By Roger Lanse
The owner of Artisan Painting, at 3130-A E. Highway 180, informed the Grant County Regional Dispatch Authority, Saturday, June 29, 2024, at about 10:50 a.m., of a burglary at his business. When a Silver City Police Department officer arrived at the address around 11 a.m., the victim told the officer he arrived at his business about 10 minutes earlier to find the combination lock to his utility trailer missing.
According to an SCPD incident report, the victim stated when he opened the rear door to a utility trailer, he saw that a Graco Magnum X7 paint sprayer valued at $700, along with a 50-foot air compressor hose valued at $200, were not there. The last time the equipment was seen, the victim said, was two days earlier.
The business owner also stated a set of scaffolds was taken in the last week from a work site at the Drifter Hotel.
After detectives processed the scene, the report said, the owner inspected the trailer further and believes additional items are missing, as well.
The incident remains under investigation.
