$22,000 in damages to electrical panels

By on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News Regional News

Baker City – Sometime during the night of July 14th, 2020, someone broke into a commercial grade electrical panel located behind Maurices at 1090 Campbell Street, Baker City, Oregon, and took five commercial grade circuit breakers and damaged two others belonging to Mr. Gregory Sackos of Baker City, Oregon.  The total loss and damages in this case exceeded $22,000.  Maurices was also closed for the business day as repairs were made to the breaker box.

In a second case, between 0430 and 0500 hours on August 9th, 2020, someone broke into the power distribution area of the Tesla charging stations at 1 Sunridge Lane, Baker City, Oregon.  In that theft, the suspect(s) took four commercial grade circuit breakers belonging to Tesla out of Washington State.  The total damages and loss in this case are estimated to be around $12,000.

The Baker City Police Department is seeking anyone with information into either or both thefts.  We also urge local businesses to take extra precautions to protect their circuit breaker panels from potential theft.

Questions about this release can be referred to Sergeant Wayne Chastain at 541-524-2014.