTIES WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE TRUCK JUST A FEW MINUTES FROM THE STORE. IT HAD BEEN ABANDONED AT THE BAYSIDE BOAT RAMP. THIS IS WHERE OFFICIALS SAY THE CRIME SPREE TOOK A TURN.
"The driver of the white Ford F-350 pickup truck did not leave on foot. He had someone waiting for him or her there at the Bayside boat ramp," says Lt. Cox.
OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE STILL SEARCHING FOR CLUES. MEANWHILE, VICKY VEGA IS LEFT TO CLEAN UP WHAT THE BURGLARS LEFT BEHIND.
ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE REFUGIO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AT 361-526-2351.
