Three charged after break-in at Simpson gun store

Published 2:58 pm Thursday, February 17, 2022

A gun store in Simpson County was burglarized, and police located and charged three teenagers.

The Simpson County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded Wednesday to a reported burglary at Poor Boy Guns.

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The shop’s owner provided surveillance footage from the business of the people believed to have been involved and their vehicle to law enforcement.

After the sheriff’s office shared the information, the people suspected of involvement in the burglary were identified, and a traffic stop led to the arrests of Johnathon Edwards, 18, of Franklin, and Terron Hopson, 18, of Bowling Green.

A juvenile female was also charged, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies seized six firearms during the investigation, three of which were found to have been stolen from Poor Boy Guns, the sheriff’s office said. Of the remaining firearms recovered, one had been reported stolen in Bowling Green and another had been reported stolen in Nashville.