Hanover Township police released a surveillance image today of a burglar who investigators say robbed a convenience store over the weekend by cutting a hole in the roof.
Though the image from inside the Star Mini Mart in the Lee Park section of the township shows the burglar’s face covered with a mask, the burglar is wearing a distinctive mixed martial arts sweatshirt. Police said they hope the sweatshirt generates some leads.
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Township police said the convenience store on South Main Street near Oxford Street had been burglarized before and the owner had a locked retractable metal sheet over the entrance.
The suspect, who police said looked like a man with a thin build wearing a dark-colored ski mask and a zip-up sweatshirt with a large skull decal on it, apparently sawed a hole between the roof beams some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning.
The burglar then pushed through one of the ceiling panels and dropped to the floor, a distance of about 8 feet. He took cash from the store’s safe, which was unlocked, then used shelves as a ladder to climb back up through the hole. The owners noticed the burglary when they arrived shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday to open the store, police said.
Police said there was no estimate on how much the burglar took or what it will cost to fix the roof. Anyone with information is asked to call Hanover Township police at 570-825-1254 or 570-825-1251
