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Thieves smash through glass door, steal $20K in cellphones

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Thieves smashed the glass in the door of a south Charlotte cellphone store with a rock and stole tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise.
 
They shattered the front door of the Cricket Store on South Tryon Street about 5 a.m. Sunday.
 
The burglars took about 50 phones valued at about $20,000 and more than $1,000 in cash.
 
The manager told Channel 9 this is the second time his store has been broken into.

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