$4.5K of pickleball paddles stolen, 7-Eleven robberies, 2 teens charged in shooting near high school

FOX 5 is keeping an eye on crime in your community. Here's a look at some of the most notable stories from across the DMV this week.
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[@lindasue263]

Lady! It's not because "It's hard times." Thieves thieve, criminals are greedy. It's greed and laziness. Nobody wants to work anymore!

[@thenorthstars2210]

Usual suspects.

[@Junkman2008]

Says the race who keeps getting arrested for having sex with farm animals. 🙄🙄🤗

[@ogun2206]

usual racists

[@Junkman2008]

@@ogun2206 Yep, especially when someone is getting arrested for having sex with farm animals. 🙄🙄🙄

[@thebluebooklife]

@@Junkman2008 But we’re talking ATM’s… like they said “the usual suspects “ 🥷’s

[@Junkman2008]

@@thebluebooklife But I was talking about having sex with farm animals and shooting up schools, malls and workplaces. *The "usual suspects" look just like YOU.*

[@askew9976]

The real crime, is the price of those paddles.

[@xtrey19x]

That’s not “desperate”, that’s I don’t want to work for a living.

[@highrolla142]

With prices right now working people are having a hard time

[@xtrey19x]

@@highrolla142 Rising prices you say? Yet still Americans consume vast amounts of alcohol & other drugs (legal & illegal), but we're complaining about prices going up? Okay if you say so.

[@highrolla142]

@@xtrey19x stfu people gonna do drugs and drink if they chose don't mean inflation isn't a thing I spend money and know prices been rising from food to housing to cars and insurance

[@highrolla142]

@@xtrey19x since when did drug use determine inflation bozo

[@xtrey19x]

@@highrolla142 People’s overspending fuels inflation. My point about drug use is that the USA continues to have an unquenchable thirst for these poisons, but then we complain about going through hard times. How are we having a hard time affording to live, but have extra funds for drugs & alcohol?

[@ladyshakari]

I'm glad I moved away from DC & Montgomery county. They need to empty these atm machines daily to avoid this.

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

Trying to run a racket while stealing a racket, classic.

[@johnjones442]

🌽

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Rise: I rise to your clever meter of one-liner banter.

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

@@eddyvideostar As they say, the sun shines on a dogs ass once in awhile.

[@jrose-xp6tf]

Fatherless activities.

[@beth1321]

The pair I saw stealing looked like a mom and dad.

[@Junkman2008]

It's nowhere as bad as having sex with farm animals. Would that be considered a womanless activity? I mean damn, to claim to be so civilized.... farm animals???

[@Steve-me5lf]

Can’t keep anything around with certain “suspects”

[@ToboeKey309]

The usual fuckin suspects 😐

[@bobbykushington]

​@@ToboeKey309the funny thing is it's a group of Latinos

[@bethmcgill5944]

​@@bobbykushington what's funny about it?

[@johnpruitt2534]

African getting their reparations.

[@rawstatustv2358]

Especially small children around those pink suspects..

[@Drety6]

""just desperate times" - again, no accountability

[@princegroove]

Facts. Desperate and bold my foot! 😂

[@RadAngelDMV]

Side with the elite when you'll never be one no matter how hard you try 😂

[@1anth]

@@RadAngelDMV and who are you siding with? the broke and poor who’ll gladly ruin your life for materialistic gain? 😂 being woke is out of style slim…

[@1anth]

@@RadAngelDMV and these same fatherless poor criminals will never accept you as one of them either. 😂 They’ll ruin your life for materialism with a smile on their face. I’d rather side the “elites” than them. Nice try though…

[@lindasue263]

​@@RadAngelDMV Side with the criminals because you are one 😂

[@christophersteidinger7466]

Usual suspects it figures

[@meatwrd]

Insurance scam .. 25-30 paddles worth $4k ? Lmao yeah okay

[@Junkman2008]

Guess who got arrested for having sex with some farm animals? Here's a hint. *They look just like YOU.*

[@Gary109]

a wte as plnk face c1own get away again 🤔

[@Junkman2008]

Yea, them school and workplace shooters are always white as Opie Taylor.

[@ogun2206]

usual racists it figures

[@John-pd4xt]

Put a sign that says no money in machines over night and still put a tracker on it

[@Moonxrockzzz]

They need to investigate the skimmer problems it’s hard for us people who work hard for our money.

[@mob4336]

25-30 pickle ball paddles are worth $4,500 ? How’s that even possible ????

