OKC track/hobby shop robbed!

[KC10Chief]

One of the local tracks here in Oklahoma City (Action RC), was burglarized this past Wednesday night. The people who own the track are the friendliest people you will ever meet. They work full time jobs elsewhere and open every day after they get off work for a few hours. They always let everybody practice for free. They don't make any money off the track, and just run the place because they love RC so much. The track is enormous and very well maintained. They work very hard at it so people can come out and have a good time and somebody went and took advantage of them and victimized them. The thieves stole over 8,000 dollars worth of RC equipment. Something like that could bankrupt somebody and put them out of business. Fortunately, they have insurance, but there is no telling how much they will be reimbursed. What's worse is that the person(s) that did it is probably somebody that came out there to race. The people that own the place are very friendly and bend over backwards to help anybody. They sell food and drinks and just have an honor system where you put money in for the food and drinks you take. It makes me sick that somebody would hurt them like that. So anyways, if you live in or around Oklahoma and you find somebody selling several thousand dollars of RC equipment that you know they can't afford or shouldn't have, by all means, call the Oklahoma City police. They were able to lift fingerprints from the store and off of the tool that the idiots left to break into the store with. I hope they get caught and are punished. If you see anything suspicious, please report it! Matt

[RC10GTMark]

Damn that sucks. Im in fort worth but ill keep my eyes open, some of the stuff will prolly make it down this way.

[B3Tyler]

That sux very much. Those guys are jerks.

[maxxxracer]

that really sucks. I hope they catch them.

[racing mason]

i would hate for that to happen if i owned a hobby shop. did they damage the track and don't they have a hidden camera or something like that. they could get their faces or trace their prints on that tool. i'll tell ya if anything floats to ohio.

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[BadRacer]

Man thats sad to hear. I only live about 30mins to an hour from OKC. It's sad when you have people willing to do this kind of stuff. I'v never been to Action RC but I have heard good things about that place and I praying they get the punks that have done this. It's truely a sad day in this hobby when you hear of things happen like this. It's a shocker but crime doesn't pay. I'll keep a look out up here in Tulsa, not sure if I will come across anything but you never know.

Hope this turns in favor for the Hobby Shop owners.

Cris :(

[TA03 Drive Hard]

Such LOSERS... lets hope that they are not registered users on this bb... cause if they are i hope they read this... LOSERS!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[TC3Racer]

what fools me is, why would they steal R/C stuff when they can rob some other place and get more cash? they must have been into R/C if they did this. good luck in finding them. and also, even though most hobby shop owners wouldn't be thinking much of being robbed, but this just goes to show that you do need to take proper security measures. good luck to Action R/C in reimbursing the stolen items and catching the robbers.

[Throtl Hapie]

Yeah, I was thinking that too. If they stole RC stuff, they must be customers (former customers) that were P-Oed enough to rob the shop for some reason.

[mavrick0611]

how come the nicest people are the ones that get kicked in the balls?

[rcguy49]

i cant belive that someone would do that :mad: :mad: :mad: ,i hope that they get caught and thrown in jail :mad:.good luck action r/c.

rcguy49

[Hairball]

Ok, here is my $0.02 on this.

First, watch eBay. Its the best way to sell things off slowly and easily without getting catch. Heck, I bet you almost %75 of the crap on eBay was stolen at one time or another.

Second, It does really suck that they got robbed, but it was probably some kids (15 - 18 yrs old) that really wanted to get into the hobby, but got discouraged when they found out how outrageous the cost of this sport really is! I mean, I have to buy parts and upgrades to my gear slowly, because if I tried to get everything all at once, I'd put my wife and myself in the poor house. Kids on the other hand, most of which don't work / arent old enough to work don't have a chance at being able to get into this unless they have wealthy parents.

So what do they do? Use there heads against the great system of life, probably planned on just stealing what they need to start racing, but once they got inside and found out how easy it really was, and just took everything they could carry. Duh. Wouldn't you if you were in the same situation? I'm not saying its right, but temptation is a hard thing to beat.

Very few truely honest people in this world ever get ahead.

Now I'm sure a few of you out there will read this and get all pissed off, but if you think about things logically, it makes sense. People who steal from hobby shops aren't after money, they're after the WAY OVERPRICED gear.

-=Hairball=-

[ 08-11-2001: Message edited by: Hairball ]

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[rc10gt_bb]

Hey, maybee there is a rc stealing mob out there. Because drycreek in greenvile texas (near Dalas) got broke into also about 3 weeks ago. They stole like over $10,000 of stuff. Maybee this is a repeat offender! They had cameras too.

[mavrick0611]

hum,,, hobby town usa has the adt securaty system and a BUNCH of other stores out next to it.

