Ypsilanti police respond to break-ins at 5 businesses Monday morning

By John Counts Crime and courts reporter

Posted on Tue, Jul 17, 2012 : 3:23 p.m.

Five Ypsilanti businesses were broken into early Monday, according to police.

At 5:10 a.m., Ypsilanti police were dispatched to a business in the 600 block of North Huron Street because an alarm was going off. A window was broken and the business was entered, but nothing was taken.

Ypsilanti police responded to five break-ins at businesses Monday morning.

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Fifteen minutes later, officers responded to the 600 block of West Michigan. A window was broken and the business was entered, but nothing appeared to have been stolen, according to police.

A business located in the 10 block of West Forest Avenue also was entered overnight. Police were notified of the break-in at 7:30 a.m. Suspects reportedly broke a window to gain entry and took a television.

At 8 a.m., a breaking and entering was reported in the 700 block of West Michigan Avenue. The rear door was forced open and a cash register was missing.

The fifth break-in was reported at 9 a.m. in the 1700 block of Washtenaw Avenue. An unknown suspect entered the window and took cash, according to police.

"At this point we don't know that they are (related)," said Ypsilanti police Sgt. Brent Yuchasz.

The Ypsilanti Police Department doesn’t have a suspect or suspects at this time, but it continues to investigate.

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