Collins Police are investigating a burglary at the Junior Food Mart in Collins. The burglary occured early Friday morning, March 25.
“At 2:48 a.m. a pick-up truck backed up to the building and knocked an ATM machine off it’s anchors,” said Police Chief Joey Ponder. “The thieves then loaded the ATM machine onto the back of the truck and left the scene.”
The truck backed into the building shattering the window.
“They went through pretty hard to knock the ATM machine off its blocks,” he said.
According to Ponder nothing else was taken from the store.
“We are still waiting to find out how much money was in the machine when it was stolen,” he continued.
Ponder added that they are looking for two suspects.
The investigation is ongoing.
“We are collecting evidence now,” he said.
If anyone has any information, they are asked to call the Collins Police Department at 601-765-6541.