Update: Two suspects arrested, some guns recovered in Warner Robins gun shop burglaries
Warner Robins Police Department investigators have arrested two suspects in connection with a set of gun store burglaries that happened on Jan. 16.
At 3:24 a.m. on Jan. 16, the Warner Robins Police Department responded to Oakridge Custom Finishing, a Warner Robins gun shop on Moody Road, after a security alarm activation.
Officers found evidence of forced entry and identified a suspect vehicle using the business’s surveillance footage. Multiple weapons were stolen from this location.
Less than two hours later around 5 a.m., another alarm was triggered at Chuck’s Gun & Pawn Shop on Watson Boulevard.
Officers found no evidence of entry into the store.
At 5:21 a.m., an alarm was activated at a third gun shop, Centerville Gun & Pawn on S. Houston Lake Road.
Responding Warner Robins Police Department officers found a vehicle they believe the burglars drove through the front of the store and then left.
The offenders stole at least 13 guns and 31 boxes of ammunition from Oakridge Custom Finishing and Centerville Gun & Pawn Monday morning, police said.
Sgt. Justin Clark with the Warner Robins Police Department Investigations Division told the Telegraph that at least three rifles and multiple handguns were stolen. He said investigators have already recovered three rifles stolen during the incident.
On Jan. 24, the Warner Robins Police Department released an update stating that two male juveniles had been arrested and charged in relation to the burglaries.
The department said the two suspects used four stolen vehicles during the commission of the crimes.
Investigators said that about one day after the burglaries in Warner Robins, the suspects were attempting to steal a vehicle in Knoxville, Tennessee.
They fled after shooting at a victim while attempting to steal the car and were later arrested.
The suspects’ names have not been released since both are juveniles.
The department is still investigating the incident.
This story was originally published January 18, 2023 at 4:04 PM.