A Waukesha woman was just closing up shop a few minutes before 9 p.m. Monday at Tobacco Outlet Plus, 11712 W. North Ave., when a man wearing a black ski mask walked in, pointed a gun at her and said, “Give me all the money.”
She told police she went to the register and handed over the cash, and the left quickly on foot through the parking lot and out of sight. She locked the doors and called police.
The store clerk could not access the video surveillance system or contact her manager. She said the robber had been wearing plastic gloves, so detectives found no evidence to process in the store.
A neighbor reported hearing and seeing what he thought was the getaway car, which he described as a late ‘90s maroon Chevy Caprice. A detective found an empty cigarette box that appeared to have been freshly discarded where the neighbor had seen the getaway car.
Cigarettes taken in drug store burglary
A 3:09 a.m. Tuesday, Walgreen’s at 10800 W. Capitol Dr. was burglarized. Officers responding to an alarm found that a large window to the vestibule had been broken with a rock and another smaller window in the exit door had also been smashed with a rock.
Once an employee arrived with a key, officers entered and began looking for signs of theft. A large gap was noticed in the display of cigarette cartons, and two cartons were found lying on the floor. Nothing else appeared to have been taken or disturbed.
Video showed a man in a ski mask entering from the vestibule, going straight to the tobacco display and grabbing cartons and leaving within one minute. The manager said an inventory would be necessary but she estimated the loss at 12 to 15 cartons of cigarettes worth between about $870 and $1,100.
A resident who lives nearby heard glass breaking and looked out but saw nothing, then heard the sound again and that time saw a smaller SUV, possible a Lexus, leaving the alley west of the store in reverse and heading toward West Fiebrantz Avenue.
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