SwampEm Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Apparently not everyone in Leesburg, Va., is a fan of Redskins tight end Chris Cooley. Cooley confirmed to News4's Dan Hellie that his art gallery, The Cooley Gallery, was broken into early Friday morning. Cooley said a window was smashed and the register was stolen from the gallery, located at 12 South King Street in downtown Leesburg. Police were called to the scene just after 7:30 a.m. when someone noticed the smashed window. Cooley does not believe any of the store's art or pottery was stolen. The Cooley Gallery King Street Coffee, located at 110 South King Street, had the glass in the front door broken overnight, as well. No entry was made into that business. Investigators are determining if the two incidents are related. Officials later discovered that yet another business, the Rouge Boutique at 17 South King Street, also had a window in a front door broken overnight. The Cooley Gallery opened in December 2010. Cooley was on the sidelines during Thursday night's preseason finale against Tampa Bay. He has not played during the preseason due to a knee injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabsuz Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Who could do such a heinous deed? Maybe Fred Davis got a little too jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panel Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Cooley does not believe any of the store's art or pottery was stolen That just adds insult to injury, he gets robbed, AND the robber doesn't think any of the art is worth stealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampEm Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 That just adds insult to injury, he gets robbed, AND the robber doesn't think any of the art is worth stealing. Anyone who is desperate enough to rob a cash register probably isn't in to accent pieces for their parlor room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Where was Mark Brunell Thursday night? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjfootballer Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 He must not keep the nudes of Christy in the gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzy Dunlop Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Anyone who is desperate enough to rob a cash register probably isn't in to accent pieces for their parlor room. I don't know about that, it doesnt make sense to steal art pieces that can be easily traced back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boss_Hogg Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 that sucks, I live 25 minutes from Leesburg...I wonder if it's the same asshat that's been robbing people in my area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yeah already heard about this... his gallery is about a 1/2 mile from our house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambl2Moss Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Yeah already heard about this... his gallery is about a 1/2 mile from our house. Thanks for adding insight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiingspadee Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Who could do such a heinous deed?Maybe Fred Davis got a little too jealous. come on sleepy wouldn't be up that early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampEm Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 that sucks, I live 25 minutes from Leesburg...I wonder if it's the same asshat that's been robbing people in my area. There is probably more than one knucklehead between Frederick, and Leesburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pez Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Kind of an odd thing for Leesburg... There is not much crime, and most of the places in old town leesburg (where his shop is) are antique stores and restaurants (except for some erotica shop that opened up and everyone got their panties in a bunch) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampEm Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Kind of an odd thing for Leesburg... There is not much crime, and most of the places in old town leesburg (where his shop is) are antique stores and restaurants (except for some erotica shop that opened up and everyone got their panties in a bunch) I used to work in Old Town Ellicott City, which is similar to Old Town Leesburg. There was pretty much zero crime there except an occasional drunken fight on a weekend night at one of the bars. Never theft. Thieves don't seem to target the types of stores in these historic downtowns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 I wonder if it was targeted because it's Chris Cooley's place, or if it's just coincidence that a high-profile person owns it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampEm Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 I wonder if it was targeted because it's Chris Cooley's place, or if it's just coincidence that a high-profile person owns it... There person who did it probably can't read. You have to be really dumb to do a B&E, and theft with the goal of stealing money from a cash register when the shop is closed. Most places keep about enough money to make change for a few 20's the next morning in the overnight til. The risk/reward on a crime like that is stacked against you big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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