Maine Cops Need Your Help With a Cannabis Store Break-in

Police in Maine are asking for the public's help identifying 2 people involved in a break-in at a cannabis store.

Maine Police Investigated a Break-in at a Cannabis Store in Turner

It was a busy night for Maine's law enforcement agencies.

Maine State Police received a report of a commercial burglar alarm activation at Northeastern Firearms, just before 3:30 am on Monday, and notified the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office.

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Deputies responded to the store at 868 Auburn Road in Turner.

Maine Deputies Investigate 2 Attempted and 1 Successful Burglaries in 1 Night

At approximately 3:35 am, Androscoggin County Sheriff's Corporal Gregory Pealatere was headed to the alarm call when he encountered a gray Ford F-105 Lightning without headlights near Vacationland Cannabis on Auburn Road.

When the vehicle took off, Corporal Pealatere followed, but lost sight of it near the intersection of Main Street and Turner Center Road in Turner.

Deputies went to Vacationland Cannabis and discovered that someone had broken into the business, and an undisclosed number of products were stolen.

While all this was going on, deputies responded to the original alarm call at Northeastern Firearms and discovered evidence of an attempted burglary.

The suspects had been unable to gain entry to the business.

Just after 1:00 am, that same day, several law enforcement agencies investigated an attempted burglary at First Due Firearms on Greene Street in Sabattus. This incident is believed to be connected to the other two crimes.

Maine Sheriff's Office Asks for the Public's Help Identifying 2 Burglary Suspects

The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is hoping to hear from anyone who can identify the two men, whose images were caught on surveillance video.

As the investigation progressed, deputies obtained a license plate for the truck, which was found ot have been stolen from a residence off Marston Hill Road in Auburn.

The vehicle was later recovered near 118 Pennell Street in Westbrook, but the suspects remain at large.

Suspect 1 is a white, slender male with a North Face jacket, black athletic pants, and black sneakers.

Suspect 2 is a white, slender male with a gray zip-up Alaskan Hardgear jacket, with the logo 'Spang Builders' embroidered on the left chest, blue sweatpants, and red sneakers with white soles.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office at 107-753-2566.

We'll update this story as more details become available.