OFFICES AT GOREY COMMUNITY SCHOOL RANSACKED BY THIEVES
Offices at Gorey Community School were trashed on Thursday morning during a daring raid by a group of thieves.
It is believed a professional group of thieves tampered with the cameras and shut off the alarm system before they forced their way in through an emergency exit door to ransack the principal’s office and the Main Administrative office.
School principal Michael Finn said they were clearly looking for money because they did not take anything valuable, such as computers, or the confidential files.
‘Luckily enough for us, no money was taken because we do everything through an online pay system now,’ said Mr Finn. ‘Maybe four or five years ago they would have got some cash.’
The principal arrived to school at 7.30 a.m. on Friday and noticed a door opened but put no pass on it. He walked into his own office and was in shock with the mess they left.
Mr Finn said they were certainly professionals because they came with the equipment needed to shut off the alarms and cameras.
‘Most of the cameras were shut down, except one,’ said Mr Finn. ‘We captured one image and handed it to the local gardaí.’
After reporting it to the Gorey Garda Station, two local guards came down and one forensic from Wexford, who dusted the offices for fingerprints.
‘They must have been looking for quick cash,’ said Mr Finn. ‘If they were vandals, they would have broken the computers or destroyed files, but thankfully they didn’t.’
The investigation is ongoing.