DocV
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I think the Brady Bunch needs to campaign to close the parking lot loophole...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/16/BAR814P2MS.DTL
Rifle, ammo stolen from cruiser in CHP parking lot in Martinez
(12-16) 09:52 PST MARTINEZ -- A thief cut through a fence at the California Highway Patrol's Martinez office early today, broke into a cruiser and made off with a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition, authorities said.
The theft was discovered about 12:30 a.m. in the locked parking lot of the Highway Patrol office at 5001 Blum St., said CHP Sgt. Trent Cross. The culprit cut through the fence, broke into a Ford Crown Victoria cruiser and stole the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and ammunition, Cross said.
No arrests have been made.
Thefts from police cars are unusual but not unheard of. Last year, a man was shot and wounded after he broke into an Antioch police car and grabbed the AR-15 inside.
In 2006, someone broke into a San Mateo County sheriff's detective's car and took a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol and two magazines. The weapon was later used in several bank robberies on the Peninsula, including a heist in San Mateo in which a shot was fired.
In 2001, a thief made off with a master key to the fleet for the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Department and got into a SWAT team member's car, stealing an AR-15, two MP-5 machine pistols, ammunition and flash-bang grenades.
I think the Brady Bunch needs to campaign to close the parking lot loophole...
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/16/BAR814P2MS.DTL
Rifle, ammo stolen from cruiser in CHP parking lot in Martinez
(12-16) 09:52 PST MARTINEZ -- A thief cut through a fence at the California Highway Patrol's Martinez office early today, broke into a cruiser and made off with a semiautomatic rifle and ammunition, authorities said.
The theft was discovered about 12:30 a.m. in the locked parking lot of the Highway Patrol office at 5001 Blum St., said CHP Sgt. Trent Cross. The culprit cut through the fence, broke into a Ford Crown Victoria cruiser and stole the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle and ammunition, Cross said.
No arrests have been made.
Thefts from police cars are unusual but not unheard of. Last year, a man was shot and wounded after he broke into an Antioch police car and grabbed the AR-15 inside.
In 2006, someone broke into a San Mateo County sheriff's detective's car and took a .40-caliber Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol and two magazines. The weapon was later used in several bank robberies on the Peninsula, including a heist in San Mateo in which a shot was fired.
In 2001, a thief made off with a master key to the fleet for the Santa Cruz Sheriff's Department and got into a SWAT team member's car, stealing an AR-15, two MP-5 machine pistols, ammunition and flash-bang grenades.