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Mob 4336, I agree, Expensive places like this, bring "high-class" teef and robbers into the picture.

[@mob4336]

@@eddyvideostar I don’t care if it’s Beverly Hills those numbers for a pickle ball paddle LMAO. I can see a Good tennis racket but pickle ball paddle ..

[@dallasdc401]

Its an insurance grab

[@stephend9899]

Fuzzy math!

[@alexander_adnan]

1i88pp/shnnittt

[@MichaelHalsell]

Who in that demographic plays pickleball?

[@princegroove]

Pee Pee Didler! 😂

[@ironbowtie]

Gypsies loves them some pickleball.

[@teronnierichardson4374]

Immigrants

[@RadAngelDMV]

To sell, duh.

[@MichaelHalsell]

@@RadAngelDMV Thank you for the clarity.

[@firstlast-yn4qg]

no work boots?

[@Losttimes1992]

Maybe a job application was stolen.

[@Desertfox14]

No work boots, no job applications, no father's day cards.

[@davidbrawner7679]

They would find a paycheck if they ever put them on.

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

the same mug shots as always

[@jakemcintire3783]

Skillets gone wild!!

[@DCLifeObserved]

1. Facebook Marketplace, Amazon, eBay, Craig's List, etc., shouldn't allow postings, for new items, with tags, by random sellers. 2. Why do small businesses have ATM machines, are they compensated for having one? Doesn't seem to be worth the risk.

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

It depends on the supplier but yes you get compensated for having an ATM on your location. It uses your electricity so you are given either a monthly fee or a percentage of the service fee or both. All three of my stores have units, I've switched providers over the years to get the best deals. My high-use location gets a $200 flat fee a month plus $0.50 cents from the service fee they charge for each transaction. I will say the easier the ATM is to use the more customers it will attract. My one shop gets people coming just to use it all the time just because its so convenient. That location nets me about $2,000 on average monthly.

[@eddyvideostar]

@@riseofthelibertarian6040Dear Rise, What are you doing here? Aren't these the minutes you could spend with that nice wife and family you have -- and tending to your empire?

[@GaryBrowder-kw2iq]

All I see is 2 ferals

[@eddyvideostar]

Gary, My regards to the UK.

[@Gary109]

1ong brown dominant genes D everyday

[@tpolerex7282]

This just in: All suspects even if arrested will not face any charges from the D.A.’s office and it is issuing apologies on behalf of the mean police for attempting to solve the crimes. Designated “disenfranchised” individuals cannot be held responsible for any serial crimes destroying the fabric of the community. Carry on D.C and P.G.!

[@rawstatustv2358]

Police suspects never face charges you're correct.

[@Hoofhearted888]

Bill burr- their gonna steal the paddles lol

[@shadyganley8877]

Colored folks are gangsta

[@princegroove]

We all gangstas until the cops show up.

[@FABRIC8TIONUNLIMITE1]

Don't lump them all together, some are immigrants, like the two school shooters.

[@Junkman2008]

Saltines are getting arrested for having sex with farm animals. What in the hell do you call that???

[@Junkman2008]

Only you white boys play pickleball. How do you look gangta' playing that?

[@soldierwar2140]

What do call the white ones

[@WN_Byers]

"That's just bein' desperate times" Uh, what the fcck did you just say 😂😂😂

[@Learnitall001]

The stereotypes are not wrong after all.

[@thawadahyhwawayshi2916]

i guess concidering that a certain demographic is known for stealing land graping children and pilaging and beasty behavior with innocent children..not to mention inces your absolutely correct

[@rawstatustv2358]

Yeah, those mass supermarket shooters always look the same

[@joshuatruvillion3044]

Sliverbacks

[@Junkman2008]

@@rawstatustv2358 😅🤣😂🤣😅😆

[@Junkman2008]

@@joshuatruvillion3044 Says the race responsible for lawmakers having to make laws against having sex with farm animals. You clowns are disgusting.

[@highrolla142]

With inflation crime is only gonna get worse . Prices are ridiculous.

[@altair458]

We all know who it was. Listen to the cop...the one in the white shirt with four gold stars on his collar, " dey very bold, dey go out and do dese tings. Dey is not new. We gone bring dem to justice.😂😂😂😂

[@thomasgentry6201]

Hilarious 50 seconds into video cardboard replica of average Pickle Ball enthusiast? Politically correct, Liberal, Woke advertising!

