Federal judge sides with Delaware DOJ, returning Cabela's investigation to state courts

[yuna628 9,671]

Apparently this investigation and case has been going on for a while. Cabela's in Delaware sits at the Christiana Mall location, which is one of the busiest tourist malls in America. Over the course of a year the investigators found a scheme to steal over 500,000 rounds of ammo, which was distributed and used in crimes throughout the east coast. This location had all ammo in unsecured areas and routinely looked the other way as a gang of individuals stole boxes upon boxes a day. This made the gang lucrative amounts of money and were surprised themselves with how easy it was. The DOJ has been demanding to documents pertinent to the investigation but Cabela's does not want to show them. It was only after the company was issued a subpoena did they start locking the ammo behind counters.

 

I have been to this location and have seen previously how ammo was stored, unsecured in any way. It was baffling to me. Is this common?

 

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Jennings announced last summer the state DOJ was asking the Delaware Superior Court to enforce a subpoena against Cabela's seeking information about ammunition shoplifted from its Christiana location. Investigators believe that at least 500,000 rounds of ammunition were stolen from Cabela’s in less than a year and that a substantial portion of it was sold to violent criminals and drug dealers in Delaware and Pennsylvania.  https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2024/01/24/judge-sends-christiana-mall-cabelas-stolen-ammo-investigation-back-to-superior-court/72339733007/

https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/06/26/cabelas-christiana-store-half-million-rounds-ammo-stolen-delaware-doj-claims/70357065007/

 

[TBoneTX 45,259]

Good grief.

 

When I've thought to look in stores that sell ammo, I've seen it kept in locked glass cases right up front, under the watchful eyes of multiple clerks.

[Dashinka 24,480]

2 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Apparently this investigation and case has been going on for a while. Cabela's in Delaware sits at the Christiana Mall location, which is one of the busiest tourist malls in America. Over the course of a year the investigators found a scheme to steal over 500,000 rounds of ammo, which was distributed and used in crimes throughout the east coast. This location had all ammo in unsecured areas and routinely looked the other way as a gang of individuals stole boxes upon boxes a day. This made the gang lucrative amounts of money and were surprised themselves with how easy it was. The DOJ has been demanding to documents pertinent to the investigation but Cabela's does not want to show them. It was only after the company was issued a subpoena did they start locking the ammo behind counters.

 

I have been to this location and have seen previously how ammo was stored, unsecured in any way. It was baffling to me. Is this common?

 

 

Duhnam's, and Sportsman's warehouse up here have their ammo out in the main aisles.  Most of the gun stores I have been to keep it behind the counter.

[yuna628 9,671]

21 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Good grief.

 

When I've thought to look in stores that sell ammo, I've seen it kept in locked glass cases right up front, under the watchful eyes of multiple clerks.

So this location would have huge stacks of ammo loaded on wheelie carts in the middle of aisles, sometimes not even near the guns. The place is overrun with customers but I never saw many employees, and certainly no one watching these carts.

[TBoneTX 45,259]

5 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

So this location would have huge stacks of ammo loaded on wheelie carts in the middle of aisles, sometimes not even near the guns. The place is overrun with customers but I never saw many employees, and certainly no one watching these carts.

Many of us remember when Sudafed was still out on store shelves...

 

Barring a conspiratorial plan to enable thefts, perhaps this store's management took the Second Amendment literally in terms of "shall not be infringed."