For the second time in less than a year, a substantial amount of money was stolen from the Administrator’s office in Acklins.<\/p>\n
Administrator Gregory Knowles told a local paper that the money was public funds sent by central government to pay salaries and cover public expenses on the remote island.<\/p>\n
A team of CDU investigators are headed to Acklins to investigate the weekend burglary.<\/p>\n
While Mr Knowles could not immediately confirm the amount of money that was in the safe, it is estimated that there was at least $100,000 in it.<\/p>\n
The fact that the safe was cemented to the floor did not deter the thieves from taking it.<\/p>\n
There is no alarm system in the building and no police guard.<\/p>\n
Last September, Mr Knowles and his teen-age son were allegedly forced by gunmen to open the safe and were robbed of over $200,000. Nobody has ever been arrested for that crime, which is odd seeing as there are only 600 people on the island, nearly half of them children.<\/p>\n
Police say they will provide an update on the matter once they have concluded their investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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