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Journal News map-listed guns, permits stolen from New City home, cops say

 Originally published: January 17, 2013 12:58 PM
 Updated: January 17, 2013 1:04 PM
 By TIMOTHY O'CONNOR  timothy.oconnor@cablevision.com




 Photo credit: Sarah Armaghan | A marked Clarkstown police cruiser and an unmarked cruiser stop in front of Britta Lane in New City. (Jan. 17, 2013)



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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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"The burglary is still under investigation and there are no facts to support this correlation at this time," Clarkstown Sgt. Joanne Fratianni said in a statement. "If the investigation develops further information, it will be released accordingly."

Family members at the burglarized home refused to speak Thursday and police are keeping reporters off the property on the quiet suburban street.

"At this early point in the investigation, we believe it is a random crime and the home was not targeted," Clarkstown Det. Lt. Charles Delo told News12.

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 guns that were stolen in New City included a .45 caliber Colt revolver and a .22 caliber Iver Johnson. Cash, U.S. Savings Bonds and jewelry were also stolen.

The homeowner's stolen pistol permits were for Rockland and Orange counties.

The Journal News has come under fire from elected officials and police groups for posting the interactive map Dec. 23 that showed the names and addresses of all legal gun permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.

The newspaper has not responded to numerous calls for comment.

The head of the White Plains Police Benevolent Association, Robert Riley, has been one of the fiercest critics of the Journal News map, saying it puts the lives of police and ordinary citizens in potential danger.

"The Journal News printed a virtual treasure map for criminals," Riley said Monday. "It lets the bad guys know who is vulnerable, due to not having a gun permit, and where to go if they wanted a gun."

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


i guess this little tidbit doesn't matter  :D :D

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


i guess this little tidbit doesn't matter  :D :D

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Yeah - just a coincidence like the 2 houses in White Plains last week.

Why did they steal the permits jacks ass?

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we believe it is a random crime and the home was not targeted,"


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we believe it is a random crime and the home was not targeted,"



That's all speculation, it's just very coincidental that this has happened to other houses on the map.  Until they capture the thieves they shouldn't be making statements in which they don't have evidence to back said statements.

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Motivated by the map or not, none of that should have been published in the newspaper and online.

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Yeah - just a coincidence like the 2 houses in White Plains last week.

Why did they steal the permits jacks ass?

I'm curious - what kind of "permit" is this, and what good is it? I assume it would at least include the name of the person to whom said permit was issued to, so to steal the permit doesn't seem to make much sense to me.