Fox9 News reported this morning that The Frontiersman gun shop in St. Louis Park was hit by smash-and-grab thieves, who rammed a heavy steel side door.
It was not clear whether the thieves got any guns or not, but they certainly did some damage.
[UPDATE]
Nope, they didn't get anything, and they got caught. Woohoo!
http://www.startribune.com/462/story/452620.htmlStar Tribune wrote:
Two arrested after 'smash and grab' at gun shop
Last update: May 24, 2006 – 11:55 AM
Two people were arrested today in connection with an attempted "smash and grab" burglary hours earlier of a gun store in St. Louis Park.
A car was driven into a back storage door of Frontiersman Sports at Louisiana Avenue and Interstate Hwy. 394 about 1:30 a.m. The suspects failed to get through another door leading into the shop, so no guns were stolen, said owner Doug Ramstad.
The car was found about a block away, but a witness called police about another suspicious car in the area. Two people were later arrested in Minnetonka, and police are checking out what role those two may have had in the burglary.
Police are also trying to determine whether this crime is related to more than a dozen similar break-ins at convenience stores in the metro area in the past several weeks. In those incidents, the suspects took cigarettes and lottery tickets.
DAVID CHANEN
