Rifle stolen from marked Massachusetts State Police vehicle
The gun was reportedly secured in a vehicle locked in a Malden, MA garage
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A department-issued rifle was stolen from a marked Massachusetts State Police cruiser overnight, an agency spokesperson said Thursday.
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It appears someone forced their way into the vehicle, which was locked and parked in the garage of a residential complex in Malden, just north of Boston, and took the patrol rifle from its secured mount, spokesperson David Procopio said.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A service rifle was reported stolen Thursday from a Massachusetts State Police vehicle.
"At this time we have no indication of the rifle being used subsequent to its theft," he said in an emailed statement.
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It is standard department procedure for troopers who are assigned rifles to secure them in their cruisers while off duty. No other information was disclosed.
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Broadcast video from the scene showed the cruiser, a Ford SUV which appeared to have a broken door lock, being towed away.