Crime & Safety
Reward Being Offered for Information on Gun Range Burglary
ATF and Waukesha Police Department investigating Sept. 2 theft of about 30 firearms.
The ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the theft of firearms from in Waukesha, according to Special Agent in Charge Bernard J. Zapor of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) St. Paul Field Division,
About 30 firearms were stolen in a Sept. 2 burglary from Fletcher Arms, a federally licensed firearms dealer. The ATF and the Waukesha Police Department are investigating the theft.
“We are asking for the public’s help to recover these firearms and bring the person or persons responsible for this crime to justice,” Zapor said in a news release.
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Any information regarding this burglary should be reported to ATF at 800-283-4867 or Waukesha Police Department at 262-524-3814.
was burglarized at through a smashed window, resulting in 32 small-caliber handguns and one rifle being stolen. More than anything, the police department wants those weapons off the streets.
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“That is our main concern,” Oremus said
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