Aug 13, 2021

More than $6,200 in damage as result of old UP depot burglary

Posted Aug 13, 2021 3:51 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

More than $6,200 worth of damage was done inside the old Union Pacific depot during a burglary early this morning.

Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester said this morning that officers were dispatched to the old depot, 400 N. 13th, at 1 a.m. Friday for the report of a burglar alarm. When officers arrived, they found that the front door had been forced open. They cleared the building and found no one inside.

A Union Pacific employee then arrived and went through the building with police.

Forrester said that in an electronics/computer room, four large radio atennas were found damaged. Several doors and door knobs also were damaged.

Total loss was estimated at $6,250, Forrester said.