{"id":32757,"date":"2016-10-14T08:02:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spijue.wpengine.com\/news\/serial-snacker-second-food-truck-stolen\/"},"modified":"2016-10-14T08:02:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T15:02:19","slug":"serial-snacker-second-food-truck-stolen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/news\/serial-snacker-second-food-truck-stolen\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial snacker? Second food truck stolen"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANCHORAGE<\/strong> \u2014 First, a trailer used as a mobile pretzel restaurant was stolen in Fairbanks. Next, a trailer loaded with Cub Scout popcorn was swiped from a driveway in Wasilla.<\/p>\n

Rather than a serial snack thief, a simpler explanation could be thieves taking advantage of easy targets, said Megan Peters, spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of crimes, like thefts and burglaries, are crimes of opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cWe tell that to people every single time we have lots of burglaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

An unsecured trailer can be whisked away by anyone with the right-size hitch. Often they\u2019re left without locks or other theft prevention devices.<\/p>\n

In the Fairbanks case, someone stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, which operates as a food truck. The white, 14-foot trailer was parked for the winter at the end of August, last seen three weeks ago and reported missing Sunday.<\/p>\n

The trailer receiver was locked, said co-owner Michelle Titus Hajdukovich, but the trailer was parked in a wooded lot west of the city where a thief could remove a lock undetected.<\/p>\n

Hajdukovich was home with a newborn and wanted to supplement her family\u2019s income when she and a cousin started the mobile pretzel business in 2002. Over 14 years, young family members have helped keep it humming.<\/p>\n

Ovens, a refrigerator, cheese pumps, a refrigerator, mixers and bowls were loaded in the trailer. Hajdukovich can\u2019t imagine a motive for the theft. The trailer has no ramp or door for loading snowmobiles or four-wheelers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not useful for hauling vehicles,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t think they knew what they were stealing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The loss is estimated at $30,000. The families are offering a $1,500 reward for information leading to the trailer\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

In the Wasilla case, someone drove off with a black, 16-foot trailer that carried items belonging to Cub Scout Pack 369, KTVA in Anchorage reported.<\/p>\n

The trailer held camping gear and $2,000 to $3,000 worth of Cub Scout popcorn that scouts were preparing to deliver after weeks of taking orders. The boys were fund-raising to attend camp.<\/p>\n

Troopers are attempting to contact the scout leader for details, Peters said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANCHORAGE \u2014 First, a trailer used as a mobile pretzel restaurant was stolen in Fairbanks. Next, a trailer loaded with Cub Scout popcorn was swiped from a driveway in Wasilla. Rather than a serial snack thief, a simpler explanation could be thieves taking advantage of easy targets, said Megan Peters, spokeswoman for the Alaska State […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","wds_primary_category":4,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[230],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-32757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-state-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32757"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.juneauempire.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=32757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}