[kellyhound]

RENTON, Wash. Renton Police are asking for your help to identify this thief who stole the entire scratch lottery ticket dispenser at a gas station in the Renton Highlands area.

Watch the video above as a thief enters a gas station and quickly steals the entire dispenser before running out to his getaway car and taking off. The clerk goes to chase him with his bat, but the thief is too fast.

"Well, it was about $2,300 worth of lottery tickets and we don't know that at least some of those tickets have been cashed at other locations in Renton," said Commander Dave Leibman with the Renton Police Department . "Clearly this was planned well in advance. They parked directly in front of the ramp that led up to the front area of the gas station. The man walked in and immediately went to that ticket dispenser, ripped it off and high-tailed it. He knew exactly what he was doing."

"We know who the registered owner is and we checked registered owner's information and compared it to the video that we have and it's not the same person so right now, we don't know who that suspect is and that's what we're hoping that your viewers can help us with today."

The suspect is described as white, with a light brown or dark blonde goatee and mustache, wearing an olive colored shirt and Under Armour baseball cap. He was a passenger in a white getaway vehicle.

Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 if you know his name or have any information on where officers can find him.

[FunkPumpkin]

I can't believe that doesn't happen more often. Around here, the lottery ticket cabinets aren't secured to the counter in quite a few places.

I noticed this when I briefly worked at a Murphy USA gas station. Our lottery ticket cabinet was secured to the counter, but I was amazed how the others weren't at other places.

[zin0]

But can't they trace the tickets by a number if they get stolen?

What about the license plate?

Where was Oswald?

[FunkPumpkin]

Originally Posted by zin0 ↗

But can't they trace the tickets by a number if they get stolen?

What about the license plate?

Where was Oswald?

It is possible that they could scratch and turn-in tickets before the lottery commission could find the lost tickets in the system. I bet they tried to do that and, in fact, cashed in a bunch of winners.

[-NocturnalPulse-]

fucking hillbillys. Nice score dude.

[Necrotic Bowel]

Originally Posted by zin0 ↗

But can't they trace the tickets by a number if they get stolen?

What about the license plate?

Where was Oswald?

[Watcher===]

A classy steal! :D

Though in a way, it's better than robbing the cash register. $2,300 worth, my sweaty arse. They're worth nothing beyond the sales price, so who'll get in a gunfight to protect that?

Also, selling them at $10 for a pack of 5 to some dumbasses at least earns the crook pocket change and reduces his risk of capture.

At least he seems to know his level on the great ladder of criminality!!

[Watcher===]

Selling them's what he ought to do, anyway, I mean.

[spudigitti]

Scratch em all I bought 4 the other day I got one with a €4 and another with a free ticket to the value of the card innit !!