Someone stole donations for an Islamic center in Montgomery County last month. Montgomery County police released this surveillance footage of the suspect.
Someone stole donations from an Islamic center in Maryland, and police are searching for a suspect caught on video.
The Idara Jaferia Islamic Center in Burtonsville was burglarized on Aug. 12, Montgomery County police said Thursday. Surveillance footage shows a man in jeans, sneakers and a gray T-shirt that says "Maine" milling around the building.
A building caretaker checked on the building at about 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 12 and found that the Islamic center's donation locker had been broken into, police said. Surveillance footage showed the man in the gray T-shirt entering the building at about 7:45 p.m.
He used a ladder to climb through an open window on the second-floor, police said. Then, he pried open the donation locker and took off.
Police did not say how much money the burglar stole. The crime occurred just after the Eid al-Adha holiday. The Islamic center did not immediately respond to an inquiry.
Anyone with information is asked to call police. A reward of as much as $10,000 is offered.
