CMPD: Trio stole gift card machine after breaking into Food Lion

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Police are looking for the thieves they said broke into a grocery store overnight in east Charlotte and stole a gift card machine.

Detectives told Channel 9 that three people were involved in the crime at the Food Lion on East WT Harris Boulevard, near Rocky River Road.

Officers said the trio were in a Budget rental box truck and pried open the front door to get into the grocery store just after midnight.

One of the suspects was wearing a green ski mask and another had on a blue hooded sweatshirt, according to police.