Computers stolen, radio station says

A burglar broke into a Spanish language radio station in Little Rock and took thousands of dollars worth of broadcast equipment, an employee told police.

The Police Department was called Wednesday afternoon in reference to a burglary that happened about 7 p.m. Sunday at 3501 S. Arch St., according to a report.

An employee at KTUV, AM1440, told an officer that someone broke into the station’s building near Interstate 30 and took two computers worth a combined $7,600.

One of the devices required a four-digit code, according to authorities. It would be identified by the Federal Communications Commission when turned on and connected to a network.

The burglar “had to have knowledge of the equipment because that was all they took,” the employee noted.

Other digital equipment inside the building was not touched or damaged, police said.

The burglar entered a locked gate using a four-digit code, climbed an antenna and went through a wooden picket fence surrounding the station’s rear entrance, the report states.

The employee said that the burglar possibly could have suffered some form of electrical shock while climbing the antenna.

Police noted that the door appeared to have been forced open “by body or foot.”