A suspect believed to be involved in multiple thefts was apprehended and taken into custody on Friday near downtown Monroe, Michigan.
The Monroe Police Department said it investigated a report that a cell phone was stolen that morning from a home in the 700 block of East Front Street. While officers had a description of the suspect, he wasn’t located during the initial search.
But in the afternoon, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a retail fraud report from Meijer, 1700 N. Telegraph Road, which is just north of the city in Frenchtown Township. The store’s security staff gave deputies a description of a person who matched the description of the suspected thief on Front Street, along with a list of items that were stolen from the store…