[@bonitanottingham5351]

Why do they keep putting these machines by the windows?

[@xKalphax]

$150 - $180 Per pickle ball bat???

[@gregorythomas4470]

No ma’am, not desperate times, DEPRAVED times!!

[@Strange_Shadow214]

Frat boys getting out of hand 😂

[@renetorry7654]

Then we who will need ATM, won't have one cause stores will not have them anymore. Maryland and DC need to do something with their crime. It trickles across the bridge to VA. But, they know VA don't play

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

Is there a huge market for pickleball rackets? Seems like you might have a hard time reselling those. Maybe I'm just in the wrong area.

[@eddyvideostar]

Dear Rise, A rising sport, is pickleball. They'll use eBay to sell at more affordable prices.

[@Modernmidget]

Rappers have been promoting it such as rick ross so its gonna go mainstream even meek mill and more

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

@@Modernmidget Thanks for the info, I had no idea. I listen to rap now and then but I don't watch any music videos not even on here so I was clueless. I was surprised to see an entire store devoted to it. No one around here plays it that I know of and I know most of the town. Most people here are big into golf or hunting. Not once have I heard of pickelball locally lol.

[@truthseeker4298]

@@riseofthelibertarian6040 Modernmidget is full of it

[@Steve-me5lf]

Maybe put the pickle ball rackets in books. They get weaker as they approach books. 🤔

[@kimbella1452]

Lies

[@Steve-me5lf]

@@kimbella1452 look at standardized test scores.

[@jogger19x]

Or put a big sign over top that says Job Applications

[@megarth1]

Thieves must think those paddles are for flipping ribs on the barbecue.

[@todd8109]

I’m shocked to see that the usual suspects are involved again

[@matt3024]

It'll take years for us to recover from this! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@huverdoose]

$4500 of pickleball paddles stolen is something right out of a Bill Burr set

[@berniecohens6409]

What the hell is pickle ball? 😂

[@M4TTYN]

slightly altered version of tennis, badminton, and table tennis

[@televishenimoniker5546]

If you don't know what it is, consider yourself lucky!

[@Moonxrockzzz]

Yo wtf man this is down the street where I live that’s crazy

[@nataziamaria7512]

what about when the schools out we need youth programs and sports

[@ahmadking5229]

Put trackers on the atms!

[@ChosenOne6666]

I am now the Pickleball champion in my area.

[@Equalforall2024]

The first thing they need to do is stop putting ATMs, near the front door, thats where most of them are, 2nd this has been going on for years, no tracking, 3rd, not enough cameras near these businesses. Cameras, should be pointed at the front door, near the back facing the front door, outside facing the end of the driveway to capture license plates. No brainer.

[@victorvarela1480]

Pickle ball paddles?! WTF?!

[@Carlospjr]

These ATM machines should have alarms and trackers. They should be harder to lift and pull away.

[@SlickArmor]

Ive never even heard of pickleball.

[@awakendsails]

Had to see what a pickleball paddle was. lol

[@601richboi]

No tracking on atm

[@riseofthelibertarian6040]

Some due, but many don't replace the battery on them so as soon as its unplugged it will only track for a few minutes if that until the dead battery runs out of juice. The people who come to refill the money at my locations don't even know how to replace the battery. Had this discussion a few years ago after one was stolen in the local area.

[@billypratt4201]

Scott Adam's is correct

[@myrnawashington9057]

Why don't they put trackers in ATM machines?

[@Z-Ack]

Usually atm’s that ive serviced have their own wifi modules that have their own ups backups so if the power ever goes out or something happens to it then the bank gets a notification and an alarm goes off on the atm..

[@americanpsyop1364]

tell us about the EMF Monitoring..

[@backshotbarbie2035]

Wtf is a pickle ball paddle used for

[@user-hu8we3ii7k]

$150-$180 per pickleball paddle? Why does a small wooden paddle cost that much?

[@redbugg99]

Lady at ATM... This ppl are not desperate? They just don't care, because there's no consequences.

[@opeyonecanopy]

Hard to Educate Criminals!

[@johnpruitt2534]

$15 on Amazon to upwards of $150 for "designer" carbon fiber paddles.

[@kevinlevine5543]

Why not pay people well and give everyone a job who wants one?

[@megarth1]

Why not be worth a good paycheck?

[@cindirose3390]

Paddles cost $130-$160 each? Good grief!

