MIDDLETOWN, Conn. \u2014 Police are looking for a masked suspect caught on surveillance video using an ax to force their way into a Connecticut military museum and steal several items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Middletown police<\/a> in a Facebook post say they responded to a burglar alarm at the Greater Middletown Military Museum<\/a> on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Surveillance video posted on Facebook<\/a> shows a hooded and masked person swinging the ax several times at a rear door lock mechanism to break into the museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Officers searched the area for the suspect with the help of a K9 unit but did not find anyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Museum officials tell WVIT-TV that the suspect took a replica .45 caliber automatic pistol from a Vietnam War display and did not get anything of value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neighbors near the museum have been asked to check their security cameras for any images of the suspect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The museum opened last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Navy Times editor\u2019s note: <\/b> <\/b><\/i>Authorities in Connecticut have asked readers in Middletown to check their security cameras to see <\/i>if the suspect is recorded<\/i><\/a> on video between Feb. 10 at around 10 p.m. until Feb. 11 at 7 a.m. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Chris Iovene at 860-638-4148.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\t