Basalt police seek help identifying man who broke into pot shop
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Basalt Police are asking for the public's help to identify and apprehend this man. He broke into the Roots Rx marijuana shop on Tuesday night.
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Basalt Police are asking for the public's help to identify and apprehend this man. He broke into the Roots Rx marijuana shop on Tuesday night.
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Basalt police are seeking help identifying a man who broke into the Roots Rx marijuana shop Tuesday night.
Police believe the suspect hid outside the business in the Southside neighborhood until employees closed and departed, according to Sgt. Aaron Munch. The shop closed at 8 p.m. The burglary occurred at about 8:30 p.m. He was able to gain access in a way police didn’t want to discuss.
“The alarms went off,” Munch said. “By watching surveillance video, he just got scared and took off.”
The man unlocked a deadbolt on the front door and ran off without taking any product or cash. Munch said Roots Rx had complied with state law and kept all products locked.
The pot shot’s alarm company got an instant notification that the on-premise alarm was triggered and called police. Two officers from Basalt and a Pitkin County deputy sheriff arrived on the scene shortly and checked the store for an intruder.
Munch said the cameras captured images of a clean-cut man approximately 30 years of age. While the images are in black and white, he was wearing a green jacket and black pants with a Sorrell-type pair of boots.
Store employees didn’t recognize the man as a regular customer. Munch said if anyone has information about the suspect, they are urged to call Basalt Police Department at 970-927-4316.