‘Booty Bandit’ uses behind to break into N.B. store ... makes off with two chainsaws

Suffering from a rash of robberies, a New Brunswick chainsaw retailer had put $60,000 into safety upgrades previously few years.

However that didn’t hassle a burglar, now dubbed the “Booty Bandit” by victims, who used their butt to interrupt into the shop within the early hours of Thursday morning.

Safety digital camera footage from Valley Chainsaw 2014 in Jacksonville, simply north of Woodstock, N.B., exhibits what RCMP say seems to be a girl clad in a parka, hat and masks approaching the entrance door of the shop at 3:24 a.m. on Thursday morning.

After a fast go searching, the particular person backs into the door, braces their arms on the door body and hits the door as soon as, twice, thrice with their behind. On the fourth try, the shop door opens they usually enter.

“It was a superb stable door. Locked. Metal,” stated retailer supervisor Doug MacFarlane. The damaged door had to get replaced the following morning.

The burglar stays inside for about 20 seconds, emerges with a chainsaw in both hand, then heads for a white automotive parked close by.

It was retailer co-owner Wendy Sherwood who, after watching the safety footage, dubbed the burglar the “Booty Bandit,” stated MacFarlane.

“What do you do however chuckle?” he stated.

The 2 stolen Husqvarna chainsaws had been price about $1,500 apiece.

MacFarlane stated break-ins are comparatively frequent on the retailer; it has been robbed on an nearly bimonthly foundation — about six instances previously 12 months or so, regardless of upgrading its safety to the tune of $60,000 over the previous few years.

There’s a motive for the chainsaw thefts.

“Based on the RCMP, it’s just like the foreign money of selection for drug sellers,” stated MacFarlane. “It might cowl a drug debt after which they'll transfer it to Ontario and Quebec and promote it fast.”

“You get a thousand-dollar professional chain noticed and provides it to your seller for 200 bucks price of no matter, and he strikes it for 400 bucks.”

RCMP are investigating the theft. MacFarlane stated one of many chainsaws has already been recovered and the RCMP have recognized a few suspects.

“Each time we’re damaged into right here, you be taught one thing new,” he stated.

“We’ve had buildings minimize open, (we’ve had) fences minimize ... however that is the primary time somebody’s used their a-- to come back by the door.”