June 22, 2021 – The Lynchburg Police Department is investigating a larceny at the T Mart on Park Avenue earlier this month.
On June 12, 2021, at 1:19 p.m., officers responded to 1600 Park Avenue for a report of a larceny. The owner of the T Mart informed officers that earlier in the day, two men pulled up to the business, went inside the store and informed the clerk they were with a propane tank company. They went on to say they needed to change out the propane tanks outside.
The two men then loaded multiple tanks of propane into their gray/silver Dodge pickup truck.
The suspects are described as a white man in his 50s who is 6’2″ and 180lbs. and a black man in his 20s who is 6′ and around 160 lbs. The suspects left north on Park Ave in a mid-90s to early 2000s gray/silver Dodge pickup crew cab with a dent/damage to the passenger door. It also was pulling a black single axle trailer.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Officer Begley at (434) 363-6139 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 798-5900. Enter an anonymous tip online at http://p3tips.com or use the P3 app on a mobile device.
This is an ongoing investigation. Any additional information will be released as an update to this news release.