Crime & Safety
North Philly Little Caesar's Burglarized Using Front Door Key
Police said the man seen here got inside the store using a key, deactivated the alarm, and then got into the safe using the combination.
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Police are looking for help identifying a man who broke into a business and stole cash over the weekend.
Police said the man seen above broke into the Little Caesar's store at 1555 Wadsworth Avenue at about 6:50 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25.
He got inside the store with by using a key at the front door, police said.
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After getting inside, the man turned off the alarm and opened the safe using the combination, police said.
The man made off with $300 from the safe and then fled on foot heading east on Wadsworth Avenue then north on Pickering Avenue, police said.
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The suspect is described as a black man in his late 20s or early 30s. He had a medium complexion, a medium build, and had light facial hair. He was wearing a dark baseball cap 76 on the front and yellow lettering on the top brim of the cap and an unknown logo on the back, dark windbreaker, dark pants, black sneakers, and white with black palms work gloves.
Anyone with information on the break-in should contact Det. Sweeney at (215) 686-3353 or (215) 686-3354
If you see this suspect do not approach, contact 911 immediately.
To submit a tip via telephone, dial (215) 686-8477 or text a tip to 773847.
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