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Shelley Osterloh Reporting Burglars targeted a group of people with disabilities and stole computers and social security numbers, and that's not all.
The Pleasant Green Villa in Magna is a ten apartment housing community for the disabled. Mark Miller has lived there for four years and says it's the kind of place where neighbors help each other out. But Monday night, burglars broke into their community clubhouse and stole three computers and personal information.
Mark Miller, Resident: "They just feel really bad that it's gone because we had people coming in here every day using the computer."
Thieves stole two community computers used by residents to pay bills, check mail, etc., and took another from a locked office.
Mark Miller, resident: "The door is always locked, you can see the handle has been broken. The tower was underneath the desk there, they took time to unhook it."
The burglars stole files with residents' names, social security numbers, emergency contact information and a list of medications they take.
Mark Miller, resident: "It makes us uneasy to know that there's some people out there that know our personal medications and things."
Residents have placed fraud alerts on their accounts and plan to beef up security, but say keeping the clubhouse open is important.
Mark Miller, resident: "A lot of us are shut-ins, so coming here is like going to a job almost; it's getting out of your apartment. You stay in your apartment too long, you go stir crazy."
This is not the first time the clubhouse has been targeted. Within the last two years, burglars have broken in and taken the TV set and DVD player.
Mark Miller, resident: "It's a shame we have to be so guarded, but we have to protect ourselves."
A non-profit called the Disability Outreach Committee has set up an account at Wells Fargo Bank for donations. They are hoping to get enough to replace the computers.
