Hope police say that burglars attempted to remove the safe from the town’s Dollar General store early Sunday morning, by trying to pull it out of the store with a truck and a log rope.

And when that didn’t work, they came back the next night armed with two tow straps and a log chain.

But Marshal Matt Tallent said that he kept a reserve officer on duty last night to watch the store and that officer interrupted the second robbery attempt. Police chased the would-be burglars but eventually lost them.

Tallent said he will soon have more information on the vehicle the suspects were driving. This story will be updated. If you have any information you can call the Hope Police Department at 812-546-6402.