Crime & Safety
Burglary at Tobacco House
The incident is one of multiple burglaries to occur at Frankfort tobacco shops in recent months.
Frankfort business Tobacco House was burglarized Sunday night. The incident is one of multiple tobacco store burglaries to have occurred in the Frankfort area during the last six months.
Frankfort police received a burglar alarm notification at 10:59 p.m. on Nov. 4 from the 19900 block of S. La Grange Road, according to Frankfort Police Department deputy chief Kevin Keegan.
When police arrived, they found signs of forced entry.
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Officers met with a witness who said they saw two black male subjects exit the store and enter a small, black vehicle.
The owners of Tobacco House reported that an amount of money totaling less than $500 was missing from the register. They also said that more than 30 cartons of cigarettes were taken.
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According to Keegan, the incident on Sunday evening is the second burglary to take place at Tobacco House in the past six months and the third tobacco store burglary to take place in Frankfort in the same amount of time.
The burglary remains under investigation.
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