HOUSTON – Surveillance video released Thursday shows two burglars hitting a washateria in the Alief area.
Police said it happened on Oct. 31 at 6 a.m. in the laundromat just off Alief Clodine at Synott.
One of them punched a hole through a wall and even assembled a power tool at the crime scene. He used it to drill into the back of a change machine and stole all the cash. His accomplice, a woman, acted as a lookout.
The man is described as having a medium build with short brown hair. He was wearing cargo shorts and a dark colored T-shirt with "ARMY" on the front. The woman has shoulder-length brown hair and was wearing a dark-colored shirt and jeans.
Their getaway car was a dark-colored, four-door Toyota.