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2 sought in break-in theft of 3-D printers at Costa Mesa warehouse

By Bradley Zint
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A Costa Mesa 3-D printer company reported this week that more than $60,000 worth of printers were stolen from its warehouse.

In a post Tuesday on its website, Airwolf 3D said two people, possibly a man and a woman, broke into its facility around 6 a.m. Sunday and stole 13 desktop printers.

Airwolf’s surveillance system captured a “champagne-colored” Ford Econoline van ramming into the receiving door at the company’s warehouse on McCormick Avenue and breaking it open. The thieves then took the products in less than three minutes, according to Airwolf. No employees were hurt during the break-in.

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Airwolf said its security team is “using forensic software to try to analyze both the van’s license plate number and the identity of the suspects.”

The company – based at 130 McCormick, near John Wayne Airport – posted the serial numbers of 13 stolen Axiom printers on its website. It also posted an edited video of the burglary.

Anyone with information about the case is asked to call Costa Mesa police or Airwolf at (949) 478-2933.

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Bradley Zint, bradley.zint@latimes.com

Twitter: @BradleyZint

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Bradley Zint

Bradley Zint left Times Community News in 2018. He was a general assignment reporter for the Daily Pilot, where he worked since 2010. At the Pilot, he also was a copy editor, classical music columnist and reporter covering Costa Mesa and Newport Beach. He previously worked in Hermosa Beach, Long Beach, Alaska and Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Cal State Long Beach, where he served as editor-in-chief of its campus newspaper, the Daily 49er.
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