Crime spree hits New England game stores

by Kyle Orland { Dec 14th 2006 at 10:55AM }

Investigators believe that the theft of $20,000 in systems and games from a Hooksett, N.H., EBGames could be connected to a string of similar thefts across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The thieves are targeting Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 systems because intense interest is driving high resale values according to a report from the Concord Monitor.

Detective Matt Fleming warned that thieves may soon expand their focus from stores to homes with new systems, warning owners to "secure them in your homes as best you can." We wouldn't be too worried though -- according to an AP report the thieves in Hooksett "tried to steal the floor model PlayStation 3 ... but couldn't get into the metal cabinet housing it." Foiled... by a kiosk!

Read - Concord Monitor report
Read - AP Report

Tags: EBGames, PS3, robbery, theft, thieves, Xbox

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

John @ Dec 14th 2006 11:00AM

hopefully this ends up costing Sony money!

sorry but I dont like them anymore

lol

Jonstiq @ Dec 14th 2006 11:01AM

first post! www.noobcannon.org/hax

SuperStupid @ Dec 14th 2006 11:15AM

"Detective Matt Fleming warned that thieves may soon expand their focus from
stores to homes with new systems"

Yeah, they "may" also go on to bazooka 10 year old girls with long range heat seeking Nazi Moose Ninja guns, although i doubt it, so a nice bit of scare-mongering there Detective Flemming.

Why the F*CK would theives go from breaking into stores that could have potentially hundreds of units for them to pinch, to peoples homes where they might find 2 or 3 new systems at best ?

Also: FORREST FIRES ! and how THEY might kill YOU !

Jose Miguel @ Dec 14th 2006 11:18AM

That's what we get for being willing to shell out over 500 bucks in next gen consoles.

DojoRacoon @ Dec 14th 2006 11:39AM

Xbox 360 resell values are high? You wouldn't even be able to get MSRP for them on Ebay would you? It looks like they are getting less than the Wii. PS3 I can understand but why not target all three. These guys are really stupid and I bet they get caught.

J.Goodwin @ Dec 14th 2006 11:44AM

Do the kiosk units even play retail games?

minus_273 @ Dec 14th 2006 12:08PM

"6. Do the kiosk units even play retail games?"

If they are what i think they are, not only do they play retain games, they also play burned cds, dvds and bluray disks

Farseer @ Dec 14th 2006 12:56PM

@6
Funny, I have yet to see an operational PS3 kiosk...

el Chino @ Dec 14th 2006 1:15PM

"""Xbox 360 resell values are high? You wouldn't even be able to get MSRP for them on Ebay would you? It looks like they are getting less than the Wii. PS3 I can understand but why not target all three. These guys are really stupid and I bet they get caught.""""

Remember when you steal something it cost you ZERO. So even if they sell it (x360) on Ebay for 150 bucks, that's 150 dollar profit.

tony @ Dec 14th 2006 2:18PM

all these rubbery and thief should be blame to Ebay.
if there isn't Ebay, who would rub a EBgames.

DojoRacoon @ Dec 14th 2006 2:29PM

@ el Chino

I was assuming they could only care so much and pound per pound it would make more sense to fill an empty 360 box with games rather stealing the system itself Plus given the current ebay prices they should have targetting Wii and PS3 not 360 and PS3 as the article stated. I should have been a little clearer with my point.