Police are looking for a man who appeared to use a little girl to steal prizes from a vending machine game at the Mall in Rockingham Park in Salem, New Hampshire on the night of Sept. 15.
The man was caught on video working with a toddler who climbed inside the Key Master machine from the bottom prize door and pushed out prizes.
Witnesses, who spoke with police, said the suspect looked Hispanic with a beard in his 20s or 30s, wearing a Sig Saucer baseball cap, a navy blue T-shirt, dark green shorts, and an Under Armor belt.
In the video, the man asked the girl to maneuver her body inside the machine, and then he pushed the prize door open so the little girl could climb out of it.
A young boy between the age of five to seven was standing on the side and took one of the stolen items quickly. The man then walked away with two children and the other stolen items.
The Salem NH Police Department posted the video on Facebook on Sept. 17. They asked anyone who could provide information on the case to call Detective Dempsey at 603-890-2343 or message the department on Facebook.
The video was intentionally blurred out to protect the identity of the two children.
It wasn’t clear what the stolen items were, but Key Master machines usually store valuable electronics and gift cards.
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