Officials were alerted Monday evening to a potential break in at the State Theater.
Elizabethtown Events Manager and State Theater Operations Manager Beth Pyles says the incident happened shortly after 10 p.m. on September 4.
“We got a call that there was a motion alarm in the building, and when we arrived it appeared that someone had taken one of our smoking receptacles out by the front door, drug it down the sidewalk, and they threw it through the window on the side of the building,” Pyles said.
It does not appear anybody attempted to enter the building, which Pyles credited to the quick response from law enforcement
“We got there fast enough, our police did, and that scared them away,” Pyles said. “I don’t think anybody was hurt. It doesn’t appear anything was taken. It just caused some significant financial damage to our building. Those windows are pretty large, and are not inexpensive.”
Elizabethtown Police Department Public Information Officer Chris Denham says the identity of the suspect is unknown at this time. Anybody with possible information is asked to contact the EPD.
“They can also share information anonymously by calling Hardin County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-597-8123 or by visiting www.p3tips.com,” Denham said. “By sharing information with Crime Stoppers, if the information provided by the tipster materializes and leads us to the identification of the suspect, the tipster is eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.”
Pyles says other than a boarded-up window the incident will not impact events at the theater.
