Suspect photos in lotto ticket machine theft released
Updated: Jan 10, 2008 07:28 PM EST
By Shayla Reaves
LOUISVILLE (WAVE) -- There were more developments Thursday in a crime caught on tape and the suspects don't seem to be afraid of the camera. We first showed you a smash and grab theft at a local convenience store earlier this week. As WAVE 3's Shayla Reaves reports, the suspects have turned up again and police have turned to WAVE 3 again to get results.
These suspects don't hide from the camera when it's time to cash in and now the Bullitt County Sheriff's Department needs your help to track them down.
"The big thing we want to ask this male and this female is how did you get these lotto tickets," Det. Scotty McGaha told WAVE 3 News.
That's because the pull tabs came from a lottery machine stolen right out of the Red White and Blue convenience store at 125 Joy Lane in Bullitt County. Detectives say two men were involved in that crime early sunday. The machine's tickets turned up at eight different stores in Louisville on the same day. The locations span from 21st and Market Streets all the way to the east end.
Det. McGaha said the suspects cashed in more than 300 dollars worth of tickets. The two could be charged with receiving stolen property, a charge upgraded to a felony because the value is more than $300.
"Obviously they came from the same store," he said. "Obviously if they're smart they'll turn themselves in and come in and talk to us."
The Sheriff's Department wants to find a woman caught on surveillence video as she cashed in stolen pull-tabs at the Kroger on Taylorsville Road and J.C.'s cigarette outlet on the Outer Loop Sunday. Detectives say they also want to speak with a man who was also caught on video as he cashed in the stolen pull tabs at a Kroger location. Authorities believe a white car captured on camera at the Kroger on Second Street could be connected to the crimes.
"What we're asking the public to do is hopefully be able to identify the female and the male and let us know who these people are and if we can get their names and a little bit more to go on," McGaha told WAVE 3 News.
The stolen lottery tickets were cashed in at the following locations:
KROGER, 9080 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD
KROGER, 2200 BROWNSBORO ROAD
KROGER, 924 SOUTH 2ND STREET
PIC PAC, 2421 WEST MARKET STREET
SPEEDY MART, 7920 FEGENBUSH LANE
CIRCLE K, 6517 PRESTON HIGHWAY
BADER'S FOOD MART, 300 SOUTH 1ST STREET
J.C.'S CIGARETTE OUTLET, 6720 OUTER LOOP
Online Reporter: Shayla Reaves
Updated: Jan 10, 2008 07:28 PM EST
By Shayla Reaves
LOUISVILLE (WAVE) -- There were more developments Thursday in a crime caught on tape and the suspects don't seem to be afraid of the camera. We first showed you a smash and grab theft at a local convenience store earlier this week. As WAVE 3's Shayla Reaves reports, the suspects have turned up again and police have turned to WAVE 3 again to get results.
These suspects don't hide from the camera when it's time to cash in and now the Bullitt County Sheriff's Department needs your help to track them down.
"The big thing we want to ask this male and this female is how did you get these lotto tickets," Det. Scotty McGaha told WAVE 3 News.
That's because the pull tabs came from a lottery machine stolen right out of the Red White and Blue convenience store at 125 Joy Lane in Bullitt County. Detectives say two men were involved in that crime early sunday. The machine's tickets turned up at eight different stores in Louisville on the same day. The locations span from 21st and Market Streets all the way to the east end.
Det. McGaha said the suspects cashed in more than 300 dollars worth of tickets. The two could be charged with receiving stolen property, a charge upgraded to a felony because the value is more than $300.
"Obviously they came from the same store," he said. "Obviously if they're smart they'll turn themselves in and come in and talk to us."
The Sheriff's Department wants to find a woman caught on surveillence video as she cashed in stolen pull-tabs at the Kroger on Taylorsville Road and J.C.'s cigarette outlet on the Outer Loop Sunday. Detectives say they also want to speak with a man who was also caught on video as he cashed in the stolen pull tabs at a Kroger location. Authorities believe a white car captured on camera at the Kroger on Second Street could be connected to the crimes.
"What we're asking the public to do is hopefully be able to identify the female and the male and let us know who these people are and if we can get their names and a little bit more to go on," McGaha told WAVE 3 News.
The stolen lottery tickets were cashed in at the following locations:
KROGER, 9080 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD
KROGER, 2200 BROWNSBORO ROAD
KROGER, 924 SOUTH 2ND STREET
PIC PAC, 2421 WEST MARKET STREET
SPEEDY MART, 7920 FEGENBUSH LANE
CIRCLE K, 6517 PRESTON HIGHWAY
BADER'S FOOD MART, 300 SOUTH 1ST STREET
J.C.'S CIGARETTE OUTLET, 6720 OUTER LOOP
Online Reporter: Shayla Reaves
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