Police investigate coin thefts

Published 10:34 pm Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Police are investigating a rash of burglaries from vending machines along North Main Street that happened late Monday and early Tuesday.

The suspect — an older white male riding a bicycle — was observed on surveillance footage tampering with the machine at the Xpress Lube in the 700 block of North Main Street. He got about $30 from there, according to a police report.

He got about $15 from a machine at the Holiday Food Store, also in the 700 block.

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His haul was larger at the Southern Food Store in the 2100 block, where he got about $150 and damaged the machines so badly they will require replacement, city spokeswoman Diana Klink said.

The incidents remain under investigation.