[@ramonaking1029]

Crooks don’t need to have a reason like “lack of money or under stress from the economy “. I haven’t rubbed anyone and I am suffering with many others and NOT committing crimes

[@Reese1882yw]

This is something someone requested because ain’t no way these hooligans playing pickle ball😂

[@brah007]

Oh no, more astronauts and engineers lmao

[@user-by6cs1sy7y]

These are my people.we are at the bottom for a reason

[@InCameraK]

Why did you blur it

[@skullIsland41]

None of this news is good news 😬.... Pinch me and tell me this is real life 😩

[@audenharper3014]

The real crime is the price of the paddles

[@eddyvideostar]

At 0:24 seconds: The paddles are very expensive. At 0:37 seconds. What's the use of perfect customer service when his place was robbed. They *need to value streetwise reality,* reeking of fake people, more than high-class customer service *babbling,* which becomes a crux for his wake-up call received.

[@iogisaiyan]

Same wakanda male-karen ninjas!!

[@raycash3283]

3am, no security, no police? Do better

[@widowmaker7462]

Chief is all lip service. Has a task force but still hasn't solved January's ATM robberies.

[@Peter-Du]

My apartment was burglarized about 6 months ago. I feel sorry for them if the try that again.

[@anniesue4456]

Usual suspects

[@sestrella17]

🤣😂🤣😂the great Democrat voter experience 🤡💩🕳

[@princegroove]

Sure, fear mongering bozo.🤡

[@SuperLimerick-vm9id]

ethnicity?

[@kje73]

Just think about it, you can never have too much toilet paper,paper towels, bath towels and UNDERWEAR!!!

[@user-iy7lf9cs3n]

Ya people don’t want to lose there homes this is very hard times and they also could be facing a the cartels world wide came into the Border

[@debrarice7864]

This is why prices are high. Business owners will mark up goods recoup there losses

[@williamchappell9858]

What the hell they want with pickleball paddles?

[@user-gs6gg8fi2q]

The guy in the gray shirt said it "ain't nobody never there"

[@user-xw9eo4lw8q]

? Pickleball paddles are about $40-50

[@genericamerican7574]

I lived in Southern California in the 90’s. There were two banks a block from me. I could hear the alarms 🚨 when they would get robbed. 90’s was the highest rates of bank robberies. I almost got hit on the sidewalk during a chase after one. We had a terrible governor in the 90’s. I was shocked when he was re-elected.

[@thebluebooklife]

Black people being offended in the comments is WiLD 🤣🤣🤣

[@sabrinapeterson8327]

Paddles are worth what,and who are they going to sell that too

[@Anne.411]

Sounds like the store should have locked up and only celebrities are playing pickleball

[@ambercombs5346]

The one's distracting employees helping them?

[@pythomas29]

Really!! Pickle Ball??!!

[@l-annfvrsa]

Never heard of it till 2023. 😮

[@Humble1hustle]

They having a mean tournament somewhere in Bethesda right now

[@magnetohex703]

One looks like Craig mac the rapper & the other? Looks like notorious B.I.G. LOL 😂

[@ebonywhite5846]

What about the victims?? The children must be held legally liable. Just call the police huh? They’ll come right away huh? Catch and release right? 🙄

[@CookieHughes]

They got jacked for little tennis rackets! I can figure what kinda group of thieves they belong to.

[@user-pz8cb5zp4d]

The peppers are something else

[@Jstewart-es3jp]

13%

[@candicavasos4866]

So plea bargain their way out. 200 hrs of community service cleaning up their own community ..

[@Z-Ack]

Did they steal the change out a coinstar and some powerball tickets?

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

But they seems so normal in those 90% of ads and commercials full of DEI we are forced to watch everyday.

[@user-sy6ot9lt3w]

Mindless ken

[@thomasfuller225]

What a nice city.

[@nobody6546]

?? I always Wondered? WHAT are: Neighborhoods, Frequent Loyal Customers Employees and the JOBS / Income of the MANY Venders- Going to do WHEN ( Not IF) All this businesses Move Out or Just Close?? That includes: Serious Losses of Sakes Tax & Business Taxes?

[@kje73]

The system can work from top to bottom, but if that child's mind isn't on learning and is instead thinking about getting money for the latest fashions,it all in vain,THE PROBLEM STARTS AT HOME AND THAT'S WHERE THE GREATEST IMPACT OF CONSEQUENCES WILL BE FELT

[@thebigmon]

It looks like that store got blacked.

[@sgAlwayz]

Sounds like a sex trafficking connection