May 20, 2021

Work trailer burglarized once again in downtown Salina

Posted May 20, 2021 2:39 PM

By LESLIE EIKLEBERRY
Salina Post

A work trailer that was burglarized earlier in the week was hit again overnight in downtown Salina.

Sometime between 8:10 p.m. Wednesday and 4:40 a.m. Thursday someone cut the padlock off of an enclosed work trailer belonging to Christopher Halmark, 30, of Havana, Ill., while it was parked in the lot behind 118 W. Iron Avenue, Salina Police Captain Gary Hanus reported this morning.

Items taken included the following.

Hand tools

Paint buckets

Painting tools

Buckets

A belt sander

A broom

A tool belt

A box of shop rags

A tool tote bag contained tools

A rolling mechanic’s creeper

According to Hanus the total value of these items is more than $1,500.

On Tuesday, Halmark has reported to police that between 11 p.m. Monday and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, someone cut a padlock off the trailer while it was parked in the lot behind 118 W. Iron Avenue, and stole $4,000 worth of items, including the following, according to Salina Police Captain Paul Forrester.

A black wheelbarrow

A Craftsman red toolbox with miscellaneous tools

10 assorted Milwaukee brand power tools

Other electrical tools