A stolen beverage cart was found burned near Waldorf School on Tuesday following another break-in at Granite Pointe Golf Club.
Nick Kennedy, director of operations, said two people were seen on motion camera footage walking across the golf course property around 4:42 a.m on Oct. 14.
They approached the cart barn, climbed onto it and entered through a hole in a side wall.
“They ended up driving it all the way to Waldorf Elementary and then burning it down. So now we’ve completely lost that vehicle,” Kennedy said.
He said it is not the first time this season the cart barn has been targeted.
“This is probably the fourth instance of them actually breaking into the barn. We’ve caught the last few on footage, but they obviously know what they’re doing and they’ve been putting in a ton of effort to steal these carts and we are trying to track them down,” he said.
So far, two carts – including the stolen beverage cart – have been destroyed. Kennedy said another cart was stolen and later found destroyed a month earlier.
“They also crashed the beverage cart at that time, but we were able to fix it. There’s no carts that we’ve actually not retrieved or found afterwards, but we’ve completely totalled two and we’ve had damage to probably six others,” he said.
Kennedy said the cost of a new beverage cart is at least $15,000, while replacing a regular cart starts at about $8,000.
He added that the golf course has gathered a few leads on suspects, who are believed to live in the Rosemont area.
“I believe that the resident would probably live in Rosemont. They’re usually walking over. We’ve also seen them come over previously on an e‑scooter and in a mask. Our late‑night workers actually saw them pull in and they just booked away,” he said.
Although video footage in each theft shows two people, Kennedy believes only one person is involved repeatedly.
“We’ve noticed two individuals on different occasions on video. We’ve definitely been able to tell that one of the individuals has been coming back multiple times,” Kennedy said.
“I was able to tell that the second individual has changed once or twice, but it looks like for sure this one individual has been kind of the head of it.”
The individual believed to be involved in all the thefts has been seen walking with a slight limp.
Kennedy asks Rosemont residents to check any door camera footage from about 4:42 a.m. on Oct. 14 and report suspicious activity near the golf course.
“If you notice somebody driving a cart at night or something, if you don’t mind reporting that to us and please check your cameras to see if you’re noticing mass individuals walking near the course,” he said.
“We’ve been trying to get through the end of the year and finish strong. But having these repeat thefts has put a lot of stress on the business. We’re not necessarily a thriving golf course. We’re just trying to keep the doors open, and we rely on our community support. We’re really thankful for the support that we do get.”
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