SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. — While his members work to get ripped, the owners of Pennant CrossFit have been getting ripped off.
Two rowing machines have been stolen from the gym in less than a month. The most recent break-in happened overnight at 3:47 a.m. and was captured by a security camera in the lobby.
“I would imagine he had clearly been here before, knew what he was doing and no questions about where it was positioned just took it right out of the front door,” owner Dan Rogan said.
When Southborough police posted the surveillance video on Facebook Monday afternoon, gym owners in Newton, Natick and Sudbury called to say they also had rowing machines stolen over the weekend.
Pennant CrossFit owner Ali Rogan said she thinks all the thefts were the same suspect.
“This stuff hasn't happened before as far as we know of everyone is just completely in shock. It's unexpected,” she said.
The machines are worth nearly $1,000 each.
“Having done this job for 15 years, believe me, I have seen a lot crazier stuff than rowing machines taken,” Southborough Police Detective Keith Nichols said. “There's all kinds of ways to pawn things off these days.”
Dan Rogan said he knows all the members at the gym and he doesn't recognize the suspect.
“We’re not the only gym affected and there might even be more than a handful of us,” he said.