LEONIDAS, TOWNSHIP, MI (WTVB) – The St. Joseph County Sheriffs Department is looking for a Grinch who tried to steal a stereo system from a vehicle that had gotten into a slide-off accident.
The incident was reported at about 3:20 a.m. Wednesday morning on Shannon Road near Blossom Road.
Police say the man who was in the accident flagged down a passing motorist who gave him a ride home to Union City. The complainant then went to a gas station and returned to the scene to dig his vehicle out of the snow and the motorist who had picked him up was at the vehicle removing the stereo system.
The complainant was able to recover his stereo and the suspect fled south on Shannon Road.
The suspect’s vehicle was recovered on Chipper Drive near Stowell Road in Colon Township.
The vehicle had an improper Michigan registration attached. The suspect is described as being six-foot-four who weighs about 250 pounds with a reddish/brown beard. Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact Dep Herman at (269)467-9045 extension 337.
