A meat market’s alarm system thwarted a thief breaking in the front door under the cover of darkness.
The incident played out around 3:25 a.m. on Nov. 30 at Meat Express Market on Lancaster Avenue in the city’s Overbrook section.
Surveillance video captured the would-be thief – wearing a dark hoodie – using an unknown object to break out the front door window, tripping the alarm in the process, said police.
You then see the man toss the broken piece of window and the upper window that had also broken into the store before briefly walking away. He then quickly darts into the broken door and begins quickly moving about the store.
During the break-in the man – his face covered – triggered the alarm.
He was in the store for less than a minute and got away just before police arrived, said investigators.
Police asked anyone who spots the burglar to call 911 and anyone with information is asked to contact police.
