Mobile Police Release Images After Men Steal Cigarettes from Circle K

Mobile police are asking for the public’s help identifying two men accused of walking out of a Circle K convenience store with more than $1,400 worth of cigarettes.

The theft happened in the early evening at the Circle K location on Tanner Williams Road, near Elsie Collier Elementary School, according to city crime data released by the Mobile Police Department. Officers responded to the store around 5:15 p.m. after employees reported that two men had taken multiple cartons of cigarettes without paying.

More than a week later, police released a photo showing one of the two suspects in hopes that someone would recognize him. Department spokesman Officer Terence Perkins confirmed the images were tied to the Tanner Williams Road theft but did not provide further description of either suspect.

Both men are wanted on charges of second-degree theft of property. Mobile police did not indicate whether the pair were believed to be connected to similar thefts elsewhere in the city.

Anyone who recognizes the man in the released photo, or who has information about the theft, was asked to contact the Mobile Police Department.

What the charge means

At the time, Alabama law defined second-degree theft of property as theft of property valued at more than $500 but no more than $2,500. It is a Class C felony.