Road Dogs Music Supply has suffered yet another break-in, this time losing its cash box containing an estimated $1,500. 

The crime against the Third Avenue music store occurred July 25.

“It was 20 after midnight,” Willow Gamberg, the owner of the five-year-old business, told The Yukon Star on Tuesday. 

“This most recent time, someone pried the strike off my door and got in and got my cash box.” 

She added the cash was only being brought back the same day after she’d returned from the Dawson City Music Festival. 

The store has a security system, so she learned about the break-in right away. Whitehorse RCMP arrived within three minutes, but the person who had broken into the store had fled by that time. 

Gamberg said officers identified the suspect, then arrested the individual two nights later. She said she isn’t expecting to recover what she has lost. 

“I know that the person has been arrested, but there’s really nothing else to be done,” she told the Star. “They can’t pay me back, so there is nothing really that can be done about it.” 

Though she has borne the brunt of all the damage herself, she still feels for the person who broke into her store.

She’s looking for the City of Whitehorse to solve the problem from the root, such as better protections for businesses and better support for people in general. 

“So they don’t have to break into businesses, because we’re part of the system that lets people down and let them go without support, so they have to support themselves.” 

The July 25th incident was the fourth one the store has experienced. The biggest loss was the first time – close to $6,000. Though she has previously looked for community help and has received a lot of support, she’s not doing it this time.  

“I’m kind of tired of asking my friends for help, so I would prefer that the city do something, and we just need to change our system,” she said. “It’s not really the fault of the individual who robbed me; it is part of the system.” 

Looking into the future, Gamberg said she can only try to do her best with her security system, and hope the city can better monitor the streets. 

She also hopes both levels of government will be able to do better on harm reduction and support for marginalized people. 

The Star contacted Whitehorse RCMP about the latest break-in to affect Gamberg, but received no response.

A number of businesses in the city core were broken into during July, resulting in serious property damage in most cases.