Crime & Safety

Aberdeen Police Investigating Gas Station Burglary

A quantity of cash and cigars reported stolen, police say

Aberdeen Township Police responded to an alarm at the on Lower Main Street at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, according to Chief of Police John Powers.

Officers responding to the scene found the glass door of the gas station broken and a quantity of cash and cigars taken.

According to Powers, surveillance video shows the actor to be an approximately 6'3'', 230-250 pound black male wearing a black ski mask, white gloves, black sneakers, white socks, black pants and a hunter green shirt. He fled on foot toward Suydam Place, the video shows.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the detective bureau at 732-566-2054.

P.O. John Zeller and P.O. Raymond Campbell conducted the initial investigation.

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