亚利桑那州民主党州长候选人、现任国务卿凯蒂霍布斯的竞选总部本周早些时候被盗，据她的竞选经理和当地警方称，已经逮捕了一名嫌犯。
然而，当局指控霍布斯的办公室是一起非政治犯罪的目标。
凤凰城警察局最初表示，当地时间周二下午2点左右，它接到了一个911电话，称霍布斯在亚利桑那州首府市中心的办公室被闯入。警察赶到现场，了解到前一天晚上有几样东西被拿走了。警方最初没有具体说明这些物品是什么，称“正在积极调查”
ABC新闻看到的警方报告显示，一个数字键盘、一个电脑鼠标和一部相机被拿走。
周四上午，凤凰城警方在一份声明中表示，已经实施了逮捕。在随后的声明中，该部门确认嫌疑人是36岁的丹尼尔·莫塔·多斯·雷斯，并表示他与现场的监控录像相符。
警方还确认多斯·雷斯是该地区另一起商业盗窃案的嫌疑人。尚不清楚他是否聘请了律师代表他发表评论。
ABC新闻查阅的警方文件，包括凤凰城警方的报告，都没有显示出政治动机。
霍布斯的竞选经理妮可·德蒙特在赖斯被捕后的一份声明中说，“我们非常感谢凤凰城警察局如此迅速地逮捕了一名嫌疑人。随着调查的展开，我们将继续与执法部门合作。”
距离中期选举日还有不到两周的时间，提前投票正在进行，霍布斯和共和党候选人卡利湖正在为亚利桑那州的州长职位展开激烈的竞争。53岁的莱克是一名保守派前电视新闻主播，没有政治经验，其州长候选人资格得到了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的支持。莱克强烈回应了特朗普关于2020年总统选举被操纵的错误说法。
Arizona Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs speaks at a press conference calling for abortion rights outside the Evo A. DeConcini U.S. Courthouse in Tucson, Arizona, on Oct. 7, 2022.
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霍布斯，52岁，拒绝辩论她的共和党对手，说她觉得不值得。作为回应，莱克在一系列视频中奚落霍布斯让她面对自己，将这位民主党对手描绘成拒绝辩论有所隐瞒。
德蒙特在之前的讲话中说恐吓"行不通"而霍布斯"会赢得这场比赛"
当被问及对盗窃的评论时，莱克在周三斯科茨代尔的一场竞选活动后告诉记者，这“听起来像是朱西·斯莫利特的第二部”，指的是这位演员涉嫌的一场骗局。(“卡莉·莱克关于这次闯入是有预谋的荒谬指控是没有根据的，她，”霍布斯的竞选经理德蒙特在周四的声明中说。)
“我无法相信她会因为这样的事情责怪我的人民或责怪我，”莱克周三说。“我甚至不知道她的竞选办公室在哪里。我想它应该在某个地下室，因为那是她竞选的地方。”
Police make arrest after burglary at Arizona governor candidate Katie Hobbs' campaign headquarters
The campaign headquarters of Arizona's Democratic candidate for governor and current Secretary of State Katie Hobbs was burglarized earlier this week and an arrest has been made, according to her campaign manager and local police.
Authorities have indicted, however, that Hobbs' office was targeted in an apolitical crime.
The Phoenix Police Department initially said it received a 911 call about a break-in at Hobbs' downtown office in Arizona's capital city on Tuesday afternoon around 2 p.m. local time. Officers responded to the scene and learned that several items had been taken from the property the night before. Police did not initially specify what those items were, citing an "active investigation."
The police report, reviewed by ABC News, showed that a digital keyboard, a computer mouse and a camera were taken.
On Thursday morning, Phoenix police said in a statement that an arrest had been made. In a subsequent statement, the department identified the suspect as 36-year-old Daniel Mota Dos Reis, and said he matched surveillance footage from the scene.
Police also identified Dos Reis as a suspect in another commercial burglary in the area. It was unclear if he has retained an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
Nothing in the police documents reviewed by ABC News, including the report from Phoenix officers, indicates a political motive.
Hobbs' campaign manager, Nicole DeMont, said in a statement after Reis' arrest that "we are very thankful that the Phoenix Police Department acted so quickly to arrest a suspect. We will continue to cooperate with law enforcement as this investigation unfolds."
With less than two weeks until midterm Election Day and early voting underway, Hobbs and Republican candidateKari Lakeare in a close and combative contest for Arizona's governorship. Lake, 53, is a conservative former television news anchor with no political experience whose gubernatorial candidacy has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. Lake has fervently echoed Trump's false claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged.
Hobbs, 52,has declined to debateher Republican opponent, saying she feels it wouldn't be worthwhile. In response, Lake has taunted Hobbs to face her in a series of videos, painting the Democratic rival as having something to hide for refusing to debate.
DeMont said in previous remarks that theintimidation"won't work" and that Hobbs "will win this race."
When asked for comment on the burglary, Lake told reporters after a campaign event in Scottsdale on Wednesday that it "sounds like a Jussie Smollett part two," referring to a hoax the actor was implicated in. ("Kari Lake’s preposterous allegation that this break-in was staged is unfounded and her," DeMont, Hobbs' campaign manager, said in her Thursday statement.)
"I can't believe that she would blame my amazing people or blame me for something like that," Lake said on Wednesday. "I don't even know where her campaign office is. I'm assuming it's in a basement somewhere because that's where she's been campaigning."
