BY LEE BROWN
Crime Beat News
BANNING, Calif. – After months of losing valuable equipment, including computers, printers and a photo scanner, management at the Banning Record-Gazette was going crazy.
Originally, there was suspicion that it was an “inside job,” according to police. The time frame dated back several months. Finally, a Record-Gazette employee decided to set up a sting of sorts. Connecting a computer camera that was trained on the newsroom area during the off hours, the employee discovered a crime in progress back on a Friday night in May.
The weekly newspaper, one of the oldest in the area, had been missing various items ranging from smaller value to the larger items that included computers. Continue Reading
