36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward - The Firearms Forum

mjp28 · 09-26-2012, 11:25 PM

36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, great, more gangstas' out there running around with major firepower. The two black men were caught on camers, nowhere on the building did it say it was an FFL store. $5000 reward

Federal agents and local police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men caught on security camera stealing an arsenal from a gun dealer on Youngstown’s South Side.

The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the two people responsible for breaking into the High Powered Armory, 2500 Market St., and stealing 36 guns.

Shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, thieves broke in through a sheet-metal roof in the back of the building at AAA Customs auto repair shop on Market street, which also houses the armory.

"As law enforcement and public safety, obviously we have a heightened sense of concern about this," said Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley.

The suspects got away with 36 guns, which was a combination of assault rifles as well as hand guns.

"These individuals who took these firearms are most likely going to try to turn these firearms over very quickly out there to make money off of them," Foley said.

Youngstown police and the ATF are worried about the guns getting into the wrong hands. They are asking for the public's help to get those weapons off the streets.

"In the area of this particular part of town, I'm very concerned that some of our gang members or drug traffickers could get access to these guns and continue the violence that's been shed over the last few years out there. So, we wanna make sure we get them off the street as fast as we can," Foley said.

“Having investigated similar cases in the past, we know stolen firearms are used in furtherance of drug- and gang-related activities and are utilized by violent criminals to perpetrate additional crimes,” said Robin Shoemaker, ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Columbus Field Division.

Authorities are describing the men in a surveillance photo released Wednesday as "persons of interest."

Anyone with information is asked to call the ATF crime gun hotline at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867) or the Youngstown Police Department at (330) 747-7911. The ATF hotline is toll free and callers may remain anonymous.

mjp28 · 09-26-2012, 11:31 PM

The latest trend with these gangstas' is just to take a high powered assult weapon and plaster a car or house.

Recently one of these low lifes shot up an apartment building because he was mad....killed a kid in his bunk bed.

Now more gangstas' with more big weapons out there.

Pitiful.

piglatinhater · 09-27-2012, 08:42 AM

Got a link?

carver · 09-27-2012, 11:45 AM

http://www.wkbn.com/mostpopular/stor...jmZ243GMg.cspx

gun runner · 09-27-2012, 01:03 PM

I bet their going to have alot of fun plinking with them

Maine04657 · 09-27-2012, 01:20 PM

OMG they took firearms without the proper paperwork? Do they not know that is illegal??

aa1911 · 09-27-2012, 01:46 PM

it's against the law, there's no possible way they could have gotten them! hahaha

We need to make a new law to stop such crimes!

more likely to get caught with those long guns though, hope they don't use 'em before that.

aa1911 · 09-27-2012, 01:50 PM

Authorities are describing the men in a surveillance photo released Wednesday as "persons of interest."

uhhhh, ya think?

I think the word is 'suspects' until they get convicted. or turds, whichever. Maybe they will get shot by the very guns they stole and are likely selling!

gvw3 · 09-27-2012, 03:29 PM

They had to know this stuff was stored there. I don't think this was a gun shop but a storage area for a gun shop.

mjp28 · 09-27-2012, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by gvw3

They had to know this stuff was stored there. I don't think this was a gun shop but a storage area for a gun shop.

Guaranteed! You cut a hole through a roof and drop smack dab in the middle of GUNS R' US! And yes they sold guns there, NO advertizing on the building at all.

The video was grainy, two black dudes wearing hoodies.

I just would hate to see this be linked to another bloody massacre....and the anti-gunners go crazy on it.

mjp28 · 09-28-2012, 07:03 PM

UPDATE - Two juveniles in custody, one accomplice and 37 guns still at large.

If you saw the video you could tell they were no pros! Just kind of wandering around and they did NOT cover their faces, just hoodies. D'UH.

Amazing how good the cops can be and how stupid most bad guys are.

gvw3 · 09-28-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mjp28

UPDATE - Two juveniles in custody, one accomplice and 37 guns still at large.

If you saw the video you could tell they were no pros! Just kind of wandering around and they did NOT cover their faces, just hoodies. D'UH.

