EAST MOLINE, Ill. (KWQC) - Police are searching for a man they say broke into an equipment trailer, carted off with materials and later returned hours later to do it again.

Officials said a white man forcefully entered an equipment trailer at Blackhawk Electric in East Moline during the early morning hours of Aug. 9.

The man was wearing jeans, a baseball cap and a black Nike sweatshirt.

The man loaded electrical materials onto a cart and left the area. Officials said he came back a couple hours later, took more materials then left the area on a bicycle.

The value of the materials taken is over $2,300, officials said.

Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities at 309-762-9500 or use the P3 Tips app.

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