$20K Worth of Cigarettes Stolen From Shop

Gina July 25, 2012 at 11:35 am

I think that is about 3 cartons now....

Rob Chapman July 25, 2012 at 11:49 am

Expect to see things like this more & more often as California (and individual cities) continue to pass more & more restrictions & laws regarding cigarettes. There is a black market out there that is going to keep growing. That black market will result in crimes like the one in this article. This is just the beginning.

mike July 25, 2012 at 01:09 pm

Wow i guess they were really jonsing for a smoke, but cigarettes in california? i thought they all were potheads

Phineas T Bluster July 25, 2012 at 01:16 pm

They got away with both cartons, huh?

marilyn goff July 25, 2012 at 01:21 pm

nice job !! now you know you must sell them under store prices because no one will buy them at store price when they know you can buy the same thing in the store legal. sure wished you lived closer to us in the midwest lol

Hunnie Gunnie July 25, 2012 at 01:36 pm

What is that 20 k cover...3 packs of cigs ???

yvonne July 25, 2012 at 01:46 pm

Around 36 thousand here in Alaska!!!

Blodis Nutmore July 25, 2012 at 01:49 pm

Well, the store lived up to their name.... They did get Cigarettes, Cheaper than buying them!!!
Let them have taken all of them. Screw them. Hope they get cancer.

Tony DeMers July 25, 2012 at 02:26 pm

Yet another black market created. Nice job.

Matt Morgan July 25, 2012 at 02:49 pm

Ok? That makes little sense, they pass more laws to regulate where you can legally smoke, or advertise, leads to more people stealing cigarettes? Had prop 29 passed, then I could see you using that as a reason, but that is dumb too. If tax on cigarettes led to more theft, then NY at $4.35 a pack tax would have a lot more cigarette theft then CA at $0.87 a pack. This is just criminals looking for ways to make money.

Bert Marchael July 25, 2012 at 03:43 pm

People still smoke in Cali??? I thought it was illegal in the whole state!! See, smoking leads to crime. Ban smoking for the whole state. We need more government control over our lives.

sine metu July 25, 2012 at 04:10 pm

As I have said many times in the past, keep raising the prices of cigarettes, and next people will start stealing them, and a black market will ensue. These "big" thefts will start occurring with regularity, and I look for the day when people start knocking over "truck loads" (hijacking), of cigarettes. Raising the price of cigarettes was started to deter minors from buying cigarettes, then they made it against the law for minors to have cigarettes, then they raised the prices even more, but this did not "stop" anything, it caused some people to quit or not take up the habit, but it did not stop it, and never will. The last futile attempt to make cigarettes unattainable was when our glorious leader raised the cigarette federal tax "128 %" right after he took office!! Sorry, but you'll never make people completely quit smoking even if you quit making cigarettes. They'll just start rolling their own! No body has been able to make people quit smoking pot have they?, and that is even "illegal" in this country!

Jeramiah Johnson July 25, 2012 at 04:16 pm

Well I hope they report the value of the cigarettes they stole on their tax retruns

brushyface July 26, 2012 at 01:28 am

sine metu; Is right this state as the other 49 will never be smoke free. I smoked for 50 years quit about 3 yrs. a go friends still smoke dont bother me but like phroabition this will bring more crime. like we really need that.

ARSONVICTIM August 4, 2012 at 07:40 pm

This cracks me up. My family and house were a victim to arson. 5 Counts of attempted murder and over 120k in damage. Plus caught on video surveillance. Cased closed after a short investigation. Maybe Petaluma Patch along with the P.P.D.should have done an article like this asking for the community's help and show a picture of the arsonist. That would have been nice!