Police responding to a distress get in touch with from a bank in Iowa have been in for a surprise when they identified that the thief had fled following stealing a bottle of hand sanitiser.
A 39-year-old man, identified as Mark Gray, in Iowa has been charged with theft. Demand for hand sanitisers surged in the very first handful of months of the coronavirus pandemic.
The police division stated they responded to a distress get in touch with from the Security National Bank early morning when employees identified a shattered glass door. However, he just took the sanitiser bottle and fled the scene.
The man has been taken into custody by the Sioux City Police Department following a series of burglaries have been reported in the town, according to KCAU.
According to a press release by the police division, they very first went to probe a burglary complaint at a counseling center on Tuesday morning but identified practically nothing missing. Later, they got a different complaint from a neighborhood eatery of a broken glass door. It was for the duration of the investigation of this case that the cops found that Gray was connected to all 3 incidents.
Gray has been was charged for burglarising all 3 firms and booked into the Woodbury County Jail on 3 counts of 3rd degree Burglary.