LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Police are investigating a brazen crime of thieves busting through the wall of a Las Vegas podcast studio.
Police said they are looking to identify the people seen in the dramatic surveillance, following up on tips from fans of “The Salty Nerd” podcast and The Las Vegas Podcasters Studios.
The ordeal happened in the wee morning hours of August 7, outside Scottsdale Plaza off Maryland Parkway and Pebble Road.
A couple hours before the burglary, surveillance given by The Las Vegas Podcaster Studios shows two men swatting out the surveillance cameras outside the building and the business. Two men in different clothing return around 4 a.m. and linger outside.
Minutes later, thieves break through the front door of an adjacent business. Surveillance shows the men using a hammer to bust down a wall, and crawl through a hole into the podcast studio.
The owners of the podcast studio said thieves swiped headphones, monitors and a soundboard.
The owners thought that previous security reinforcements and numerous cameras were sufficient after the previous break-in in Spring 2023. Tens of thousands of equipment was stolen, as the business was in the process of moving in.
“We kind of joked that we’d become the most secure podcast studio in Las Vegas because we put in all types of security measures, cameras everywhere, double locks and all types of stuff. We didn’t count on people actually physically breaking through the walls to get into our secure podcast studio,” said one of the owners, Matthew Kadish.
“They put in four hours of work to break into your place and then just destroy everything that you’ve worked years for,” he said.
“We’ve helped our neighbors beef up their security, because there’s a lot of female business owners that don’t feel safe in this building now,” said Alex Almony, another studio owner. “Coming together with the people that work in this building is going to help kind of just have that padding, that buffer, that we needed,” he said.
In the weeks after the podcast studio burglary, Metro Police said a smokeshop was burglarized, and have not tied the thief to the same perpetrators.
Police said another business called to report a possible break-in, but are waiting for them to file an official report.
If you have any information for police, contact Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555.
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