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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia police are investigating a robbery early Monday morning at an SPCA office in the Juniata Park neighborhood.
The thief got away with a safe containing about $2,000 and an SPCA truck.
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The SPCA says it is cooperating with the investigation and declined further comment.
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