Burglary of the Week: The set up: December 16th, convenience store on 92nd and Holman. The details:

On the listed date and time the victims store was broken into and the whole lot of scratch tickets were taken. It appears as though the suspects used a vehicle to ram the front double doors open. It appears that nothing else was taken and that the alarm system was working. The security video system was already 100% full and had shut off. There was pieces of light lenses that had broken off the suspects vehicle left at the scene. The victim was left a case number and victim follow-up report. Nothing further.

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