COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – The Branch County Sheriff’s Department and Michigan State Police are investigating a series of vending machine larcenies at highway rest stop areas in southwest Michigan, including the Michigan Welcome Center on I-69 in southern Branch County.
Detectives say the incidents happened between 5:30 p.m. Monday, January 25 and 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 26 at rest stops on I-94 and I-69. The Coldwater Welcome Center is located six miles north of the Michigan-Indiana border. State Police say the suspects removed change from the vending machines after prying them open in the overnight hours.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Michigan State Police at (269)558-0500.
