Updated February 6, 2019

The Walkie Talkie bandits strikes a business in Giles County.

Surveillance video at Adult Book Store on Interstate 65-Exit 6 showed a masked thief wearing gloves, a backpack and cargo pants. He was carrying a yellow crowbar and police say he cut the phone lines and pulled a metal trash can from behind the business to the front door, where he proceeded to pry open the front door to the adult business.  

These thieves have eluded area law officers for two years, breaking into almost two dozen businesses by cutting  phone lines and disabling security systems. 

Once inside, the thieves disabled an alarm and used the business trash can to steal more than a $1,000 in adult products. 

According to Lt. Shane Hunter of the Giles County Sheriff's Department, this business burglar is well known and can be seen in the video using a yellow crowbar consistent with previous years.  

Dubbed the “Walkie Talkie Bandits”  group are now connected to burglaries from Alabama and across southern Tennessee. 

Hunter said they are professional. We have  been contacted by other agencies in Tennessee and northern Alabama who consistently have these same individuals involved in their crimes. They are mobile and  move from city to city and state to state.  

The bandits are coordinated and armed. If you have any information, call the Giles County Sheriff's Department.