Alarm interrupts KOA burglary
By Jim Anderson
Thieves hit the KOA campground for the second time in just over a month during
the weekend of January 20-21.
According to those on the scene January 21, the burglars apparently threw a
large rock through the plate glass window of the campground store, where they
allegedly stole a few packs of cigarettes, some blown glass ornaments and a
small amount of cash.
McCarthy and his wife Kim met a Deschutes County Sheriff's deputy at the scene
Sunday morning.
A workshop and motor home at the campground were broken into on Friday,
December 15, and up to $10,000 worth of power tools and telephone and camera
equipment were stolen.
"After that happened we installed the new alarm in the store," said Kim
McCarthy.
"(The store break-in) could have been a lot worse," she said. "But we installed
a Radio Shack alarm and I'll bet it scared the hell out of anyone who was here
last night."
"The stuff the hoodlums stole from the store was worth about 75 bucks, but
the door will cost over $2,000 to replace," said Danny McCarthy, the son of
the campground's owner.