Burglar Goes for the Playstation Games

Someone took a Sony Playstation 3 video game system from the family room of a home in the 700 block of Dodson Street sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. Feb. 14, reports said.

The game system was valued at $419.99.

Video games and gaming systems aren't often the sole targets of burglars, but there are plenty of examples of people going to extremes to get them.

In Fresno, CA, someone robbed a video-game store like a they'd rob a bank. Two suspects barged in and ordered workers to the ground. An owner of the store, armed with a handgun, shot and killed one of the robbers. This was reported by ABC local's website.

There was an actual video-game burglary ring in Modesto, CA, according to RecordNet.com.

In Dover, DE, police arrested five juveniles in a string of residential burglaries where the primary booty was video games and gaming systems—and some jewels and alcohol. This was reported by DoverPost.com.

Closer to home, the Rock Island Argus and Moline Dispatch reported that a new gang and new kind of theft—gaming equipment—accounts for a rise in residential burglaries. The Associated Press posted that one.

"Moline detective Mike Griffin says the items often stolen include Blu Ray disc players, gaming systems, iPods and televisions because they're easily sold on the streets or pawned," the report said.

And in Wheaton, there were four separate home burglaries in April, and in three of the four, computers and gaming systems were taken, according to a press release from the Wheaton Police Department.