ID Cards, Badges Stolen at AF Base

Military and FBI officials were investigating the theft of 100 restricted-area badges and more than 1,000 blank military identification cards from a base office, a spokeswoman said Thursday.

Someone broke a window to gain entry to the office last weekend, Capt. Deborah Bosick said. No suspects have been identified.

Authorities were primarily worried that the stolen cards could be used for admission to the base commissary or for check-cashing and other fraudulent purposes in the community, Bosick said. She said the badges and cards are not the sole means of identification at McGuire’s restricted areas.