Police in Alpharetta are searching for four suspects who they say broke into a gas station Thursday morning and stole about $3,000 worth of cigarettes.
According to a police report, officers arrived at the scene around 6 a.m. after a female employee who witnessed the alleged burglary called them. The employee told police she was arriving at the Shell gas station at 11370 State Bridge Road for work when she saw a silver SUV parked by the door on the west side of the building.
The witness told police the suspects were “young men” dressed in all black with hoods over their faces. The police report notes that that officers could not determine the ethnicity or gender of the suspects from the surveillance footage.
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All four suspects were wearing gloves, police said. The suspects fled in the SUV when they noticed the employee had arrived and was calling the police.
According to the surveillance footage cited in the police report, the suspects entered the store by shattering the glass door. The witness said that the suspects took about 60 cartons of cigarettes of various brands, which are valued at about $50 each.
The shattered glass door is valued at about $1,000.
The case is still active and open. Anyone with information about this crime can contact the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety at 678-297-6300.
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