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GRAND HAVEN(MI)TRIBUNE GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN Two Grant-area men are in police custody after a crime spree spanning three counties and lasting several months. Officers from Muskegon, Ottawa and Newaygo counties have been working since June to identify the suspects that investigators call the "pillow case" burglars, said Lt. David Roesler of the State Police post in Grand Haven. Roesler said the men broke into more than 25 homes, usually in the late morning to early afternoon, and would use pillow cases from the homes to carry out stolen items such as money, jewelry and silver. Many of the crimes were committed while families were out of their homes attending funerals, Roesler said. Officers received the first information on the possible suspects three weeks ago, Roesler said. The two suspects were arrested in Muskegon County on Wednesday after they were followed from the scene of another crime. The names of the suspects have not been released pending arraignment in 60th District Court in Muskegon County.
WIRES GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN Police in southwestern Michigan say they have put to bed the case of the "pillowcase" burglaries. Over a period of months, burglars stole cash, money jars and jewelry from more than 25 homes in Ottawa, Muskegon and Newaygo counties. Each time they took a pillowcase off a bed to carry the loot. Authorities say the thieves sometimes targeted homes of people who were attending funerals. Police finally cracked the case this week after a state trooper found evidence at an Ottawa County crime scene that put them on the suspects' trail. The suspects were arrested after a woman in Muskegon County called police upon finding a cigarette butt on her kitchen floor and jewelry and a pillowcase missing. The suspects are expected to be arraigned Friday.
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