UPDATE: Concord High School Sleeping Bags Recovered

Update, 11:50 a.m. on Oct. 2, 2015: According to Lt. Timothy O’Malley, the commander of the criminal investigations unit for the police department, Concord High School is confirming that they now know where the sleeping bags are.

“It appears as if the bags were in fact sent out for dry-cleaning over the summer,” according to a second alert from O’Malley. “It is not exactly clear (right now) as to how this was not known by the reporting parties at the school. We are working to figure this out.

The previous alert is below:

The Concord Regional Crimeline has issued an alert about what is presumed to be a theft from Concord High School during the summer.

On Sept. 17, 2015, the Concord Police received a report of 15 sleeping bags stolen from a room located inside the school. The sleeping bags are used for the “Reaching Our Potential in Education” (or “ROPE”) class.

Staffers at the school reported that at the end of the school year, June 18, the class stored 15 sleeping bags inside a locked room. The room in question is located on the bottom floor of the west building, according to Lt. Timothy O’Malley, the commander of the criminal investigations unit for the department. Upon returning to school this year, staff discovered that the bags were missing. There were no signs of forced entry to the room.

“School staff has conducted an extensive search for the sleeping bags, in the hopes that they were simply misplaced,” O’Malley noted in the alert. “The bags were not located and it is believed that they had to have been stolen.”

O’Malley stated that staffers believe the theft occurred sometime between June 18, and Aug. 17, 2015.

The reported cost to replace the sleeping bags is estimated to be approximately $1,900.

The bags alleged to have been stolen are reported to be “Peak 1” sleeping bags. They are described as mostly dark orange in color however some are described as red, blue, or brown. They are made of synthetic polyester “fill and shell.” The stolen bags have been in use for approximately 10 years.

The Concord Police are asking that any member of the public who may have information as to the location of these sleeping bags to please contact them at 603-225-8600 or through the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100.

Anyone who has information relative to any criminal incident is asked to call the Concord Regional Crimeline at 603-226-3100, or submit information online to the website at: concordregionalcrimeline.com, or Txt TIP234 and their message to CRIMES (274637). Crimeline awards cash to anyone whose information leads to the arrest and indictment of criminals. All tips remain anonymous.