OTTAWA COUNTY (WHTC-AM/FM) — Ottawa County Sheriff’s detectives are looking for tips after a rash of cellphone store thefts, the most recently on Tuesday evening, Oct. 16, 2018, according to Capt. Mark Bennett.
Video surveillance spotted a group of three suspects enter a store just after 7 p.m. Tuesday, when the stop was still open, taken phones from display shelves after snipping the security cords, Bennett said
The spree appears to have started on Oct. 10, 2018, Bennett said, at the Cellular Connection on Cottonwood Drive in Georgetown Township; Oct. 13 thefts from a Verizon shop on Lake Michigan Drive in Allendale; and Oct. 15, from the AT&T store on Westshore Drive in Holland Township.
Last night, three people enterd the Sprint store on Baldwin Road in Georgetown Township just after 7 p.m., removed several phones from display cases and fled on foot, Bennett said.
Sheriff’s deputies using a K9 were unable to find the trio.
Ottawa County detectives are working with other jurisdictions “to see if these crimes are connected to similar incidents outside Ottawa County,” Bennett said.
Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to contact all the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department at 616-738-4000; or call Silent Observer at 1-877-88-SILENT; or text OCMTIP and your message to 274637; or submit an online tip at www.mosotips.com.
Silent Observer offers cash rewards for tips leading to arrests and convictions.
