Stolen Guns Recovered
Bet you can't guess where
Associated Press
ATF: Guns stolen from Tennessee found outside Chicago
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? Federal authorities say hundreds of guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said most of the roughly 400 guns stolen from a UPS facility in Memphis were found Tuesday in Midlothian, a Chicago suburb.
ATF had said the guns were taken Sunday by two men in a U-Haul truck. ATF spokesman Michael Knight said the truck was recovered along with the guns.
ATF said two people have been charged in the theft, and one person has been arrested.
Knight said the estimate of 400 stolen firearms makes it one of the largest single gun thefts the ATF has investigated.
UPS said it's cooperating with law enforcement.
Associated Press
ATF: Guns stolen from Tennessee found outside Chicago
17 mins ago
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ? Federal authorities say hundreds of guns that were stolen from a United Parcel Service facility in Tennessee have been recovered in the Chicago area.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said most of the roughly 400 guns stolen from a UPS facility in Memphis were found Tuesday in Midlothian, a Chicago suburb.
ATF had said the guns were taken Sunday by two men in a U-Haul truck. ATF spokesman Michael Knight said the truck was recovered along with the guns.
ATF said two people have been charged in the theft, and one person has been arrested.
Knight said the estimate of 400 stolen firearms makes it one of the largest single gun thefts the ATF has investigated.
UPS said it's cooperating with law enforcement.
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they will get 10 days ( time served ) and 6 months probation
its too bad Chicago hood rats did not get to put them to use ( the guns ) for at least a week or two0 -
Couple questions, just how much room would 400 firearms take up? Pistols, sure not much, rifles and long guns, quite a bit more.
Does UPS handle that many guns? Do they have a bin at the back door of the facility to store 400 guns? Do they have a special room for firearms at every location?
What are the guys in Chitcago doing in Tennessee?
Why only 2 people, this screams of a coordinated effort by more people.
Is the FBI going to drop the ball yet again, only netting the low level crooks and letting the masterminds go.0 -
I don't like to do the conspiracy theory stuff. But 400 guns stolen from UPS. And found in Chicago. If the anti gun libs could make a story up, this would be it. Chicago would be a nice safe place to live. If not for the illegal guns coming in from the outside. And this case was solved in record time.. 0 -
I don't like to do the conspiracy theory stuff. But 400 guns stolen from UPS. And found in Chicago. If the anti gun libs could make a story up, this would be it. Chicago would be a nice safe place to live. If not for the illegal guns coming in from the outside. And this case was solved in record time.. 0 -
Them poor boys was lead astray by the NRA! 0 -
Hhhhmmmmmnnnnn,.............Memphis And Chicago. Seems to be a common thread running through this.
Hhhhhmmmmmnnnn,.................what could it be?0 -
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-stolen-guns-midlothian-st-1003-story.html
The inside scoop straight from Chicago. I am shocked, please catch me if I faint, it appears that the criminals are a couple of African Americans. I had figured it was a couple of Norwegian exchange students, studying engineering at the University of Chicago:
Suburbs Daily Southtown Southtown News
Hundreds of stolen guns found in Midlothian, authorities say
Stolen guns
This image provided by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives shows two men suspected of the theft of hundreds of guns that were later found in Midlothian. (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives)
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One man is in custody and a second is being sought after police recovered hundreds of stolen guns in suburban Midlothian, authorities said Tuesday.
The guns ? nearly 370 .22 and .380 caliber firearms ? had been stolen Sunday from a United Parcel Service distribution center in Memphis and were part of a shipment that was headed to Dallas, according to the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
One man, Taveyan Turnbo, is in custody and a second man, Roland Jackson, is being sought in connection with the theft, according to ATF.
According to ATF affidavits filed in federal court in Chicago, Turnbo and Jackson were in a U-Haul van and were approached by law enforcement shortly after 3 p.m. Sunday in a store parking lot in Midlothian.
When they were asked to get out of the vehicle, both fled on foot, with Turnbo apprehended at about 7 p.m., according to the affidavits.
He denied to investigators that he took part in the thefts but that he was going to help Jackson and his brother sell the stolen firearms, according to the affidavits.
The guns were part of a larger shipment from the Ruger factory in North Carolina held at the UPS distribution hub, and the firearms were taken sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. Sunday, according to the affidavits.
Employees at the Memphis facility saw two men load three pallets of firearms into a U-Haul van then speed away, according to the affidavits. The entire shipment comprised 16 pallets of guns, and was due to depart at 8 a.m. Sunday for Texas.
The estimate of 400 stolen firearms makes it one of the largest single gun thefts the ATF has investigated, Michael Knight, an ATF spokesman, said.
UPS said in a statement that it is working with law enforcement but does not comment on open investigations.
ATF is asking the public to send it social media posts, photos or any other information related to the theft. The bureau is offering a reward of $5,000 for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.
According to Midlothian police, officers went to the parking lot of a Walgreens store at 4800 W. 148th St. after a caller suspected the occupants of a vehicle were engaged in drug sales.
After the men fled, several other area police departments, a police K-9 unit and police helicopter were involved in the search, and residents had been advised to remain in their homes as officers hunted for the men, according to police.
The Associated Press contributed.
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So, the Ruger factory in North Carolina, routinely ships hundreds of pistols through Memphis, to Dallas and other spots out west.
So this criminal scum had weeks or months to plan this caper.
"Seemed like a good idea" but Kunta Kinte was unable to pull it off.
Let us look at the Federal Felonies, stealing interstate commerce, stealing firearms, unlawful possession of hundreds of firearms.
These guys are going to be buried so deep in Federal Prison they will have to pipe in daylight to them.
Like the crooked cop said in The Sopranos, why Mafia guy Pussy became a snitch, because he was facing federal time of "from now on..."
And, check this out. The two Djibouti criminals are in the parking lot of a Walgreens in Midlothian, with the hottest cargo in the state, and they gotta stop and do a few dope deals there in the parking lot and get snitched out for drug dealing. I would call them morons but that would be an insult to morons.0 -
The stole a bunch of .380 lcp?s?
Talk about dumb criminals!0 -
hey man,,i were just at little involved around the edge, yous dig me, man......i didntdo nuffin 0 -
dumb ass,what they gonna do with guns in Chicago,they're illegal there,,[;)][;)][;)] 0 -
quote:Employees at the Memphis facility saw two men load three pallets of firearms into a U-Haul van
wth? 16 PALLETS of guns, and no security? Did UPS loan them a forklift to get them loaded in the van too? "Employees" just sat there and watched two hoodrats load up 3 pallets of guns?0 -
"Employees" just sat there and watched two hoodrats load up 3 pallets of guns?
Someone must have told the perps the guns were there in the first place.0 -
yes, an inside connection had to be there, they will be connected in time 0
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