Sometimes when im out there theyll be telling stories.

listen to this one:

there was a BUNCH of people in hobby town one day mainly in line. and 2 guys came in and wanted to see a HPI car (NIB) so he takes one off the shelf so he could look at it, and the employee was ringing a customer up and he ran out that door with that car! on guy unlcoked the doors and started the car and the employee chased him down!

He beat the living crap out of that dude! they called the cops they went to jail but the funny thing was when the employee ran out of the start he left the cash register open. (this was on the weekend so there was BIG BUCKS in the register :D :D :D

i would have gone for the cash when no one was looking :) j/k i wouldnt. and i wouldnt break into a hobby shop eaither.
aj

[Hairball]

In that incident you just mentioned, I bet the employee that beat the crap out of the guy who stole the car goes to jail before the actual theif does. Assult and battery is much worse than just plain petty theft (anything less than $500 worth of goods).

You can't attack people even if they are stealing, the laws in the USA protect criminals from that kinda of thing.

Or, the criminal will sue the crap out of the hobby shop and win, probably closing the shop down for good. Its unfortunate that these kind of things happen, but thats how the US works, The only people that get punished are the honest people trying to protect what's rightfully there's.

[mavrick0611]

they didnt.

Ya thats kinda like that robber that was breaking into this womens house.

He fell through a sky light or something and landed on a knife i nthe kitchen and he sued her! Thats how good our justice system is!
aj

[BlackWolf]

THat really SUQS AZZ!! Now that shop is going to have to charge more for their goods, you know it. Poor Guys. Keep your eyes open on EBAY. You might find some of the stuff there.

[E-MAXX]

Yes, it probably was a 15-18 year old that did this. This hobby does cost a lot in cash. You don't have to have wealthy parents to get into this hobby. I'm 13, parents never paid a penny. Except for my B-day, my dad bought me a Corvette C-5 body and some paint. I mow lawns to get my money. I get about $20-25 for the works. I have been in the buisness for 3 years and most of my money has gone to RC. I wonder is they will hit my favorite hobby shop next? Maybe Competition RC in OKC?
I hope not.
Philip S

[Grizzbob]

Yeah, I can understand it, though I couldn't see myself doing that unless I was raised without any morals or ethics. As for eBay, I don't think that much of the stuff there is stolen, there are lots of people who just want to make a switch, or their local track closed, or they just upgraded their stuff & want to sell the excess equipment(one of my buds has had up to 5 Yok MR-4TC's at once, even he decided to unload a couple. He's sponsored by Yok, by the way). I've thought about using eBay to sell some of my stuff too, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I do hope that Action R/C's guys will get their due, that is pretty ridiculous to rob a hobby shop....

[Hairball]

Maybe the shop that got hit will think real hard about getting a good alarm system. One of the ones I go too has cameras and one of those locking cages that covers the windows and doors, so by the time a would be thief got the front door open and cut the lock on the cage, the alarm would have been going off for quite awhile and police would have been on the scene by then.

Just goes to show how important a good alarm system really is. Because if they get past all that without being detected, they've got some real skills, and probably wouldn't be wasting there time with a hobby shop anyway.

[Hairball]

I meant eBay in a whole, not just the R/C stuff. hehehe

[BadRacer]

Okay I am a little offended here. When people steal things others point to Minors 13-18. What is up with that. It could have been a 22-40 year old that has done this, you never know. Im 17 and everytime Im with my friends minding our own bizz walking down the road someone is thinking they are up to something. One time a Cop even took us downtown for questioning because someone broke into a house 4 blocks down from where we were at walking. Just to tip it off some older people called in and told the cops they thought we were up to something....what got me is the robbery happend 3 days after.

I just don't think it's right to point to us Teens when something has happend. I am in no way saying this goes on all the time. I think there are to many stereotype's about other's. If your live in a Trailer your automaticly called poor or trash....this is just a point in trying to make. For all we know a 30 year old guy wanted something so bad he broke in to get it. Im just asking everyone to think and not stereotype others. It isn't fair to anyone.

Cris

[dr pepper racer]

I agree with you Badracer..

[jeepinator]

BadRacer, I agree that profiling is not right. But, statistics are what they are. The cops have the highest likelyhood of finding the "bad guys" if they question your age group because your age group stastically do more crimes of this type.
They are, in effect, hunting. As a hunter you hunt in areas known to have lots of game. As a cop you question folks most likely to have committed whatever crime.
I am not arguing with you, only explaining why this happens.

