Police: $150 in Little League fundraiser flowers stolen
Police are investigating the theft of $150 worth of flowers from the Neighborhood Family Health Center in Ypsilanti.
The flowers were part of a fundraiser someone who works in the medical office was having for their son's Little League baseball team, said Ypsilanti police Sgt. Thomas Eberts. The office is part of the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital system.
The flowers were delivered Monday morning to a conference room in the building, at 111 N. Huron St. in Ypsilanti, from where they were stolen between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., Eberts said.
“Some of the employees picked their (flowers) up,” Eberts added, but a thief came in and made off with the remaining batch, valued at an estimated $150.
The room is in a part of the building open to the public. Still, no one saw anything suspicious Monday.
“People are in and out of there," Eberts said. "No one witnessed it. There is no surveillance tape."
Employees noticed the missing flowers and contacted police that afternoon. The case remains under investigation. There are no suspects.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Ypsilanti Police Department at 734-483-9510 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK UP (773-2587).
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Doug
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 3:45 p.m.
No surveillance camera in a most vulnerable area? Perhaps a good samaritan with a few dollars to spare would provide one!
Jim Pryce
Tue, May 21, 2013 : 9:15 p.m.
People are trash sometimes. Long ago when I worked at a hardware store we would put up a tree with empty boxes wrapped in Christmas paper under the tree at Holiday time. The boxes would slowly day by day disappear.
Milton Shift
Mon, Jun 3, 2013 : 2:43 a.m.
LOL! cheffy1, that is awesome.
cheffy1
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 5:45 p.m.
back when T.V's where huge. we put an old toilet in a T.V. carton and left it in the back of the pickup at the mall around Christmas time. came out an hour later and it was gone. someone got a surprise Christmas morning.
mady
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 1:58 p.m.
Jim, I wish i could see their faces when they open these boxes and don't find anything but dust bunnies! @towncryer, i am thinking maybe dead fish? hahaha!
towncryer
Wed, May 22, 2013 : 2:03 a.m.
why empty? you should have wrapped up some nasty stuff, lol
dading dont delete me bro
Tue, May 21, 2013 : 7:48 p.m.
ftd?