Backdoor bandits

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A Passyunk Square business was burglarized consecutive Mondays with the damage totaling more than $64,000.

The 40-year-old owner of Telectronics South, 826 Washington Ave., locked up his property 8 p.m. Sunday, but upon returning 10:30 the next morning, the back door was open and $6,300 was missing from the cash register along with $27,800 worth of electronic merchandise including new computers and cell phones, as well as computers and cell phones that the business was repairing for customers, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. Three bandits were at the location between 1:15 and 2:30 a.m., according to video surveillance.

Three offenders also entered the store between 10:56 p.m. Nov. 20 and noon Nov. 21 taking $30,000 of electrical equipment through an unlocked rear door.

The offenders were described as thin and wearing dark-colored hoodies, masks and gloves.

To report information, call South Detectives’ tip line at 215-685-1635 or visit www.phillypolice.com/forms.

Contact Managing Editor Amanda L. Snyder at asnyder@southphillyreview.com or ext. 117.

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Register clearance
Unsettled shooting
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