12 guns stolen from store

Thieves broke into the Dinwiddie Sporting Goods store Thursday night and stole 12 handguns -- the region's fourth gun-shop heist since March.

The intruders peeled back the exterior siding of the sheet-metal building at 7812 Boydton Plank Road to get inside about 10:30 p.m., tripping an alarm, Dinwiddie Sheriff's Capt. William Knott said.

"From what I understand, it wasn't a big hole, just big enough for a person to squeeze through," Knott said. "They basically went through the insulation and inner wall to get into the building."

The stolen weapons included 9 mm, .40-caliber, .45-caliber and .380-caliber pistols.

"The biggest number taken were 9 mms," Knott said.

With this week's burglary, more than 100 guns have been stolen in the past seven months from shops in Dinwiddie, Hanover County, Colonial Heights and Chesterfield County. The other heists: