When I read “tunneling through stores” I pictured a big core drill through adjacent basements. Sawing through drywall partitions is a lot less dramatic, but geez, is that the only thing between stores?
At our local mall there’s a maintenance corridor behind the stores with only a drywall partition between the corridor the stores. I’ve drilled through it to install Internet service there so I know as a fact it’s just a double layer drywall partition. Somehow it never occurred to me, but yeah someone could definitely access any store from there with nothing more than a drywall saw. Oh and the corridor was never locked…..I know that because friends and I used to use it as a shortcut when we were young and defiant badasses with no respect for The Man and his stupid rules. I don’t know about the walls between stores, but apparently those might also just be drywall partitions. -Adam From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2024 4:55 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] movies..... Here, this is better than the movies. What just happened here locally. >From >https://www.dailyherald.com/20240805/news/burglars-tunnel-through-stores-to-steal-1-5m-in-jewelry-from-marquise-jewelry-in-schaumburg/ In what appeared to be a calculated crime, burglars cut through the walls of multiple stores overnight to get into Marquise Jewelry in Schaumburg and steal merchandise worth $1.5 million. “Everything was gone. They did not leave us anything,” said owner Asma Anwar. “This was a well-planned burglary.” Anwar and Shazad Malik walked into their store at the Woodfield Mall Friday morning to find their shelves wiped clean by burglars who had broken in during the overnight hours. “I came into this place that I worked hard for 13 years to build, and I came to this place, and it was wiped. I was speechless at that point,” Malik said. The couple said they were told by police that there were six people involved, after the mall closed for the night; but they said they weren't notified about the break-in until the next morning. “I need answers on how this was going on for overnight hours, after mall hours, how was this going on that the security was not notified,” said Anwar. Schaumburg police said the crime was discovered by a construction worker who entered a vacant store adjacent to Marquise Jewelry at about 9:30 a.m. Monday and reported a hole in the drywall. Police said they found the suspects covered one of the surveillance cameras to avoid detection. More disturbing was how the burglars gained access to their store. The couple found a small hole in the wall, and later learned from police the burglars cut through the walls of three other businesses to get to their jewelry store. “This is a concern my family's safety, this is a concern for my safety. This is a concern for millions of people walking in this mall,” Anwar said. The couple said they have security in their store and the mall also has security patrolling overnight, so it's unclear why they were not notified sooner. “We are small business owners. We are not a corporation. It going to take us a long time to recover, if we can,” said Anwar. “It's a whole mess. It's a big mess, you know. It's a heartbreaking thing,” Malik said. Schaumburg police called the investigation “very active” and said they are reviewing surveillance footage from multiple sources, as well as other evidence. On 8/7/2024 3:35 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote: Noticed Moviepass is trying to get me to subscribe for $1 a month or something. Been happy with AMC's program every since Moviepass imploded.....anyone trying moviepass again? Are there even any descent movies anymore? Found "Clear and Present Danger" on my antique DVR last night and watched it. Realized I saw it a while back but probably not "Patriot Games". Thought "Sum of all Fears" was one of the better movies of its time. Nothing like that anymore. Nothing "good" since Olympus Has Fallen / England has Fallen / whatever else they did...." I know there was a writer's strike but it seems they just didn't recover. Seems like Hollywood is imploding. Some of us say "good" since their politics aren't exactly my politics....but I **must** unplug and just be entertained from time to time.... Wife asked me to make "Mr Robot" fall out of the sky (oh, i'm sorry, now-a-days that is "cloud" right lol). Guess we will see how that is.....
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