Police make arrest after Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign office burglarized
Phoenix police have made an arrest in the break-in of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign headquarters in Phoenix, the department said in a statement Thursday morning.
Police had responded to a commercial burglary call at the office in midtown Phoenix on Tuesday afternoon.
"An arrest has been made regarding a commercial burglary that occurred near Virginia Avenue and Central Avenue on Oct. 25, 2022. More information will be released later today," the statement said.
The department in a previous statement said, "Information was learned that items were taken from the property sometime during the night."
The campaign released photographs of a person it said was identified as the suspect by the Phoenix Police Department after police reviewed the surveillance footage. The images show a younger man wearing shorts, a short-sleeved T-shirt and a backpack.
It is unclear whether the man in the photos was the person arrested. Phoenix Police did not immediately respond to request for comment.
At a campaign stop with the Arizona and national leaders of Planned Parenthood in downtown Phoenix on Thursday, Hobbs declined to address news of the arrest or answer a question about what was taken from her campaign headquarters.
On Wednesday, when news of the burglary first broke, Nicole DeMont, campaign manager for Hobbs, said, "We continue to cooperate with law enforcement as they investigate, and we are thankful to the men and women of the Phoenix Police Department for their work to keep us safe.
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“Secretary Hobbs and her staff have faced hundreds of death threats and threats of violence over the course of this campaign. Throughout this race, we have been clear that the safety of our staff and of the secretary is our No. 1 priority."
No one was at the office at the time of the break-in and several items were taken, said Sarah Robinson, spokeswoman for the Hobbs campaign.
The campaign's statement Wednesday also implied that Republican nominee Kari Lake and her supporters contributed to the incident by "spreading dangerous misinformation and inciting threats against anyone they see fit."
Lake told CNN that the statement was "absolutely absurd" and that "this sounds like Jussie Smollett part two."