Anderson nonprofit burglarized, part of incident caught on camera

ANDERSON — The chief director of a nonprofit that serves pets and their homeowners in two Indiana counties says they won’t stay in worry after somebody burglarized their storefront.

Ring video from Ambassadors for God’s Creation exhibits somebody getting into their constructing on Dec. 27 round 2:30 a.m. The group simply moved into the area off of eighth Avenue in October.

Ambassadors government director Susan Blake arrived later that morning to search out the underside pane of the door punched out and the door cracked.

“The door was unlocked after which I went inside and noticed all this glass all around the ground, after which all of the wires from the place our money register was have been simply laying over-the-counter,” Blake instructed WRTV.

Video exhibits the individual strolling round and rummaging via a drawer. Blake says after the video stopped, the individual was in a position to stroll out with the money register.

“I used to be very, very indignant once I noticed that video. It simply felt like such a violation to, , have someone are available our area like that,” Blake stated. “He acted like he had been there earlier than, so we’re sort of questioning if he had scoped us out. He knew precisely the place he was strolling, going, what he was on the lookout for, and so we’re fairly indignant and felt actually discouraged.”

The work Ambassadors for God’s Creation does to attempt to cut back the pet overpopulation in Madison and Delaware Counties is constant. The group runs a thrift store, pet meals pantry and gives help to those that wish to get their pets spayed or neutered. Since 2017, Ambassadors for God’s Creation has helped finance 6,000 surgical procedures.

On the identical day of the housebreaking, native salon proprietor Paula Mottweiler of The Hair Firm introduced a donation after a monthlong fundraiser. She had no thought what had occurred earlier within the day.

“She’s simply restored … simply the hope, ? We have been feeling actually down and thought properly there’s simply a lot evil on this planet, we simply celebrated Christmas, individuals have been completely satisfied, after which we come into that. Paula simply sort of stuffed the day,” Blake stated. “It has been an emotional curler coaster, actually, for the final 24 hours.”

Anderson Police inform WRTV the case has been assigned to the Felony Investigation Division.