Crime

Thieves smash pickup into business on 6th Avenue in Tacoma, break into ATM

An ATM was broken into inside a pharmacy early Monday morning in Tacoma. Police said thieves got inside the business by using a pickup to ram the building’s entrance.

Tacoma Police Department officers responded about 3:24 a.m. to an alarm at a Walgreens in the 2000 block of 6th Avenue, according to a tweet from the department. The thieves broke into an ATM inside and took an undisclosed amount of cash.

The thieves abandoned the truck used to ram the entrance and left in another vehicle. Police said it was still undetermined if the pickup had been reported stolen.

Police are continuing to investigate.

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A crew works to remove the broken doors and other damage done to the entrance of Walgreens after a truck was used to break into the store on the 2000 block of Sixth Avenue in Tacoma, Wash. on Monday, March 14, 2022.
A crew works to remove the broken doors and other damage done to the entrance of Walgreens after a truck was used to break into the store on the 2000 block of Sixth Avenue in Tacoma, Wash. on Monday, March 14, 2022. Cheyenne Boone cboone@thenewstribune.com

This story was originally published March 14, 2022 at 9:26 AM.

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Peter Talbot is a criminal justice reporter for The News Tribune. He started with the newspaper in 2021. Before that, he earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism at Indiana University. In college, he worked as an intern at NPR in Washington, D.C. He also interned for the Oregonian and the Tampa Bay Times. Support my work with a digital subscription
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