Police ID man accused of stealing cashbox from Girl Scouts in New Hampshire
By Michael Cusanelli
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LEBANON, New Hampshire (WPTZ) — The Lebanon Police Department have identified a man who allegedly stole a cashbox with $1,000 from local Girl Scouts selling cookies.
Investigators said the theft happened at 1:50 p.m. outside the Walmart on Plainfield Road in West Lebanon.
According to officials, a man stole the cashbox off a Girl Scout cookie sales table near the store’s entrance and fled on foot toward the wooded area behind the plaza.
Police later tracked the suspect to the parking lot of a nearby New Hampshire State Liquor Store. Surveillance footage showed the man running across the parking lot and getting into the driver’s seat of a white Jeep Grand Cherokee before driving away.
Officers eventually found the empty cashbox in the woods.
In an update on Thursday, police said they had identified the suspect as a man who lives outside of New Hampshire. At this time, they are working to obtain arrest warrants.
The suspect’s name was not released.
Police thanked the community for their help in identifying the man.
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