Amazing how good the cops can be and how stupid most bad guys are.

Some times it's the other way around.

stumpjumper · 09-28-2012, 09:55 PM

thought it was 36 guns? or did they just forget to mention the 37th in the original theft report?

armedandsafe · 09-28-2012, 10:18 PM

I'd bet money that not a single one of the stolen firearms was a true "assault rifle." If any one of them is an "assault rifle" and was not locked in a vault (properly secured) then BATFE is going to come down on the owner/operators of that shop with a big club.

Pops

mjp28 · 09-28-2012, 10:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by armedandsafe

I'd bet money that not a single one of the stolen firearms was a true "assault rifle." If any one of them is an "assault rifle" and was not locked in a vault (properly secured) then BATFE is going to come down on the owner/operators of that shop with a big club.

Pops

Yeah I guess we wait until it's over or a gun SN turns up on some of the guns somewhere.

Juveniles, geezzzz.

Dennis C · 09-28-2012, 11:08 PM

I wonder if Eric Holder has any knowledge of this, they should ask him...he is in big with the illegal weapons trade.

68c15 · 09-29-2012, 05:32 AM

they're already on their way to Egypt along with a large check

Country101 · 09-29-2012, 09:21 AM

Country101 · 09-29-2012, 09:22 AM

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Youngstown police and the ATF are worried about the guns getting into the wrong hands. They are asking for the public's help to get those weapons off the streets.

TOO LATE

mjp28 · 09-30-2012, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by 68c15

they're already on their way to Egypt along with a large check

Well being they're dumb "young black Juveniles" they're in someone's closet or in some gangstas' house getting ready for the next gangsta' shootout.

Jerryboy · 09-30-2012, 01:58 AM

this is why, if you need to store lots of guns, store them in your house! if i owned a gun store i would definitely live in the same building as my shop.

XP100 · 09-30-2012, 01:42 PM

Youngstown police and ATF worried about them getting in the wrong hands, They ALREADY are in the WRONG hands.

bluesea112 · 10-03-2012, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by armedandsafe

I'd bet money that not a single one of the stolen firearms was a true "assault rifle." If any one of them is an "assault rifle" and was not locked in a vault (properly secured) then BATFE is going to come down on the owner/operators of that shop with a big club.

Pops

According to the libs, a gun qualifies as an assault rifle if it is black OR semi-auto.

09-26-2012, 11:25 PM	#1
mjp28 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: anytown, OHIO Contributor Posts: 3,079	36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, great, more gangstas' out there running around with major firepower. The two black men were caught on camers, nowhere on the building did it say it was an FFL store. $5000 reward Federal agents and local police are asking for the public’s help in identifying two men caught on security camera stealing an arsenal from a gun dealer on Youngstown’s South Side. The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of the two people responsible for breaking into the High Powered Armory, 2500 Market St., and stealing 36 guns. Shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday, thieves broke in through a sheet-metal roof in the back of the building at AAA Customs auto repair shop on Market street, which also houses the armory. "As law enforcement and public safety, obviously we have a heightened sense of concern about this," said Youngstown Police Chief Rod Foley. The suspects got away with 36 guns, which was a combination of assault rifles as well as hand guns. "These individuals who took these firearms are most likely going to try to turn these firearms over very quickly out there to make money off of them," Foley said. Youngstown police and the ATF are worried about the guns getting into the wrong hands. They are asking for the public's help to get those weapons off the streets. "In the area of this particular part of town, I'm very concerned that some of our gang members or drug traffickers could get access to these guns and continue the violence that's been shed over the last few years out there. So, we wanna make sure we get them off the street as fast as we can," Foley said. “Having investigated similar cases in the past, we know stolen firearms are used in furtherance of drug- and gang-related activities and are utilized by violent criminals to perpetrate additional crimes,” said Robin Shoemaker, ATF Special Agent in Charge of the Columbus Field Division. Authorities are describing the men in a surveillance photo released Wednesday as "persons of interest." Anyone with information is asked to call the ATF crime gun hotline at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867) or the Youngstown Police Department at (330) 747-7911. The ATF hotline is toll free and callers may remain anonymous. -->

09-26-2012, 11:31 PM	#2
mjp28 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: anytown, OHIO Contributor Posts: 3,079	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward The latest trend with these gangstas' is just to take a high powered assult weapon and plaster a car or house. Recently one of these low lifes shot up an apartment building because he was mad....killed a kid in his bunk bed. Now more gangstas' with more big weapons out there. Pitiful.

