Guns for Tots

An 11 year old boy was charged along with four teens in a weapons heist from a suburban Philadelphia area gun shop. An error in planning by the suspected criminals appears to be responsible for the quick apprehension of by the young men by the police. The thieves failed to have a getaway vehicle, instead relying on public transportation.

A bit of bad luck also tripped up the gang when a passer-by alerted cops as the burglary was in progress at the Suburban Armory gun dealership in Collingdale, PA. Two of the four teenage suspects were arrested at a nearby pizza shop. The other two were apprehended leaving a bus stop. Police officers found the 11-year-old already on board a bus.

An obviously dumbfounded Robert Adams, Police Chief of Collingdale, had this to say about the crime:

“You come to do a burglary on a bus, you do the burglary, you take your guns and get back on the bus and go home?” (Source)

The youths apparently cut the phone lines to the gun shop, and may have even created ‘false alarms’ in the days leading up to the robbery to test the police response time. The police speculate that the weapons and ammo were destined to be resold on the streets for between $200 – $500 a gun, a street value of between $2800 – $7000 for the 14 semi-automatic handguns recovered.

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