Callaway business burgled, offers reward

October 19, 2011 at 2:04 p.m. | Updated October 19, 2011 at 2:04 p.m.

Sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, someone stole more than $50,000 worth of equipment and inventory from Three Phase Industrial, including a truck. After the truck was stolen, it later was set on fire and found on County Road 389, close to the Callaway/Boone County line.
Sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning, someone stole more than $50,000 worth of equipment and inventory from Three Phase Industrial, including a truck. After the truck was stolen, it later was set on fire and found on County Road 389, close to the Callaway/Boone County line.

A Callaway County business located near Hartsburg lost thousands of dollars in equipment and inventory sometime late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.

Three Phase Industrial is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the individual or individuals responsible for the theft of more than $50,000 worth of property.

"They took four desktop computers, two laptops, weed eaters, lab glass and other equipment," said Three Phase Industrial employee Heather Smith. "They took our (Ford) dually and used it to load everything they stole, then they emptied it, drove it down a county road and dumped it off and tried to set it on fire."

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