BREAKING NEWS: Ripped off— Dodge County Youth Hockey loses $11,000 during theft

For about four years the Dodge County Youth Hockey Association, like many nonprofits have participated in charitable gambling. 
On July 30 members woke up to some of the worst news imaginable when they found out that $11,000 of their charitable gambling funds was stolen during a theft at Events Center in Kasson.
The association first invested some of its funds into charitable gambling as a way to raise money for their capital improvement fund. 
The last few years they have been working on a plan to improve their facilities, which would help reduce the amount of late, night practices that they currently have due to the lack of space. 
As part of their plans, they hope to expand their current space and or possibly add a outdoor rink with a dome cover in order to make their program better. 
 
Theft at Events
According to a police report obtained by the DCI on July, 29 at 11:59 p.m., an officer with the Kasson Police Department was dispatched to Events in response to a burglary alarm. This resulted in the responding keyholder discovering a safe containing a substantial amount of money to be missing. 
The officer responded just after 12 a.m. on July 30 from Kwik Trip and dispatched advised as an open door alarm coming from the east side of Events. 
While en route he never saw any vehicles driving between Kwik Trip and Events, nor did he see any in the parking lot or leaving. 
After arriving with other officers, they went to the east side of the building. They looked around outside and didn’t see anything suspicious. They entered the building through an unlocked east door. All the lights were off in the building and they did not notice anything broken, ransacked, or suspicious. The officer also noticed the manager’s office was locked and secured, later determining that there was a large safe inside as well as the alarm panel. 
A short time later the manager arrived. 
The manager stated something like “so somebody broke in” to the officer as they were talking. The officer told him that there was no signs of anything suspicious and told him that it was only an open door alarm for the east side door. The manager said that he’d reset the alarm, lock up, and that the officer could leave. The officer cleared the scene at 1:28 a.m. 
At 1:34 a.m. the manager called into dispatch to report that a safe containing approximately $11,000 was missing. The officer arrived at Events at 1:36 a.m. and met with the manager and the owner of Events. They brought the officer to the location of where the safe should be. 
The officer noticed within inches of the safe were six iPads sitting in plain sight as well as a laptop with the screen lit up on the counter across from it. The manager and owner both stated that none of the iPads were missing, or any other property. 
The officer also noticed a sign that notified employees to leave through the front (west) door and not the back (east door). The officer saw cameras around the inside of the building but was told the DVR wasn’t working by the owner. 
Kasson Police is still actively investigating the incident.
The DCI will provide the full story with updated information in this week’s print edition.