$10K In Cash, Lottery Tickets Stolen In Store Burglary

ALPHARETTA, GA — Alpharetta police are investigating a burglary in which a safe filled with cash and lottery tickets was stolen from a convenience store. Officers were dispatched to a commercial burglary call around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 2 at Valero at 2190 Old Milton Parkway.

An officer at the scene noticed signs of forced entry on the door frame, which appeared to have been pried open by a tool that left behind yellow paint, according to a police incident report. The owner of the business said a safe from under the store's counter was stolen.

Checkbooks and roughly $10,000 in cash and lottery tickets were inside the safe, he told officers. While on the scene, officers were informed that a similar incident had just occurred within Roswell's jurisdiction.

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Surveillance footage recovered from the Alpharetta store shows a black Dodge Charger enter the parking lot and turn off its lights. Three male subjects, who were wearing sweat suits with hoods, ski masks and gloves, forced entry into the business using the side door, according to the report.

"The footage shows the three men go straight for the safe under the counter," the officer wrote in the report. "They flip(ped) the safe over the counter onto the tile floor and drag(ged) it out to the vehicle."

The Dodge is seen leaving the parking lot, making a left turn to travel eastbound on Old Milton Parkway, which police note was the wrong way. Anyone with information is asked to contact Alpharetta police by submitted a tip on its Facebook page or website.

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