‘I can’t handle it, it’s killing me emotionally and mentally’: Portland antique stove dealer considers going out of business due to thefts

Store owner, Buck Froman, 75, got a black eye after falling while trying to confront thieves during one of several recent break-ins.

PORTLAND, Oregon — A Portland antique stove dealer said he’s had enough after a weekend spent fighting off crooks.

Buck Froman has owned Buck’s Stove Palace on Southeast 68th and Foster Road since 1974. But after a rash of recent thefts and a black eye, he’s thinking about closing. 

“They’ve taken historical stoves from the Civil War, just all kinds of things,” said Froman, 75. “And it’s not one person, this has been going on.”     

Froman said, the

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