Crime & Safety
Do You Know The Puffin' Man? Police Seek Cigarette Thief
A man loaded up a trash bag full of cigarette packs at a South Nashville gas station early Tuesday, police say.
NASHVILLE, TN -- After breaking through a door, a man stole a significant amount of cigarettes from a South Nashville gas station early Tuesday.
Metro Police say surveillance footage shows a man throwing a large piece of concrete through the front glass door of the Mapco on Tusculum Road around 1:35 a.m. Tuesday.
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The man then loaded up the store's trash can with perhaps hundreds of packs of cigarettes. He put the full trash can into the back of a dark colored Ford Expedition and drove away.
Detectives ask anyone with information call CrimeStoppers at 615-742-7463.
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