Three suspects in a series of area thefts, including while seeking "donations" at an Orion Township Sunday church service, are in custody and expected to face charges of stealing a parishioner's purse and credit cards.
On Jan. 20, two of the suspects approached parishioners at the Church of Christ on Hemingway Road during a church service asking church members for gas money or a donation so the three ? a mother, father and daughter ? could return to Tennessee, according to Oakland County Sheriff's deputies.
After they left the service, one church member noticed her purse was missing. The victim later reported the theft and upon contacting her credit card companies learned the stolen credit cards had been used at several area businesses.
Deputies obtained a surveillance video from a Meijer store in Auburn Hills, which showed three suspects together in the store and one using the stolen credit card. All three suspects left the store at different times and the vehicle they were seen using was also identified by the video.
Investigators put out a "be-on-lookout" message to Metro Detroit police agencies seeking help in identifying the suspects.
On Jan. 25 West Bloomfield police reported they had located the vehicle and identified the suspects who allegedly had been involved in a retail fraud in West Bloomfield.
Detectives from the Orion Township substation obtained a search warrant for a room at the Highlander Motel in Waterford Township, where the suspects had been living and their car was parked outside. Detectives recovered evidence including property related to the purse theft and credit card fraud.
Detectives learned the three suspects had been staying in Oakland County for the last 10 days after leaving Tennessee and the three are being investigated for other area property theft crimes. One of the suspects is in custody on an unrelated charge.
Two of the three suspects are expected to be charged in the Orion Township crime and detectives are crediting video surveillance photographs and crime information sharing practices with identifying the suspects and solving the crimes.
mmartindale@detnews.com
(248) 338-0319
Source: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20130129/METRO02/301290442/1009/rss02
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