Police are on the hunt for thieves who they say stole thousands of dollars from several Dunkin’ Donuts shops in South Jersey.
The latest incidents occurred overnight Saturday into Sunday morning in Mantua Township and Greenwich Township, New Jersey.
Surveillance video from a Dunkin’ Donuts on Woodbury Glassboro Road in Mantua Township shows one of the suspects jump over a counter and then use a hammer to break into a back office.
“They’re armed with tools to commit these crimes,” said Mantua Township Police Detective Nick Guidotti. “These tools could also be used to injure people.”
After the suspects didn’t find any cash, they went to another Dunkin’ Donuts on Harmony Road in Greenwich Township that same night, according to police.
“The perpetrators broke into the building by prying open the drive-thru window entering the building,” said Greenwich Township Police Chief Joseph Giordano. “They removed the safe and they cleaned out three registers.”
Investigators say they later found the stolen safe in the woods off of I-295 emptied of nearly $8,000 in cash.
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Surveillance images of the Greenwich Township Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru also show a dark Dodge Intrepid which investigators believe the suspects were traveling in.
Police believe the suspects are also responsible for four other Dunkin’ Donuts break-ins in Gloucester Township and Delran, New Jersey since August 10. In all of the incidents, the tools and the clothing are similar, according to investigators.
“Hammer, a dark hooded sweatshirt, a backpack and gloves,” Chief Giordano said.
If you have any information on the suspects, please call Mantua Township Police at 856-468-1900, Greenwich Township Police at 856-423-1900. or 911.
