SALINE: 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.

The alarm at Saline Pharmacy went off at about 4:50 a.m. July 21 in Saline. Police responded to the business, 75 East Bennett St., where the front door had been pried open.

Inside, multiple bottles of various medications were found scattered on the floor, according to the police report.

It appeared whoever was responsible jumped over the counter to a shelving unit that previously was used to store hydrocodone and OxyContin. Five bottles of medicine were discovered stolen from the pharmacy, none of which is a controlled substance or has a street value.

Deputies with the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office went to investigate a burglary alarm at about 7 a.m. Sunday at Dexter Pharmacy, 2820 Baker Road, in Dexter.

The main glass door to the pharmacy was shattered. Investigators determined two suspects forced two different doors open to get in. They stole money from the cash register and multiple bottles of medication from the pharmacy area.

Sgt. Keith Flores, sheriff's office Dexter post, said Vicodin was among the substances stolen. Continued...

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SALINE: Police agencies work together following multiple pharmacy burglaries