Horn Lake police are on the lookout for the bandits who are targeting coin operated machines at car washes.

Police say the men have hit one car wash at least five times this year. Officers say the men are swiping cash from the machines through a technique called “stringing.” By using a doctored dollar bill, the men are able to trick the machines into making change and also retrieve the bill.

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SOUTHAVEN, TN (WMC-TV) - Southaven police are investigating a brutal attack during a home invasion.

Officers charged 29-year-old Jeffery Threat with attempt to commit a felony and are searching for his accomplices.  Police say the home-invasion robbery happened Saturday morning at the Church Lake Apartments on Church Lake Drive in Southaven.

"I can't believe it happened because I thought this area was a safe area," said Mollie Baker, who witnessed the attack.

Baker said us the victim jumped from a second story window to escape his attackers. 

"It takes a lot of adrenaline to do something like that," she said.

Authorities say three suspects entered the victim's apartment, breaking the lock, while he was asleep.

HORN LAKE, MS (WMC-TV) – A man with a knife robbed a Horn Lake restaurant late Sunday night.

According to police, the man robbed the Golden Dragon Restaurant at 3025 Goodman Road around 9:00 p.m. Sunday.  The suspect, carrying a knife, demanded money from a clerk.  After taking the cash, the man left the restaurant on foot.

The suspect was described as a white male in his early twenties, standing approximately  5'8" to 5'9" with a medium build.  The man was wearing eyeglasses and a white polo shirt.