reading the local news about this:
Jul 22, 2010 1:25 pm US/Pacific
Two People Being Questioned In State Fair Heist
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Police are questioning two people in connection with a heist at the California State Fair where two armed suspects got away with more than $100,000 late Wednesday.
Sacramento Police are still investigating the robbery. They say two black male adults with handguns stole the money from the Ovations offices at the Cal Expo State Fair Grandstand at about 10:00 p.m. Wednesday. The money they got away with is now estimated at between $100,000 and $160,000.
The suspects were wearing uniforms for Ovation, the company that provides catering for Cal Expo, according to authorities. The suspects entered an Ovations office at the grandstands with three employees inside. The office contains a vault which was emptied by the suspects.
Police say there is no surveillance inside or outside the office where the robbery occurred. However, there were about 100 police officers on the grounds of Cal Expo at the time.
"They patrol the area. But (Ovations) would have to provide their own security or ask us to assist them," said Norb Bartosik of Cal Expo. "But, primarily, they would be responsible for their own money control and own money handling business."
There is some indication that the robbery could be an inside job. The thieves knew exactly where the vault was kept and knew the protocol for delivering money there.
serious business.