Police Department Evidence Room Robbed

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Fort Gay, WV



The Fort Gay Police Department found itself the victim of a crime Thursday morning after a thief broke into the department's evidence room and stole multiple items.

FORT GAY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The Fort Gay Police Department found itself the victim of a crime Thursday morning after a thief broke into the department's evidence room and stole multiple items.

About a hundred dollars in cash, prescription drugs and guns -- all confiscated -- were stolen from the Police Department's evidence room, according to West Virginia State Police. Police now have to get those illegal items off the street for the second time.

"It's extremely frustrating. Officers go out and work hard put a lot of time and effort into taking even the smallest amount of drugs from somebody," Fort Gay Police Chief Chet Napier said. "Then somebody does something like this. The only thing that did was waste officers time because now those drugs are back out on the street."

The Fort Gay Police department does not have surveillance cameras, so police are relying on tips from citizens.

If you know anything about the robbery of the Fort Gay Police Department, you are asked to call the Fort Gay Police Department or the West Virginia State Police.

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