http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_busch_0729jul29,0,6332846.story



By NICOLAS ZIMMERMAN 

dailypress.com

July 29, 2008 



JAMES CITY - A laptop containing personal information of current and 

former employees, including some from Hampton Roads, was stolen from a 

St. Louis-area Anheuser-Busch office in June, according to a statement 

from the company.



The global beverage company, whose local properties include Busch 

Gardens Europe, Water Country and a brewery, recently mailed letters to 

an unspecified number of employees and ex-employees informing them of 

the break-in and offering a year of free credit reporting, Tim Farrell, 

the company's vice president for corporate human resources, said in a 

statement.



"The theft was reported to the police, and we are cooperating fully with 

their investigation," he said. "At this time, there is no evidence that 

the theft has resulted in any unauthorized disclosure, fraudulent credit 

card applications or other identity theft crimes."



The personal information stored on the stolen computer was 

password-protected and encrypted, according to the statement.



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Received on Tue Jul 29 2008 - 22:17:00 PDT