09-27-2012, 08:42 AM	#3
piglatinhater Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 42	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward Got a link?

09-27-2012, 11:45 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,280	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward http://www.wkbn.com/mostpopular/stor...jmZ243GMg.cspx __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

09-27-2012, 01:03 PM	#5
gun runner Former Guest Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: South Texas Contributor Posts: 1,871	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward I bet their going to have alot of fun plinking with them

09-27-2012, 01:20 PM	#6
Maine04657 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 329	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward OMG they took firearms without the proper paperwork? Do they not know that is illegal??

09-27-2012, 01:46 PM	#7
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward it's against the law, there's no possible way they could have gotten them! hahaha We need to make a new law to stop such crimes! more likely to get caught with those long guns though, hope they don't use 'em before that. __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

09-27-2012, 01:50 PM	#8
aa1911 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 3,113	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward Authorities are describing the men in a surveillance photo released Wednesday as "persons of interest." uhhhh, ya think? I think the word is 'suspects' until they get convicted. or turds, whichever. Maybe they will get shot by the very guns they stole and are likely selling! __________________ "Loud noises don't end gunfights.... well placed shots do."

09-27-2012, 03:29 PM	#9
gvw3 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Chicago IL Area Contributor Posts: 3,297	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward They had to know this stuff was stored there. I don't think this was a gun shop but a storage area for a gun shop. __________________ Criminals advocate stronger gun laws to foster a safer work environment. This limits their exposure to risk.

09-28-2012, 07:03 PM	#11
mjp28 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: anytown, OHIO Contributor Posts: 3,079	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward UPDATE - Two juveniles in custody, one accomplice and 37 guns still at large. If you saw the video you could tell they were no pros! Just kind of wandering around and they did NOT cover their faces, just hoodies. D'UH. Amazing how good the cops can be and how stupid most bad guys are.

09-28-2012, 09:55 PM	#13
stumpjumper Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: swflorida Contributor Posts: 655	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward thought it was 36 guns? or did they just forget to mention the 37th in the original theft report? __________________ after three rounds you're just making noise Guns have only two enemies rust and politicians

09-28-2012, 10:18 PM	#14
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward I'd bet money that not a single one of the stolen firearms was a true "assault rifle." If any one of them is an "assault rifle" and was not locked in a vault (properly secured) then BATFE is going to come down on the owner/operators of that shop with a big club. Pops

09-28-2012, 11:08 PM	#16
Dennis C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 789	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward I wonder if Eric Holder has any knowledge of this, they should ask him...he is in big with the illegal weapons trade. __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

09-29-2012, 05:32 AM	#17
68c15 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 2,063	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward they're already on their way to Egypt along with a large check __________________ I'll go defenseless when our leaders do the same

09-29-2012, 09:21 AM	#18
Country101 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dardanelle, AR Contributor Posts: 2,028	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward oops __________________ Gainfully employed= shooting somebody elses bullets and getting paid for it Country101 Last edited by Country101; 09-30-2012 at 10:31 AM..

09-30-2012, 01:58 AM	#21
Jerryboy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 721	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward this is why, if you need to store lots of guns, store them in your house! if i owned a gun store i would definitely live in the same building as my shop. __________________ "If voting could change anything for the better, it'd be illegal." -Unknown "If good intentions were horses, politicians would own glue factories" -Jeremiah Thompson Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives should be the name of a convenience store, not a government agency.

09-30-2012, 01:42 PM	#22
XP100 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 74	Re: 36 assault rifles and pistols stolen, $5000 reward Youngstown police and ATF worried about them getting in the wrong hands, They ALREADY are in the WRONG hands.