Plymouth Police capture two juveniles in Park Side Mini-Mart burglary

Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 1:00 AM

By Kathy Bottorff

Tuesday night, Plymouth Police captured two juveniles who allegedly broke into the Park Side Mini-Mart at 1717 North Michigan Street.

City police officers were dispatched to the North Michigan Street business at 10:48 p.m. because the front door glass had been smashed out, and the suspects were possibly inside.

Officers arrived and learned that a store employee arrived as the suspects fled. The store employee chased the suspects with his vehicle and struck one of them. The suspects fled into the Northgate Trailer park on foot.

Plymouth Police officers and Marshall County deputies set up a perimeter. Plymouth Police K-9 Castor was deployed and began tracking the suspects. Castor tracked the suspects to the northwest, where they were taken into custody.

The suspects were found to be juveniles, and they were transported to St. Joseph Hospital for treatment and later released to the custody of a parent.

Plymouth Police are actively investigating this incident.

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