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$798 In Goods Robbed From Bloomington Food Mart

Last updated on Monday, October 22, 2012

(BLOOMINGTON) - Bloomington Police are currently collecting evidence and pursuing leads after about $800 in tasers, tobacco products, pipes and personal safety alarms were robbed from a local food mart.

The IDS reports that a delivery driver pulled up to the front of John's Food Mart, 2002 S. Rogers St., when he reportedly realized the doorway frame was not intact and a cigarette stand lay inside the store.

Bloomington police arrived on the scene at about 2:14 a.m. Wednesday and the case remained active as of Thursday afternoon, BPD Detective Sgt. John Kovach said.

Kovach said the perpetrator emptied a display case containing $250 in tobacco, $180 in grinders, $60 worth of tasers, $8 in personal safety alarms in addition to $300 in pipes.

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