Cigarette thief caught on tape

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Dayton police were looking for a burglar with a taste for cigarettes.

Police said that this was not the first time they had caught this suspect in the act.
The same man had been been spotted in several other burglary surveillance videos.

The time stamp on the surveillance video at Smoke Savers on S. Smithville Road was 5:39 AM on the morning of January 14th, when the suspect smashed through the glass doors and broke into the business, carrying a large trash can.

It took him about 40 seconds to load 40 cartons of cigarettes into his trash can.

"The stores are losing quite a bit of money and forty counts of cigarettes are worth quite a bit of money. They're about $50 a piece," said Dayton Police Detective Rick Oakley.