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GREENSBORO N.C. (WGHP) —
Officials at the Red Cross in Greensboro are asking for help after thieves stole a trailer full of equipment from the parking lot of their Yanceyville Street office overnight Monday.A half-trailer with an estimated $10,000 worth of materials was parked outside the office overnight for churches who were borrowing the blankets and cots to run emergency shelters.
"It shocked us all. We were joking that somebody had moved it, but then we called their volunteers and we didn't move it. These are the times we'd open a shelter, and that's why we need it," Susan Smith, Red Cross official, said.
Melanie McDonough, a spokesperson for the Red Cross, said a bolt cutter was used to pop the lock on the trailer hitch, which allowed the trailer to be towed away. The trailer has a Red Cross logo on the side, McDonough said.
Even if someone had seen the burglary in progress, they likely would not have looked twice, Smith said.
"If somebody came by in the middle of the night and saw it being moved, they would think were just responding to a disaster," Smith said.
This is the first time in Smith's 35 years of Red Cross service that she can remember anything of significant value being stolen.
The Greensboro Police Dept. is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call Greensboro Crimestoppers at 373-1000.
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