Westland police are searching for a suspect who stole hundreds of dollars from tip jars at a local Mexican market and restaurant in two separate incidents.
Watch Whitney Burney’s video report:
Suspect captured on video in multiple tip jar thefts at Westland business
The thefts occurred at La Tiendita, a family-owned business that has served the community since 2016. Surveillance video captured a group of young men visiting the store on Thursday. At one point, one of the young men stole money from a tip jar at the market. Days later, one of the suspects returned to the La Tiendita restaurant next door and stole the entire tip jar.
WATCH: Surveillance video shows both tip jar incidents:
Surveillance videos show theft from tip jar
“I was a bit upset. Mostly because we never have this kind of situation here,” said Christian Arreola, owner of La Tiendita. “Someone stealing here, especially money, but it happens. It can happen to anybody. It’s not really about the money — I mean, yeah, it is for our employees — but it’s just the fact that he had the nerve to do that sort of thing, especially with customers in here.”…