{"id":37464,"date":"2016-04-08T12:38:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T12:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=37464"},"modified":"2016-04-08T12:38:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T12:38:13","slug":"az-academy-burglarized-five-times-in-six-months-loses-15000-in-stolen-equipment-and-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=37464","title":{"rendered":"AZ Academy Burglarized Five Times In  Six Months; Loses $15,000 In Stolen Equipment And Damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; After being burglarized and vandalized for the fifth time since November, costing the school over $15,000, AZ Academy &#8212; located\u00a0west of downtown Christiansted on Northside Road and across the street from the Juanita Gardine Elementary School &#8212; is asking for the community&#8217;s assistance in identifying at least one of two suspects after surveillance captured footage of two young men breaking into the learning facility.<\/p>\n<p>There was one break-in in November, one in January, two in February and one on Wednesday. The incidents have severely damaged at least one major component of AZ&#8217;s curriculum, its music department, as thieves have made away with almost all of the school&#8217;s instruments. They stole one Mac Book, four iPads and a P.A. system, among other equipment. The thieves also ransacked the school&#8217;s classrooms, and ripped off its surveillance camera; but not before the camera captured some footage of the two men, which has been posted on The Consortium&#8217;s Facebook platform and has garnered over 13,000 views so far.<\/p>\n<p>AZ Academy&#8217;s mission statement says its goal is to champion &#8220;the whole child using differentiated small-group instruction in a safe and nurturing environment, thereby inspiring students to reach their full potential.&#8221; But the institution&#8217;s Executive Director, Paula Heller, fears the constant break-ins may hurt its reputation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The piece that I&#8217;m really concerned about is the kids,&#8221; Ms. Heller told The Consortium on Thursday. &#8220;This is all happening in the middle of the night but to walk in and see your lockers ransacked, to see holes in the door, it&#8217;s disheartening to them and that&#8217;s not what I want them to see of their community. I want them to really celebrate the positive things and the great work that they&#8217;re doing as learners.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The school is seeking the community&#8217;s help identify the persons in the video below, so as to put an end to the incessant theft and disruption of learning. There are closeup images of the suspects\u00a0<span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12957178_1006924269393950_1058221259_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/12966113_1006924326060611_1187503937_n.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. CROIX &#8212; After being burglarized and vandalized for the fifth time since November, costing the school over $15,000, AZ Academy &#8212; located\u00a0west of downtown Christiansted on Northside Road and across the street from the Juanita Gardine Elementary School &#8212; is asking for the community&#8217;s assistance in identifying at least one of two suspects after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4400,191,147],"tags":[4876],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>AZ Academy Burglarized Five Times In Six Months; Loses $15,000 In Stolen Equipment And Damage - V.I. 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