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7 men charged in NE Wisconsin burglaries

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday, October 31, 2008 - 8:13 p.m.

GREEN BAY -- Seven Green Bay men face charges in a burglary ring blamed for hitting more than a dozen northeastern Wisconsin businesses since August.

Chief Deputy John Gossage of the Brown County Sheriff's Department said a tip led officers to run surveillance on two men, and a traffic stop led to the discovery of masks and a pickaxe used to smash store doors.

Charges filed Friday involved break-ins at a Green Bay service station Oct. 21, a liquor store in Allouez Oct. 25 where an automated teller machine was taken, a sandwich shop in Howard Monday and a Peshtigo sports shop Tuesday.

Gossage said the men are suspects in at least 14 burglaries in Brown, Outagamie and Marinette counties. Investigators are checking possible connections to crimes in Calumet, Manitowoc, Oconto and Shawano counties.

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tom3205
Nov 1, 2008 at 3:06 p.m.
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The "share the wealth" dosen't mean just taxes. It means corporations...If corporations would open the purse strings, & hire as many as they can without putting themselves out of business, Pay as much as they can, without putting themselves out of business, & Charge as LITTLE as they can, without putting themselves out of business, our economy would bounce back in a matter of days.

chad_vader
Nov 1, 2008 at 12:07 p.m.
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I would say that zero ATM machines were stolen/broken into in the depression of 1929. Just a guess. ;)

Red
Nov 1, 2008 at 8:44 a.m.
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To quote: "The fundamentals of our economy remain strong."

care_nshare
Nov 1, 2008 at 8:14 a.m.
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It would be interesting to have some statistics on happenings like these in the 1929 depression. Wonder if this happened then. Anybody know?

onelife2live
Oct 31, 2008 at 9:22 p.m.
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As the economy gets worse this stuff will happen more frequently, not justifying it in any way, just a side effect of hard times...jmo

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