One of the two perpetrators of a burglary committed at Alpine Mini Mart early Tuesday morning was captured on surveillance footage. Both of the suspects were filmed entering the store, the video of which has been shared to the Wrangell Community Page on Facebook by local authorities. Anyone with information on the crime is encouraged to contact the police.
Police were called in to Alpine Mini Mart early Tuesday morning, after being notified of a break-in by the store's alarm system.
"So at about 3:30 this morning, the alarm goes off and calls us at home," Alpine manager Cori Robinson recounted. "The cop was here and called us, and told us someone had been here in the store."
The intrusion was caught by the gas station's security cameras, with footage showing two individuals wearing ball caps and hooded sweatshirts approaching the rear entrance.
"It shows every single step that they did," she said. "One of them came in through that back window, and proceeded back here," indicating toward the front counter.
The window next to the back door had been left unlocked, and was used to gain entry to the shop. Robinson surmised either it had been left open recently by an employee accidentally, or the perpetrators had done so ahead of time without being noticed.
"They definitely were very nonchalant and had it all planned out. They didn't seem worried at all," she commented.
Crawling in through the window, an intruder wearing a bright blue hoodie headed straight toward the counter with a backpack handed in by the other individual.
"He didn't go anywhere else, where we could tell," said Robinson. "He went up here and 19 times grabbed the Marbs," she said, meaning the Marlboro red-label cigarettes. Wearing darker clothing, the other intruder entered the mini mart at this time with another backpack.
"No money, just cigarettes. They walked up with bags, and the one came in. When they were all done, they were here about 45 seconds, and once they were done they went over and went out through the back door," Robinson concluded.
Video footage of the burglary was posted to the Wrangell Community Page on Facebook early Tuesday by Officer Bruce Smith. As of Tuesday afternoon Wrangell Police were still investigating the robbery. The department asks that anyone with information about the crime contact 874-3304.
"They didn't get away with a lot," said Robinson, who added that it could have been worse. Still, the event was a troubling one for her.
"I've been kind of scattered trying to get things going, because all I can focus on is they've been in here and they stole from us, you know," said Robinson.
"I guess just the whole kind of strutting up here real slow and not worried is what got me," she continued. "They don't care about anything, like they've done it before."
Still, she felt sure police would locate and apprehend the suspects, and Robinson said the community has rallied around their store. "We've had a lot of support, a lot of people angry."
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