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$10K reward offered in northern Indiana gun store burglary

SHIPSHEWANA, Ind. (AP) - Authorities are offering a $10,000 cash reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the burglary of a northern Indiana gun store.

The LaGrange County Sheriff's Department says the break-in early Friday at Dutchman Hunting Supplies in Shipshewana resulted in the theft of a large number of firearms. The sheriff's department is offering the reward in conjunction with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The reward was doubled from its original $5,000 Monday afternoon.

People with information are urged to contact the sheriff's department at 260-463-7491 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-288-STOP.

Shipshewana is about 35 miles east of South Bend.