Break-in reported at Ada Gym, police investigation underway

With the community still in recovery mode and with the Gilbert C. Ada Gymnasium still not in use for sports due to Super Typhoon Sinlaku, an early morning break-in at the NMI Weightlifting Room at the gym in the Oleai Sports Complex is under investigation after an individual forced entry by throwing a rock through a glass window and climbing into the facility.

According to facility management, the incident happened around 3:25am on Tuesday, June 9.

MP’s Leigh Gases visited the site this afternoon and documented the damage, including video footage from the facility’s CCTV system.

Facilities manager Nathan Guerrero said: “It’s very unfortunate this happened at a time where everybody’s struggling. The sports facility is used to give the public access so they can come here, enjoy sports, get their minds off everything. It’s just a shame that something like this has to happen. This is not acceptable at any time—but especially at a time like this where we use this facilities a lot to host games for adults, the kids—everybody,” he said. “Stuff like this is always going to set us back because now we have to worry about repairing this, seeing if anything was taken—something that could’ve been used towards games for the community or our local athletes.”

After the break-in was discovered, management contacted the Department of Public Safety and filed a police report. They are also currently checking inventory to see if anything was taken.

Management is asking the public for help in identifying the person responsible. They hope sharing information about the incident will help raise awareness and prevent similar incidents.

Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact the Department of Public Safety or NMI Crime Stoppers at (670)234-7272.