Tips sought in theft of safe with 20 weapons

1/21/2007

Lucas County Sheriff s detectives continue to search for the person or people who took a safe containing about 20 weapons this week from a Spencer Township home.

Sheriff s deputies were called to the home of Keith and Mary Tucker at 9627 Dorr St. about 12:20 p.m. Thursday on a report of a residential burglary.

The Tuckers reported that sometime between 8 a.m. and noon that day, someone had broken into their home through a rear window and took the gun safe containing shotguns, assault rifles, and other weapons valued at about $20,000.

Ammunition and cash also were inside the safe, Sheriff s Detective Mark Woodruff said.

The suspects took a door off its hinges, pulled a vehicle up to the entrance, and put the safe inside, the detective said.

Anyone with information about the crime is asked to call the Toledo Crime Stopper program at 419-255-1111.