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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Local Tavern Burglarized

Safe stolen from Historic Norcross watering hole late Sunday night or early Monday morning.

Someone apparently broke into the Iron Horse Tavern in the historic downtown area, managing to make out with the safe, according to police. Cpt. Brian Harr of the Norcross Police Dept. said that someone apparently entered the bar between the hours of midnight on Aug. 14 and 9 a.m. on Aug. 15.  Harr said he believes that more than one person was involved in the break-in, since it appears that they carried the safe out of the bar instead of dragging it. Parts of the wooden fence around the Iron Horse patio were broken, perhaps to shimmy the safe though. “We’re currently going through physical evidence,” said Harr, adding that there are no specific leads at this time. “With this, we’ll look at a lot of different angles,” he added. The bar …

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