ANN ARBOR: Police agencies work together following multiple pharmacy burglaries

Burglaries at multiple area pharmacies including in Ann Arbor, Dexter and Saline have been reported recently and investigators are working together to see if there is any connection.

Similar burglaries also occurred on July 4 and 19 in Canton Township, according to Saline police.

Detective Don Lupi, Saline Police Department, said there's been a rash of these burglaries all over. Others have recently occurred in Addison, Blissfield and Garden City.

Local investigators are working with police agencies within these jurisdictions to compare notes and investigating similarities, Lupi said.

Two of the recent burglaries occurred in Ann Arbor.

Lt. Renee Bush, Ann Arbor Police Department, said an alarm went off at 2:32 a.m. Friday at Stadium Pharmacy, 1930 W. Stadium Blvd.Officers were sent to investigate and discovered the front door was left ajar. Inside there were signs some items had been stolen.

The pharmacist there later identified the missing property as five bottles of cough syrup with codeine, Bush said.

A second incident in the city occurred when an alarm was set off at 6:27 a.m. Sunday at Village Pharmacy, 325 N. Maple Road, in the Maple Village Shopping Center.

Bush said the entrance door was also pried open there and it was determined some cash and several bottles of medicine were missing from the pharmacy.

No suspect information has been released for either burglary case in Ann Arbor. Continued...

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ANN ARBOR: Police agencies work together following multiple pharmacy burglaries