Tru Country Bar & Grill Targeted In Smash-and-Grab To Gaming Machines: New Lenox PD

NEW LENOX, IL — Tru Country Bar & Grill was targeted early Thursday in a smash-and-grab to its gaming machines, New Lenox police confirmed Thursday.

Patrol responded to Tru Country, 222 W. Maple St., at approximately 6 a.m. Thursday. Police said a crew of four masked and gloved suspects broke into the establishment through the front door and then broke into the gaming machines, stealing the cash boxes.

The investigation is open and ongoing, Police Chief Micah Nuesse said.

It's the latest New Lenox business hit, with JBD White Horse Inn burglarized earlier this week.

Last week, Vino gaming café was targeted in a burglary for the second time this summer, police said previously.

Police were called just before 6 a.m. Aug. 28 to Vino, 647 E. Lincoln Highway, for an alarm. Police discovered that three male suspects had shattered the glass front door with a sledgehammer and removed cash boxes from three gaming machines, according to police reports.

During the investigation, officers located a cash box on the side of the road in the 200 block of E. Maple Street. Officers also received information that the same suspects had burglarized two businesses in Mokena and a business in Palos Hills overnight.

In Mokena, at 5:20 a.m. Aug. 28, multiple masked offenders broke out the front glass and entered the Post Game Pub located at 9630 Willow Lane, where they broke into the gaming machines, according to Mokena Police Chief Brian Benton. They then went directly to Mindy’s Ribs, 9610 W. 191st St., around 5:30 a.m., where they did the same, before moving into New Lenox. They also later hit a business in Palos Hills, Benton said.

Vino was also struck by burglars in June, minutes after ReUnion Bar and Grill, 1080 E. Lincoln Highway, was also hit, police said at the time. ReUnion was burglarized again, on Aug. 6.

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