DOLTON, Illinois (WBBM) — Masked thieves used sledgehammers to break into and steal cash from gaming machines at a bar and lounge in Dolton.

Surveillance video from early Wednesday morning at Lucky Star Entertainment on Sibley Boulevard caught the thieves in action. They were wearing dark clothing and ski masks.

The owner said this is the third time the establishment has been targeted.

“They got one cash box right here,” owner Mike Edmund said. “They took this cash box out, and they couldn’t get this one out but they was right at it. But look at this machine; it was terrible.”

Police think the suspects, either three or four men, used those sledgehammers to shatter the front door of the lounge before tearing up the machines.

Edmund said he’ll likely be closed for several days after thi

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