Thieves Smash Into Metro Detroit Shops, Steal 100 Guns In 2 Days: Cops

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI — Police are looking for a group of thieves who broke into two separate metro Detroit shops and stole over 100 guns within the last 48 hours, police said.

Dearborn Heights Police said the group of thieves drove a car through the front of C&C Coins on the 24600 block of West Warren and stole numerous handguns and rifles Sunday morning at 5 a.m.

The group returned to the pawn shop Monday morning just after midnight and rammed another vehicle through the bordered-up entrance, driving straight through the boards, police said.

The group of thieves again stole numerous handguns and rifles and then ran away from the store, police said.

"These are very serious incidents which demand the full weight of the investigative resources of not only our agency, but our partners with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives who sent agents to each scene to further the investigation," Dearborn Heights Chief of Police Jerrod S. Hart said.

In a separate incident, a Westland gun store owner told Fox 2 Detroit that a group of thieves crashed a Kia SUV into his shop and stole about 50 guns early Sunday. The shop is located on South Wayne Road just north of Palmer Road.

"It hurts, it truly does hurt because whatever they do with the guns, we don't know what they're going to do, where they're going to do it at. It's just terrible," said Spencer Wong, who owns Armed in Michigan told the news station. "They got the good stuff. They got the expensive stuff."

Authorities believe the two smash and grab incidents may be related.

Officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and indictment of the suspects, saying "ATF is committed to the removal of offenders who victimize and threaten the safety of our communities."

Anyone with any information should call the Detroit ATF Field Division at 313-202-3400, or 1-888-283-8477. Information can also be sent to ATFTips@atf.gov or through ATF’s website at www.atf.gov/contact/atftips.

Information can still be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-773-2587 or online here.