(Omaha television station KETV posted the following article on its website on September 7.)
OMAHA, Neb. — There are more details being released about a break-in in April in which a burglar obtained some sensitive corporate information from a stolen laptop computer.
Investigators aren’t saying specifically what was on the computer, but they believe someone knows something about who took it.
The break-in happened overnight on April 28 at the Shadow Ridge Apartment complex parking lot in La Vista.
Someone stole a car stereo and a laptop computer from the vehicle of a Union Pacific employee.
“The computer contained sensitive information critical to Union Pacific Railroad,” said Union Pacific special agent Jeff Dudik.
Dudik can’t comment on what that information is, but said it is in regards to the railroad and its employees.
La Vista police are also working on the case.
“We assume these suspects were just out after car stereos. They just happened to hit the proverbial jackpot with a Compaq computer in the backseat,” said T.J. Jacik of the La Vista police.
Investigators are looking for a silver Compaq laptop serial number CNF43405V2. It was in a black computer bag when it was taken.
There are no surveillance cameras in the parking lot. Officials said they hope someone in the area saw something that night.
Investigators are also checking pawn shops and businesses that buy back computers.
Business owners were told to call authorities if they see a laptop matching the description.
“Somebody knows the information. Somebody knows who took this computer and we are asking anyone who knows that information to come forward and assist us in recovering that computer,” Dudik said.
A $2,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the recovery of the computer.
Those who have information are asked to call La Vista police at 331-1582 or the Union Pacific Railroad police at 306-1517.
Authorities said there is no reason to believe the employee was targeted because the car stereo was also stolen.
They said it was not a company computer, but it was the worker’s personal laptop with company information on it.
Union Pacific told NewsWatch 7 that the company has had one similar circumstance in the past, but not in the Omaha area.