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Men Followed From Shooting Range, Robbed Of Guns
POSTED: 11:45 am EST February 8, 2007
UPDATED: 5:27 pm EST February 8, 2007
OVIEDO, Fla. -- Oviedo police think two people may have been followed home and robbed after they left a local gun range. The man and his friend were robbed in the driveway of a home on Lullwater Drive in the Kingsbridge West subdivision on Sunday.
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The victims later confirmed with detectives that three of the young men were the suspects who showed their faces on in-store surveillance video.
Police agree the attack was brazen, because it seemed planned and it means two more powerful handguns are on the street.
Neighbors were still talking, Thursday, about Sunday afternoon's brazen driveway robbery.
"There were three police cars there and sort of an orangey, maroon colored Porsche pulled into the driveway at an angle," said neighbor Ben Bowles.
"It seems like crime is coming in here and we don't like that. I hope this is just an isolated incident," said neighbor Fima Tolentino.
Police said the robbery seemed rehearsed.
"As far back as I can remember, this is the first time we've had anybody robbed for their guns at gunpoint," said Det. Adam Egert, Oviedo Police Department.
There are shooting ranges all over Central Florida, but the victim and his friend left one in Apopka on Sunday afternoon after two hours on the range. While in the store, they noticed four young men.
The victims later confirmed with detectives that three of the young men were the suspects who showed their faces on in-store surveillance video. One suspect could be identified by his heavy chain, a chain the victim saw again in his own driveway.
"They were in their driveway for a matter of minutes when a green Honda pulled up," Egert said. "When they got out of their car, they put their guns right to their faces."
After the heist, the suspects fled in a bluish green, mid-90s model Honda Accord with tinted windows. The traumatized victims noticed one suspect was even on his cell phone as they drove away, but they didn't get a tag number.
The stolen semiautomatic handguns are a .45 caliber Kimber, worth $1,200, and a .40-caliber Sigsauer, which gun shops sell for about $600.
Meanwhile, neighbors in the well-heeled enclave admit their comfort zone has suddenly gotten a lot smaller.
"Maybe we should have a community watch association," Tolentino said.
The story can be found at; http://www.wftv.com/news/10963235/detail.html#
- Janq
Men Followed From Shooting Range, Robbed Of Guns
POSTED: 11:45 am EST February 8, 2007
UPDATED: 5:27 pm EST February 8, 2007
OVIEDO, Fla. -- Oviedo police think two people may have been followed home and robbed after they left a local gun range. The man and his friend were robbed in the driveway of a home on Lullwater Drive in the Kingsbridge West subdivision on Sunday.
The victims later confirmed with detectives that three of the young men were the suspects who showed their faces on in-store surveillance video.
Police agree the attack was brazen, because it seemed planned and it means two more powerful handguns are on the street.
Neighbors were still talking, Thursday, about Sunday afternoon's brazen driveway robbery.
"There were three police cars there and sort of an orangey, maroon colored Porsche pulled into the driveway at an angle," said neighbor Ben Bowles.
"It seems like crime is coming in here and we don't like that. I hope this is just an isolated incident," said neighbor Fima Tolentino.
Police said the robbery seemed rehearsed.
"As far back as I can remember, this is the first time we've had anybody robbed for their guns at gunpoint," said Det. Adam Egert, Oviedo Police Department.
There are shooting ranges all over Central Florida, but the victim and his friend left one in Apopka on Sunday afternoon after two hours on the range. While in the store, they noticed four young men.
The victims later confirmed with detectives that three of the young men were the suspects who showed their faces on in-store surveillance video. One suspect could be identified by his heavy chain, a chain the victim saw again in his own driveway.
"They were in their driveway for a matter of minutes when a green Honda pulled up," Egert said. "When they got out of their car, they put their guns right to their faces."
After the heist, the suspects fled in a bluish green, mid-90s model Honda Accord with tinted windows. The traumatized victims noticed one suspect was even on his cell phone as they drove away, but they didn't get a tag number.
The stolen semiautomatic handguns are a .45 caliber Kimber, worth $1,200, and a .40-caliber Sigsauer, which gun shops sell for about $600.
Meanwhile, neighbors in the well-heeled enclave admit their comfort zone has suddenly gotten a lot smaller.
"Maybe we should have a community watch association," Tolentino said.
The story can be found at; http://www.wftv.com/news/10963235/detail.html#
- Janq
