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Raccoon caught breaking into Tennessee cell phone store
By Travis Fedschun
Published January 18, 2018
A raccoon set off a burglar alarm in a cell phone store in Knoxville on Monday. (Knoxville Police Department)
Authorities in Tennessee got an unexpected surprise when they responded to a burglary alarm at a cell phone store.
Officers arriving at the Boost Mobile store in Knoxville discovered the "masked-up" suspect in the store was actually a raccoon.
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A raccoon set off a burglar alarm in a cell phone store in Knoxville on Monday. (Knoxville Police Department)
Knoxville Police posted pictures on Twitter of their discovery, showing the critter climbing up a wall of cell phone accessories and scampering across the floor.
The store's business owner told WATE the animal fell through the store's ceiling, landed on a kiosk and created a big mess.
The raccoon eventually escaped through the store's front door.
"The on-scene Sgt could not confirm or deny the suspect successfully escaped with an iPhone X," police said on Twitter.
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