OKLAHOMA CITY –-(Ammoland.com)- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Dallas Field Division is offering a $2,500.00 reward, combined with an additional $2,500.00 offered by the National Sports Shooting Foundation (NSSF), for a total reward of up to $5,000.00 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the burglary and theft of firearms from Dick’s Sporting Goods at 14200 N. Pennsylvania Ave.
About 20 long guns were stolen by three masked, unknown suspects in the early morning hours of Jan. 21 2017.
“We hope someone knows what happened and will come forward before the stolen firearms are used in future crimes,” said ATF Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge William Temple. “Having these firearms in the hands of criminals is a serious safety concern for the community and law enforcement.”
Stealing firearms from a federally licensed dealer and possessing stolen firearms are federal crimes punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
This reward is part of a larger national cooperative initiative between the NSSF, the trade association for the firearms industry, and ATF in which NSSF matches ATF’s reward in cases involving the theft of firearms from federally licensed firearms retailers.
Anyone with any information about this crime should contact ATF at 1-800- ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867) or the Oklahoma City PD Crime Stoppers at 405/235-7300 or online at www.okccrimetips.com (link is external). People can also submit a tip through ATF’s new “reportit” app available at www.reportit.com (link is external) and at Google Play and the Apple App Store. All tips are confidential and can be anonymous.
More information on ATF and its programs can be found at www.atf.gov.
Twenty long guns stolen by three masked men “in the early morning hours” makes me think it was an “inside job” meaning a former employee who knew the security details, alarm locations and night storage locations. The story didn’t say, but I suspect that the guns are MSR/ARs and perhaps some shotguns. In the week that has passed the shotguns have been hack sawed. Hopefully the thief was from the gun department and won’t know to not hacksaw the 16 inch barrel on an AR down to the gas block.. There would have been a car or truck parked nearby,… Read more »
I live less than a mile from that store. I’ve been a frequent customer, so I know some of the clerks personally.
This burglary (understandably) has those clerks very concerned… and (also understandably) my neighborhood has taken this personally, and has become alert and protective. We hope Law Enforcement can successfully solve this crime, and quickly.
Terrible things going on in this country but I can’t stand Dick’s Sporting Goods at all – massive rip off along with Academy and Cabellas and Bass Pro!
I almost asked why the robbers didn’t steal any pistols until I remembered that Dick’s bowed to the PC gun-grabbers and quit selling them. This is still wrong however and I hope the perps are caught and get locked up.
guess need to build gun shops as a nuclear blast bunker and just shut and lock the door at night
want to see a burglar try and smash their way in through a blast door
The 2A method would be use the money to put a bounty on the crook “$5,000 – dead or alive.”