Truck Smashes Through Photo Store Causing $100,000 in Damage
Midwest Photo has been burglarized in a big way for a second time in five years. Surveillance video caught a truck crashing into the store as the opening act to the crime.
Thieves Steal $100,000+ in Camera Gear from LA Studio
Thieves broke into a studio in Los Angeles this past weekend and, after spending just 6 minutes inside, made off with well over $100,000 in camera gear.
Burglars Steal $200K+ in Leica Gear from Camera Store
A popular camera store in the UK was targeted this week by burglars who made off with over $200,000 in Leica cameras and lenses.
Burglars Steal Hundreds of Cameras and Lenses from Midwest Photo
The priceyness and portability of photo gear makes camera rental and retail outlets a popular target of burglars, and last week yet another big name in the industry was looted. The camera store Midwest Photo in Columbus, Ohio, was broken into on March 15th, and a huge number of items were stolen.
Another Gear Rental Shop Broken Into: The LensPal Burgled in Florida
We seem to be hearing more and more stories of camera gear offices being broken into and plundered. Late last year it was $2 million in gear from three businesses in California. Last month it was $586,000 from LensProToGo. Now the latest is the Florida-based gear rental shop, The LensPal.
Over $62K in Gear Stolen from Leica Store in the UK
In some gut-wrenching news shared by Leica Rumors this morning, a sponsor of theirs, Red Dot Cameras, has had approximately $62,000 in gear stolen from their shop overnight.