30 Guns, Jewelry Missing From Fortuna Home Torched This Morning

A fire at a Fortuna residence this morning appears to have been an attempt to cover up a burglary in the Ross Hill Road area of Fortuna, said Chief William Dobberstein. “We had a report of a fire at 6:07 a.m. When we got there, the fire department put the fire out fairly quickly but they discovered the house had been burglarized… The fireman discovered a safe in the back room open.”

The residents were out of town, Dobberstein said, but they came back and helped identify what was missing. At this point 30 guns, jewelry, and other items have been identified as missing.

“The house is pretty much destroyed,” Dobberstein said. “It is pretty bad…It looks like a burglar broke in,…stole items…and then attempted to set it on fire.”

An arson investigation team, is on the scene and investigating. Currently, there is no suspect.

Two other burglaries occurred early this morning at constructions sites. Although most of the stolen tools were found about 40 yards away from one of the burglaries, there are still missing items, Dobberstein explained. It is unknown whether these burglaries are related.

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Mogtx
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7 years ago

I feel bad for the owners can you imagine come home find your house number and burglarized best wishes to the owners and hope they get their home put back together better than it was.

Randy
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Randy
7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

I feel bad for all of us, who can now worry about an extra 30 guns in the hands of “bad guys.”

Jaekelopterus
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Jaekelopterus
7 years ago
Reply to  Randy

Don’t worry, that’s a drop in the bucket.

Shak
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Shak
7 years ago
Reply to  Jaekelopterus

You can say that again.
Rand Pauls poll on twitter hijacked, hijackers win.
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/rand-paul-block-saudi-sales/

Ernie Branscomb
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7 years ago
Reply to  Mogtx

Ditto

LeAnna Carson-Hansen
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LeAnna Carson-Hansen
7 years ago

Hope the thug thieves are caught, tried and pay some form of penalty and restitution.

Coming home to a burned out shell of your home is horrific.

1+1=?
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1+1=?
7 years ago

maybe they used the construction tools for the burglary?

the misadventures of bunjee
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the misadventures of bunjee
7 years ago

That….doesn’t really cover up a robbery. What it does do is bring more teams of investigators picking through the rubble and talking to other people. Insurance companies are very keen to investigate arson/burglary cases.

disgusted
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disgusted
7 years ago

you’re a pile… why even insinuate that? you know nothing about them

Wanda
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Wanda
7 years ago
Reply to  disgusted

And you need to study some manners.

Quicksilver80
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Quicksilver80
7 years ago
Reply to  disgusted

What’s wrong with the spelling?

Time To Get CCW
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Time To Get CCW
7 years ago

Most likely an inside job. Who knew about the guns in the safe? So, this means 30 guns are now in criminal hands. Yeah!

amimissingsomething
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amimissingsomething
7 years ago

What a disgusting POS. Seek consoling and get a job.

Seamus
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Seamus
7 years ago

Just because that is something you would do, don’t project it onto someone else.

Lee Ramsay
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Lee Ramsay
7 years ago

Sending prayers

AC
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AC
7 years ago

Wow, 30 guns

Guns are bad
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Guns are bad
7 years ago
Reply to  AC

Right!

matt
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matt
7 years ago

Is the highway open it Laytonville yet

J Dubbs
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J Dubbs
7 years ago
Reply to  matt

Hillarious you’d ask that here. Lol

mark
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mark
7 years ago

Thats what I was about to say,wow 30 guns

Saucy
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Saucy
7 years ago
Reply to  mark

I mean ya that is a few guns, but I know people that got arsenals that make the television show ‘the walking dead’ look like a picnic.

Henchman Of Justice
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Henchman Of Justice
7 years ago

Reads like surveillance cameras on public streets would solve and prevent many crimes.

Saucy
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Saucy
7 years ago

any news on the fire right beside 101 in scotia today? didn’t see any articles about it on here.

Saucy
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Saucy
7 years ago
Reply to  Kym Kemp

Thanks kym, I know you work really hard and it’s a lot to keep up on. I just drove by it earlier and it looks pretty serious, wouldn’t have guessed 35 acres though. are you the only one that writes the articles on here or are there others that help you?

Kathy
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Kathy
7 years ago

It’s OK Kim. What did we do before you? Lol you just have us spoiled.

Gazoo
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Gazoo
7 years ago
Reply to  Kathy

👍🏽

veterans friend
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veterans friend
7 years ago

Plus there is a boycott of “the other ” blog due to their egregious exposure of cannabis registrants
So yes, THANKS Kym.
the only thing I will miss is “booked”. You do everything better

Saucy
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Saucy
7 years ago

True that my friend. Totally lame on Loco’s part even though the information is public information. Still nobody would have went and looked for themselves but since loco made it easy, people looked. I said in a reply to another comment that it would be hilarious if kym would post all the names of the people that are involved with that website on here. Just to be funny and in retaliation for what they did.

Brpnfrt
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Brpnfrt
7 years ago

Heard that ISIS Muslims around the country are setting fires to use up our resources. Don’t how true it is.