Fayetteville Today

Within a week of a break-in that resulted in $21,000 worth of losses, a fire that has been described as arson damaged the Black Ops Paintball building in Fayetteville early Tuesday.

When John Maninga, Black Ops Paintball's general manager, walked into the building one day last week, he was quick to notice the store had been broken into.

A fuller assessment revealed that the thieves had made off with approximately $1,000 in donations for a charity, all the cash from the registers and more than $20,000 in merchandise.

"It's disheartening when someone comes into your home or business and they take something that isn't theirs," Maninga told ABC 11. 

The theft of donations for the shop's charity effort pained the manager the most.

"Somebody coming in and kind of stepping on that or taking away from the stuff we do for the community, it just makes me angry," Maninga said in the ABC 11 report. That money is what the business was going to give to the AIM Athletics Foundation; a nonprofit that works with wounded veterans and the underprivileged, among others, by providing team-building opportunities.

"If you are out there, just turn yourself in or you will get caught, because at the end of the day you always get caught," Maninga told ABC 11.

The incident was followed by Tuesday's fire, which was covered in a follow-up newscast. The fire started at approximately 4:30 a.m. and is under investigation.

Maninga refused to let the two events disrupt his business any more than necessary. He posted on Facebook that the store will be open on Wednesday, with some services limited as the main building needs repairs.