{"id":17898,"date":"2025-02-22T13:29:45","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:29:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/video-shows-truck-slamming-into-ontario-hobby-shop-thieves-snag-16k-in-rc-trucks\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T13:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T13:29:45","slug":"video-shows-truck-slamming-into-ontario-hobby-shop-thieves-snag-16k-in-rc-trucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/22\/video-shows-truck-slamming-into-ontario-hobby-shop-thieves-snag-16k-in-rc-trucks\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows truck slamming into Ontario hobby shop, thieves snag $16K in RC trucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Provincial police in Brant County say they are on the hunt for three people after a pickup truck was rammed into a hobby shop in Paris, Ont., before thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of RC trucks.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Police say the truck was driven into the front window of <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/paris-junction-hobbies\">Paris Junction Hobbies<\/a> on Feb. 15 at around 3:36 a.m., setting an alarm off which notified owner Dave Henwood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was here by 3:50 a.m. because I don\u2019t live very far away and they were already long gone,\u201d Henwood said.<\/p>\n<p>He told Global News that his shop offers RC planes, RC trucks, plastic models and trains. But the thieves targeted the RC trucks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were definitely familiar with the store and the store layout,\u201d Henwood explained. \u201cTwo of the trucks they stole were actually in our back room. In the area where we keep our special orders for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paris Junction Hobbies posted security footage of the incident on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ParisJunctionHobbies\/\">their Facebook page<\/a>, showing how quickly the thieves were able to make it on and out of the shop after rear-ending the building to smash through the bars behind the front windows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Henwood said bandits made off with \u201c34 RC trucks ranging in price from, I think on the low side, around $300, and on the high side around $800. Total value of the trucks stolen was just shy of $16,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that his estimate was based on his cost, with the retail figure being between $24,000 and $30,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Crime<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While Paris Junction Hobbies has been in business for 20 years, Henwood told Global News that this is the third time the business has suffered a break-and-enter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis has been the worst. They did the most damage this time, but we\u2019ve had two prior break-and-enters where they just broke the windows and came in,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo after the last time they broke windows, we put the bars on the windows and that\u2019s kept us relatively safe for the last six years.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11030231\/liberal-leadership-ruby-dhalla-disqualified\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/f24b25f532a42a92005c5c45a8237f0efd1ae8b936c2b42fe87ba87f17f748b1.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla disqualified from race\" data-title=\"\">Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla disqualified from race<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11028804\/grimes-elon-musk-child-medical-crisis\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/grimes-elon-child-medical-emergency.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Grimes pleads with Elon Musk for him to contact her over child\u2019s \u2018medical crisis\u2019\" data-title=\"\">Grimes pleads with Elon Musk for him to contact her over child\u2019s \u2018medical crisis\u2019<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cBut they don\u2019t stop a truck from driving through the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Henwood said thieves have targeted RC trucks every time his store has been broken into, it is unclear where they are ending up. In total, he figures around 65 trucks have been stolen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cNone of them have ever turned up anywhere,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have any proof of this, but there\u2019s rumors and rumblings that there are RC chop shops, shall we say,\u201d Henwood explained. \u201cAnd they take trucks. They don\u2019t really care where they got them, and they break them apart and they sell all the parts on eBay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That is because the parts individually are worth more than the trucks as a whole, Henwood explained.<\/p>\n<p>OPP say they are looing for a red pickup truck with the Ontario licence plate BZ93765. It had been reported stolen in Hamilton prior to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the three suspects were \u201cwearing hooded sweaters, gloves, and sunglasses to conceal their identities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11029849\/paris-junction-hobbies-ontario-smash-and-grab\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Provincial police in Brant County say they are on the hunt for three people after a pickup truck was rammed into a hobby shop in Paris, Ont., before thieves made off with thousands of dollars worth of RC trucks. 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