BYRON TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- The Kent County Sheriff's Office is investigating a string of vehicle break-ins Tuesday evening in the Planet Fitness parking lots in Alpine and Byron townships.
Witnesses told police the suspects were three younger males with hooded sweatshirts pulled around their faces, and all three were wearing surgical masks. The suspects fled in an S-U-V after breaking into one vehicle along Alpine Avenue and two vehicles along 68th Street, west of US-131, in Cutlerville.
The KCSO said in a news release:
The common theme was the victims left their purses and other property behind in the vehicles while inside Planet Fitness. The suspects smashed out the rear passenger side windows in each vehicle. Credit cards, cash, and wedding rings were among some of the items stolen and used at area stores in an attempt to make purchases. Some property and a laptop were recovered along US131 near 44th St and appeared to have been thrown out of a car window.
The KCSO has investigated different rashes of vehicle break-ins that occur throughout our community during the night and daytime hours. Please remove your personal belongings from your vehicles or at least lock them in your trunk to hide them out of sight.
If you have information that could help to move the investigation forward, please call the KCSO at 616-632-6125, or call Silent Observer at 616-774-2345 to report information safely and anonymously.
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