A Bold Heist: 34 Air Conditioners Stolen From Roof Of Shopping Mall

An excerpt from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

Milwaukee police are investigating the theft of 34 commercial-sized air conditioners, swiped from the roof of the now-vacant former Northridge Mall sometime last month, quite possibly with the help of a crane. The units, valued at $75,000, were stolen between July 13 and 25 and reported Monday, police said.

Police didn't have the dimensions of the units, but detectives think the thieves may have needed a crane to lift the loot. "These things are large," Anne E. Schwartz, department spokeswoman, said Tuesday. "This isn't just something that would take a couple of guys to carry. This would take some measure of equipment to move. We are trying to figure out how it happened and when it happened."

Police had not identified any suspects Tuesday.

Comments

[Woody]

Well, the thieves messed up by stealing the air conditioners because they are now hot.

[Tom McMahon]

Good one! And can't you see this being made into a "heist" movie, but instead of starring Pierce Brosnan or George Clooney, it would star john Goodman and/or Tom Arnold. Maybe Danny DeVito.