Store loses $1,285 worth of cigarettes to theft

Someone used a large rock to break the front glass of Clemmer’s Country Store on Monday and steal 300 packs of cigarettes valued at $1,258, according to a Gastonia police report.

The incident took place at 11:54 p.m. Monday at the store located at 109 E. Hudson Blvd., according to the report. The thief took an assorted number of Marlboro and Newport cigarette packs.

The incident also caused $400 damage to the store’s front door.