There was some unwanted drama in Sudbury Liberal incumbent Paul Lefebvre's campaign office early on election day (Monday, Oct. 21) when computer equipment belonging to campaign volunteers was stolen.
Early Monday morning, thieves broke into the campaign office, which is located at 450 Notre Dame Ave., Unit 105. Bargain hunters might know the unit better as the one right next door to the Pet Save Re'Tail' Thrift Store.
“Our campaign office suffered a break-in in the wee hours of last night, probably between 1 and 2 a.m.,” Lefebvre's campaign manager Mike Whitehouse told Sudbury.com reporter Keira Ferguson during our live election night show Monday night.
“Police called me at 2:30 a.m. and said that there had been a break-in at our office, that a lot of our computer equipment had been stolen. Actually it wasn't even our equipment. It was equipment that belonged to volunteers.”
Lefebvre told Sudbury.com the theft did not affect the morale of his campaign team, who had things up and running again with an hour and a half “as if nothing had happened.”
“Spirits were not dampened,” said Lefebvre, who won a second term as Sudbury's MP Monday.
“We took it positively, and I told them 'Listen, we have another day to go. We were positive throughout the last 40 days. We'll continue to be positive today.'”
We haven't been able to get much information on the break-in from Greater Sudbury Police at this point.
Staff Sgt. Daryl Adams did tell us that the forensics unit was planning to pull security video footage from nearby locations.
Other than saying there haven't yet been any arrests in the case — at least to his knowledge — Adams didn't have any further information.
We're trying to contact Greater Sudbury Police communications officer Kaitlyn Dunn to learn more.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Greater Sudbury Police at 705-675-9171 or Crime Stoppers at 705-222-TIPS (8477) or www.sudburycrimestoppers.com.
