Monday, June 4, 2012

Authorities are looking for a suspect following a collectibles theft at an east Wichita business.

It happened at Friendly Oil Field Products, 5421 E. Kellogg, around 2 p.m. May 28.

Police said a man approached an employee from behind, saying, "Don't turn around or you're dead." He then tied up the employee in a back room.

The suspect got away with a large amount of silver collectible spoons and miscellaneous collectible coins. The loss is valued at more than $4,500 dollars.

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