Clumsy crooks smash cache on way out in Cypress

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Thursday, January 31, 2019
Clumsy crooks smash cache on way out in Cypress
A group of clumsy crooks broke into a Cypress liquor store, but they didn't make a clean getaway.

CYPRESS, Texas (KTRK) -- A group of clumsy crooks broke into a Cypress liquor store, but they didn't make a clean getaway.

Surveillance video captured the suspects spending nearly 15 minutes trying to pry open the door. They then just smashed the glass with a crow bar.

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They stole several bottles of liquor and filled a garbage bag with cigarettes. As they left, one suspect tripped and fell and shattered a bottle of vodka.