Crime watch: Latest gum burgalry report
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Today’s Hometown newspaper from suburban Detroit reported on a gum related burgalry at a local Speedway gas station.
As the local crime watch article reports, under the heading “Sticky Fingers”:
Twenty-one boxes of chewing gum — containing 244 packs of assorted varieties — with a retail value of $339 were reported stolen Aug. 28 from a Speedway gas station on Sheldon Road. The theft occurred between 9 p.m., Aug. 27, and 6:30 a.m. the next day.
A police report said a security video shows two different men standing by the gum display, at different times, during the period the theft occurred. One appeared to have an accomplice who was distracting the attendant near a Lottery machine, police said.