BALLARD — The Bates County Sheriff's Office is working with the school district to investigate a burglary that happened over the weekend.
According to the release from the Sheriff's Office, video evidence showed the burglary occurred around midnight on Sunday.
The suspect allegedly took cash from several locations within the school, and attempted to disable lights and camera systems via a server room in the school, damaging and stealing several technology components and storage devices within that server room.
The release said the suspect caused thousands of dollars in damage and is believed to have a very good understanding of the layout, and inner workings of the school. The suspect appeared to be a male wearing a green hoodie, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The suspect was wearing a mask and gloves at the time of the crime. The suspect also appeared to be driving a dark in color four-door sedan.
Anyone with more information should contact detectives at 660-679-3232. There is a $250.00 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person/persons responsible for this crime.
The Sheriff’s Office is asking anyone who lives or has a business in the immediate area of the school and has working camera systems, to please check them around this time frame for anything possibly related.
Detectives with the Sheriff's Office have been working with the school since the incident and there is no indication of any type of threat to the students surrounding this incident.
"We are working closely with school officials to resolve this case and I am confident that we will identify and find who is responsible for this crime,” Bates County Sheriff Chad Anderson said. “It is disheartening to see someone commit a crime like this at one of our schools and cause fear for the students, parents and staff."
