Police seek help identifying 3 people who stole expensive champagne from Lodi Township market
Authorities are attempting to identify these people, accused of stealing expensive bottles of champagne.
Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies are attempting to identify three people who stole three bottles of champagne from a Lodi Township market on New Year's Eve valued at more than $500.
Police say the same thieves also stopped at several stores in the Saline area, although it's unclear whether they're suspected of other thefts.
Sheriff's deputies said the three people, two men and a woman, entered Tippins Market at 4845 Ann Arbor-Saline Road at 2:44 p.m. Dec. 31. They stole the bottles of champagne and fled, police said.
The suspected thieves are seen exiting their vehicle.
The first thief (pictured in the top photo at left) was described as a white man in his 30s, wearing a black stocking hat with a green letter on it, a black puffy winter coat with fur on the hood, cargo-type pants with pockets on the legs, and brown or tan shoes. A witness said he possibly had a cast on his right hand, and the video shows he possibly was wearing white gloves with the fingers removed from them on both hands. He had a goatee, with mustache and beard.
The second thief was described as a white woman in her 40s or 50s, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, 190 pounds, with brown hair. She was missing teeth. She was wearing a hooded coat that goes past her waist, and the inside of the hood was a lighter color and had different material on the back in the formation of the letter T. She was also wearing a necklace with a large heart.
The third thief was described as a white man in his 30s, wearing a gray puffy winter coat with black shoulders, blue jeans, a baseball cap (dark colored in the back and dark and light in the front with lighter seams going down the hat and some emblem in the back of the hat). He was wearing a light colored shirt under his coat and dark colored tennis shoes.
The three left in a 1990s four-door blue Chevy Lumina with no plate and a temporary paper plate in the rear window. It had a luggage rack and was missing the driver’s side hub caps.
Anyone with information on the thieves is asked to e-mail Deputy Ken Smith at smithke@ewashtenaw.org or call the sheriff's tip line at 734-973-7711.
Comments
Killroy
Mon, Jan 10, 2011 : 8:22 a.m.
Hmm, this is a bit confusing. The people in the top images look nothing like the two folks in the bottom images, yet the article is titled 3 suspects?
Peter
Mon, Jan 10, 2011 : 1:39 a.m.
Meth has made its way into ann arbor. Run for the hills!
EMUgrad04
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 11:18 p.m.
@EightySeven - Not all people that live in trailer parks are trash/criminals. I had lived there for a bit because it was all I could afford at the time and close to my work. I am college educated, have a full time job, and was a frequent patron of Tippins. Bad people can live in trailers, apartments, single family homes, etc. Hopefully the police can catch these guys.
EightySeven
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 7:46 p.m.
What is the name of that community at the corner of Wagner & Waters Rd? Yes, the one where you can tow your home elsewhere. These great people look like they may spent sometime there. I really feel bad for the great people at Tippins.
Michelle
Wed, Nov 21, 2012 : 2:39 p.m.
Excuse me, I live in that 'community', and I have a nice house that we didn't lose because of the recession, my bills are paid, we have no debt, and I actually get to keep my paychecks and buy things like big screen tv's and leather furniture with cash. Most other people I know are in way worse situations than us and live in grand houses they can't afford. I will be a millionaire by the time I am 50, and that's not far up the road. Walk the shoes before you spout your mouth off and show your ignorance.
billw
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 6:49 p.m.
The woman in the middle photo is 190 lbs?? Where can I get one of those cameras? Not being able to look nearly that good in my photos (at 130)-that's the real crime here.
tommy_t
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 6:28 p.m.
One word comes to mind - ridiculous! Apply it as you will.
Joe Hood
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 6:25 p.m.
No such thing as High Definition video surveillance cameras?
smokeblwr
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 5:39 p.m.
In their 30s and 40s, driving a piece of junk car and are missing teeth....and their first priority is to steal expensive champagne?!?!? I guess ringing in the New Year with an honest bottle of the $5 stuff was too much to ask?
stevek
Sun, Jan 9, 2011 : 4:11 p.m.
Now those are some AWESOME descriptions!! Nice job. Hope they catch the criminals.