[BadRacer]

Yeah I fully understand what you are saying Jeep and do not have a problem with what you have said. Its just at time's it seems that other's (not everyone) jump to conclusion's. There are alot of Minors that do not break the law, then you have the others that do. Its the same way with all age groups. I know about the stat's and I have to ask how did society become this way? That someone, what ever age they are steal, break into a Hobby Shop. There had to have been more then one person to get away with that much money in RC stuff. How could someone live with themself's after doing something like this.

Anyway back to the matter at hand, have they found the people that done this yet? Keep us posted.

Just my opinion here.
Cris

[Hairball]

Jeep - You took the words right out of my mouth.

Badracer - I'm sorry if I offended you, but statistics are statistics. Maybe I should have widened the age group a little (I'm only 22 myself). The younger someone is, the more likey they are to do something illegal, especially before they turn 18, because the laws are easy on minors, and get a lot tougher when they become "adults".

[roadrage]

There's no such thing as a perfect crime. These guys will pay somehow and you may not know it. Maybe it will be strong guilt because the owners were so nice and they did something so bad that they wont take it anymore and just give the goods back. This happened in a store in PA selling firecrackers. Someone stole a whole bunch of firecrackers at night and than a week later ended up giveing them back. But there are people that wont fell guilt at all and those are the people that pay in hell.

[bryceanator]

thats sad people would do that they will pay for it one time this guy tryed to steal a buch of cds and a carstereo from some guys car while he was in a bar he walked out with his friends ready to leave he sees the guy clocks him right it the head the guy had alreadly ripped off all of his friends cars they beat the snot out of him took all of there stuff and then some striped him in a alley and left him in downtown vancouver

[aspiringrcracer710]

Im sorry to hear that. We should keep the owners of that shop in prayer and also keep an eye out on EBAY for anything suspicious

[Scomp87]

To KC10Cheif and anyone else in the area,
If I were y'all I'd be thinking out of the box. Is there another hobby shop in the area? Competition may have driven one of them nuts.(It could happen)(Especially if the victims were very nice people) I'd check the other stores for unusualy large shipments. (Just a thought)

[E-MAXX]

Badracer: nobody intended on offending anybody. I am not, if I meant the way you are thinking I would be offending myself! :p You do hear a lot of stuff on the news: 15 year old boy found robbing a store,There are so many "gangs" of teens. That is probably why cops go to teens first.
Sorry
Philip S

[ 08-12-2001: Message edited by: Philip Schoenbein ]

[BadRacer]

Its cool Hairball & Philip. I guess I went over board there with my opinion. It seems to me that the Teens you do hear of doing these kind of things make's you wounder where their Mom and (or) Dad are. I have got to admit I have done some stupid thing's with my bud's but nothing near breaking the law. It kinda makes me ashamed to be apart of the whole age group stat's on Robbery and other crimes. Here in Oklahoma they have a Law that if your under the age of 18 and out past curfew your Mom and (or) Dad gets the ticket then they have to show up for court.

If you live in the Tulsa area, or Okla. at that I'm sure you have heard about the guys that ran out the doors of a Local Albertson's with 3 30 Pack of Bush beer and one guy got shot in the Parking Lot. Theres alot of other info I missed but there are alot of crazy people willing to do things like this.

This has been my first real conversation on here. Its been fun. :D

Cris :cool:

[clancy]

Well it may be kids, however if it were kids they would normally tell a couple of people and brag about their crime. My money is on adults 24-30 who like rc but probably do not have the means to really make a go of it. The truly sad part is the victims. These people that own this type of operation are the ones keeping the hobby alive. This will no doubt leave a sour taste in their mouth and make them very leary of the "honor" system. This sucks!! :mad:

[Jwelch]

Ya thats kinda like that robber that was breaking into this womens house.

He fell through a sky light or something and landed on a knife i nthe kitchen and he sued her! Thats how good our justice system is!
aj

Hehe, AJ, that's from Liar Liar (w/ Jim Carey)

[HauntedMyst]

My LHS gets hit every few months too, mostly its car kits. Recently they got hit for a Serpent kit (ouch) Sadly, it seems like this has become part of the cost of doing business. See, now these are the guns that need handguns!

[KC10Chief]

The owner told me that he knew who broke into his shop and that it is being taken care of. He said that they took 10,000 dollars worth of stuff. I asked if it was a teenager or an adult and he says it is an adult. I didn't pry any further into the matter. Surprisingly, they don't seem to affected by it. They still seem very trusting of everybody. They're having a huge race this coming weekend. Should be people from all over coming out. It's for 1/10 gas and 1/8 buggies. It's saturday and Sunday with three 10 minute heats on Saturday and 30 minute mains on Sunday. 25 dollar entry fee and they are providing dinner on Saturday night for free. Should be a real blast. If you live in or around Oklahoma, it would be well worth your drive to come out! Matt