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WEST VALLEY CITY — Police say the burglary of a building that serves partially as a daycare and a Baptist church may not have been random.
"It appears whoever did it had some familiarity with the business, just by the way they went about doing things — what items were taken and those left behind — it's fairly unusual. Very specific items were taken," said West Valley Police Sgt. Mike Powell.
It's unusual more items weren't taken.(The burglar) seemed to be fairly selective.
–West Valley Police Sgt. Mike Powell.
Investigators believe sometime between midnight and 6 a.m. Tuesday, someone forced open a window at the My Little Angel Daycare, 2574 S. Redwood Road, and took a computer, a safe, a stereo, VCR and some other items.
Inside the safe was several hundred dollars recently raised during a fundraiser to fix the facility's leaky roof, Powell said. There were other computers, including newer models, and other electronic equipment in the building that was not touched.
"It's unusual more items weren't taken," Powell said. " (The burglar) seemed to be fairly selective."
Investigators were trying to figure out Tuesday if the computer taken had any greater significance than the others left behind.
Anyone with information on the crime can call police at 801-840-4000.
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