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Kids Steal One Game At Target Using a Sledgehammer

xsynergyx | July 24, 2007 | News | Misc 
In Milwaukee, two young kids used a sledgehammer to break into Target. They then went directly to the Electronics Department and then to the video game section. After several tries, one of the kids manages to get into the case and leave with just one game and nothing else. Police assume the kids to be 11 years old.
In Milwaukee, two young thieves were caught on tape smashing the glass video games case in the electronics department at Target.
Target surveillance cameras reportedly caught the two boys breaking into the store with a sledgehammer. Police think the boys are as young as 11-years-old.

The video, from local TMJ4, shows the boys going right for the electronics department and to the video games. After several tries, one boy finally manages to break the glass video games case with the sledgehammer. They take only one video game and leave. Police say the boys didn’t take anything else.
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    FRoGBuster | July 25, 2007
    wow, i didn't think videogamers could be motivated enough to carry out such a troubling undertaking
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    Final Blade | July 25, 2007
    LOL but the question is did he hurt anyone.
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    MrSponget | July 25, 2007
    Depends on what game they stole. If it was some 20 dollar PS2 greatest hits game released 6 years ago then lock those kids up.

    No no, but in all seriousness that's crazy. There's a video at the source and it's funny how all serious they look when they do the deed.
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    YeOldeBowser | July 25, 2007
    Wow that's crazy. I don't care how new or old the game is. Lock those kids away.
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    FRoGBuster | July 25, 2007
    wow, they didn't find them yet! Probably hard to find if they're not interacting with society any more. They're probably locked up in a basement somewhere beating that ONE game they stole.. realizing they should have gotten one with higher re-play value...
    Video says they walked around the store too... Eye Shopping??? Without stealing anything else, just walk around target before leaving... Must be a very strong habit they couldn't shake.

    At least they didn't rob the place in cosplay
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    YeOldeBowser | July 25, 2007
    Yeah that's funny...

    Kid 1: "Hey dude we beat the game!"
    Two hours later...
    Kid 2: "This game's like, a total bummer. It has no freaking replay value.
    Kid 1: "But we can't crawl out of the basement. We'll get caught for sure..."
    Kid 2: "...crap."

    They're gonna have to come out, they're going to be so bored.
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    Light Warrior | July 25, 2007
    Haha, thats stupid. Why would you take 1? Why not one of every game?

    Either they were so determined to play that game they had to be idiots and do that or i don't know what is going on .
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    YeOldeBowser | July 25, 2007
    Pure stupidity is going on...
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    Airashii | July 25, 2007
    That's pretty crazy.

    I mean, i'd have just swapped the sledgehammer for a game.

    Idiots anyway.
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    Evanster 69 | July 25, 2007
    I saw this article and I almost didn'y want to click because I would pee myself. But why the *bleep* did he just take 1? bet you can't eat just 1!
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    volacide | July 25, 2007
    No one wonders what one game it was?!
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      xsynergyx | July 25, 2007
      I was wondering too. I thought the source would tell us.
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        tidus04 | July 25, 2007
        It was probably just some 15+ rated game ^^
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    Dance Floor Killah | July 25, 2007
    One video game... Wow that's pretty bad ass. I would've taken a copy of every game like LighT WarrioR said before. Dumbass kids.
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    bakfromon | July 25, 2007
    What intelligent individuals. "Hey lets take the chance of being convicted of a crime instead of just asking our parents to buy it".
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      BANDITO ATTACK | July 25, 2007
      I was never able to get my parents to pay for a 50$ (now 60$) game on a whim when I was growing up. Not everyone can just ask their parents to buy them everything.

      I definitely wouldn't try to rob Target, though.. maybe a small privately owned store.
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        Final Blade | July 26, 2007
        Yes the reason why ps3 didn't do that well during the holiday and why the wii is doing great.

        Im surprised the kids didn't rob a videogame store rather than a store that doesn't have alot of games.
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    YeOldeBowser | July 25, 2007
    Probably some shit like a Playboy game. Wow. I'm amazed how badass these kids think they are. I would have taken all of the games I could carry, but they just took 1. Dumbasses.
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    BANDITO ATTACK | July 25, 2007
    you're all missing the part where they DIDNT GET CAUGHT.
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    Storm | July 25, 2007
    What kind of parents/guardians do these kids have? How did they get access to a sledgehammer? Man, the things kids do these days are just...stupid. Sledgehammer...reminds me of Triple H, heh.
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    bakfromon | July 25, 2007
    I think their parents should find that sledgehammer and knock some sense into their kids.
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      Final Blade | July 26, 2007
      That would be murder actually. And yes how did they get access to it, but i have access to a sledgehammer as well but im not going to rob a store like target or any for that matter.
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    Vito Raliffe | July 25, 2007
    Haha, I hope those kids don't get caught, they're pretty gangster!
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      volacide | July 29, 2007
      Because we need more free gangsters?
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    Revenger of Wastelan | July 25, 2007
    And they also cant be caught, the guy on the pic has his hood on his head, no way someone would recognize him.
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    Final Blade | July 26, 2007
    Also it would be pretty stupid for them to wear the same clothes that they wore when they broke in.
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    YeOldeBowser | July 26, 2007
    But there's still no way he could get caught, since the video doesn't show too much of him.
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    Subzer0 | July 26, 2007
    I wonder what game he stole.
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    YeOldeBowser | July 26, 2007
    Probably some porn or violent game to look "cool." What a loser.
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    Theory of Chaos | July 26, 2007
    You smuggle in a sledgehammer and all you steal is one game? At least rob a dude before you leave. Shit.
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    tidus04 | July 26, 2007
    Looks like if they did get caught they just didnt want to be charged with all that much, maybe that is why they wanted just one game .
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    Capn Droid | July 27, 2007
    It better be a good DS brand game... SM64DS being worst. It's a good game, but the bottom of the worth it list.

    I'm figuring that unless windows cost a lot (I don't know how much they cost) they might actually be settled for a misdemeanor. So, agreed, Tidus.

    Hope they suffer brain seizures, though. Ya never know what karma can do.

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