Deputies investigate theft from market

FROM STAFF REPORTS

June 13, 2008 11:17 am

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EASTPORT -- Antrim County sheriff's deputies are investigating the theft of liquor and cigarettes from Eastport Market on U.S. 31.

Someone broke into the store between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 5 a.m. Wednesday, according to a police statement. About $3,600 in liquor and $4,700 in cigarettes were taken. Also taken were DVD movie cases, but the DVDs themselves were not inside.

Investigators believe the person or people responsible entered the building through a back door on the west side of the building with some form of pry tool. Anyone with any information can contact the Antrim Sheriff's Department at 533-8627.