Former employee accessed office and took key without permission, West Lafayette IN

Burglary

Reported: 11/13/2025 05:23 PM

Near Sagamore Pkwy W G, West Lafayette, IN 47906

A former employee came back to the Palm Beach Tan office near Brown, went through items there, and left with a key without permission. They are not refusing to return the key.

Audio|Source: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement

02:5

Transcript:

00:00

They had 322 Brown at the Palm Beach Tan.

00:04

Police was terminated earlier in the day.

00:07

Left with the key.

00:08

They didn't ask her to return the key.

00:11

(Name withheld) came back, started going through items in the office,

00:14

and then left with the key.

00:16

(Name withheld) is not refusing to return it.

00:19

Flash for you want to go inside.

00:24

Are you still busy on that call?

00:26

I'll get somebody else or I'll go.

00:28

Getting ready to get down, so I'll go grab it a minute.

00:34

143, I'm not busy, I can go down and get it.

00:42

Yeah, 143, can you take that?

00:46

Yeah, sure, I'm not being around.

00:48

Yeah, I'm not being around. Good, that's correct.

00:54

Dispatches, the employee is still on scene?

00:58

Negative.

01:01

Click.

01:07

Yeah, 497-1-2.

01:10

Good.

01:15

1.48, 108.

01:18

Clear.

01:19

The caller is actually going to live at near 2208.

01:22

It should be on the map directly to the west of 2204.

01:27

Okay.

01:28

148, 143.

01:30

All right.

01:31

47-on-2.

01:33

Go ahead.

01:36

I'm still a little bit off.

01:37

Do you want to work your way towards Palm Beach Tan?

01:40

We're going to need a case, hold on this.

01:43

He rejects 104.

01:45

We're going to have type anyways.

01:48

Clear. Are you going to be the primary?

01:51

I'll be primary.

01:53

Okay.

01:55

143, 148. I'll serve in the way.

01:59

If that's 20, we put me out at 1009, east eight hundred words, please.

02:05

Clear.

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