Thieves Steal Guns, Permits from Home Mapped by the Journal News

The first of these burglaries could have been coincidence, but the second may denote a trend.

Two handguns and two pistol permits were stolen from the New City home of a man whose name and address are listed on the website of a local newspaper as possessing gun permits, police said.

The thieves ransacked the house Wednesday night, breaking into two safes on the home’s third floor and stealing a third safe. The guns were in the stolen safe, police said.

Clarkstown police said they had no evidence the burglary was connected to the controversial map.

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Yet.

The burglary comes less than a week after a White Plains homeowner who, too, was listed on the Journal News website as having gun permits, arrived home to find his home burglarized with jewelry missing and an attempted break-in of his gun safe. The thieves were not successful and no guns were stolen.

White Plains Police Commissioner David Chong said Monday it was “premature” to connect that burglary to the website listing but said it was part of the police investigation.

The thieves at first did not succeed, so they tried, tried again…?

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