Suspect in Saline robbery a ‘very good suspect’ in two recent Tecumseh robberies

By JIM LINCOLN

A suspect in the robberies of two Tecumseh businesses this past week has been caught. The suspect is a 27-year-old Caseville, Mich., man who was nabbed in Saline after robbing Domino’s Pizza on Michigan Ave. Monday afternoon, according to press reports.

“He is a very good suspect,” said Tecumseh Police Chief Troy Stern, who cautioned that evidence is still being evaluated. The department is continuing its investigation and encourages anyone with information to call 423.7494.

The Caseville man held up the Saline business Monday at 3:30 p.m. when he took an undisclosed amount of cash. He assaulted an employee, who suffered abrasions and bruising, during the robbery, and was pulled over by police while attempting to leave Saline in a older blue pickup truck.

Police are comparing similarities to the robberies of Fabricare in Tecumseh on Thursday, Jan. 19, and on Saturday, Jan. 21, at Modish Hair Salon in downtown. In both robberies, an undisclosed amount of cash was taken at knifepoint, although no one was injured.

Fabricare was held up at 9 p.m. where one employee was working and able to give police a description of the suspect, but not of the suspect’s vehicle. The second Tecumseh robbery occurred in daylight around 5 p.m. during the downtown Ice Festival, where three employees of Modish Hair Salon and two pedestrians outside the business witnessed the suspect and his vehicle. He entered the hair salon by the front entrance and left through a back door where he had parked a dark colored pickup truck. He left the scene southbound on Ottawa Street.

Saline police reported that a Tecumseh woman and a child were riding with the Caseville man in a blue truck when it was stopped on Maple Road. The woman, whose identity was not disclosed, was repeatedly yelling “what did you do” to the suspect, according to reports.

The suspect is currently being held at the Washtenaw County Jail.