OVERNIGHT BREAK-IN AT BURLINGTON MINI MART – Burlington police officers were dispatched at 2:42 a.m. Saturday morning to Dave’s Mini Mart, 506 Chapel Hill Road, based on a burglar alarm having been set off.
Responding officers discovered that an unknown suspect had gained entry into the business by using a blunt object to shatter a window. The suspect took several grocery items and packs of cigarettes and fled south through the parking lot toward Tucker Street.
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The suspect is described as: a light-skinned male, 5’8-5’10, average build, wearing khaki style pants, a gray sweatshirt jacked with burgundy sleeves, and carrying a yellow backpack.
A photo from video surveillance shows the suspect near the cigarettes in the store.
Police are asking that anyone with knowledge of this incident please contact the Burlington Police Department at (336) 229-3500 or Alamance Crime Stoppers at (336) 229-7100.
