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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

GTV NEWS: Booze thief eludes arrest on bus


The Kent County Sheriff's Department is asking the public in help identifying a man accused of stealing alcohol from a store and then eluding an arrest attempt. 

Kent County sheriff's deputies were dispatched March 28 to investigate a retail fraud complaint at the Meijer store, 3757 Plainfield Ave. in Plainfield Township. Someone stole two bottles of alcohol and fled the store, according to a news release. 

A deputy witnessed the suspect get on a Rapid bus. The deputy then talked with the male suspect on the bus and ordered him to place his hands behind his back as the deputy tried to arrest him. 

The surveillance video on the bus shows the suspect resisting arrest and pushing past the deputy. 

The suspect then ran away. 

The suspect is described as a black male, about 18 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, and weighing 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a grey, hooded sweatshirt, and a black, winter jacket.   

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