It appears the burglars who vandalized the Chevron gas station at Ga. Hwy. 316 at Kilcrease Road in Auburn last week did so to drink beer.
A store employee told responding deputies that she arrived at the business just before 8 a.m. on Sunday to find the front door had been broken. No one was supposed to have been at the business since it closed the night before, she said. But all deputies found except the damage to the door were packages of beer dropped in the middle of the store and loose beer bottles lying around it, the incident report states.
There were marks on the door leading to the register but the glass of the door was not broken and did not notice any damage to the locking mechanism. The employee said the door leading behind the counter to the registers is supposed to be secure and locked every night at the close of business.
The store’s night manager told police he closed and left the business at approximately 11 p.m. Jan. 28 when he activated the alarm system and he didn’t notice any suspicious activity. The cost to repair the broken door was estimated at $500 and about $58 of beer was taken from the store.
