A local museum owner is hoping recent media attention will help bring back nine bows stolen last week.
Ron Boorman of Boorman Archery awoke last Thursday morning to the news his shop on East Columbia Street had been broken into. In total, nine bows were stolen, many of which were the most valuable pieces of archery artillery he owned, including Jessica Biel’s bow from the Blade Trinitymovie and several he made himself.
The nine bows stolen were the only items easily accessible to thieves, who had only about four minutes to rob the shop before, the alarm went off, according to Boorman.
“We actually had two people across the street in apartments phoning in and watching (the thieves) taking them out. The alarm and the phone and everything was going, so they just about got caught,” he said.
Despite the loss, Boorman is already working on replacements for his collection. He’s spoken with the manufacturer of the BladeTrinitybow to find out if they made any extras.
“If they did, then they said they’d send it to us,” Boorman added.
While themuseum might get a new Blade Trinity bow, many of the others that were stolen are irreplaceable, Boorman said.
Among the irreplaceable ones is a shoot-through bow he shot in Las Vegas and a Hoyt bow – both were handmade by Boorman.
“You can’t replace them,” he said.
Boorman has received a lot of media attention over the past few days and hopes the coverage will help him get the bows back or at least make it harder for the thieves to sell them.
“I think they’re too hot to handle now, so they’re probably dumped off somewhere,” Boorman said. “And if they are, that’s good, they’ll get back here.”
If the thieves did attempt to pawn the bows, New Westminster police Sgt. Diana McDaniel said investigators would be notified right away.
“Certainly they’re going to be hot commodities, and people are going to know that definitely it’s stolen goods. It’s hard to imagine what somebody is going to do with them,” she said.
Police are still in the early stages of the investigation and are reviewing surveillance footage from the scene. Anyone with information on the theft is asked to contact the New Westminster Police Department at 604-525-5411.
For The Record’s previous story and video on Boorman Archery, click here.
