Thursday, June 2, 2016

A 19-year-old did more than $10,000 in damage to vehicles parked at the Grand Traverse Resort during Memorial Day weekend.

Suspect does $10K+ in damage to 30 vehicles at Michigan resort, police say


Authorities arrested a 19-year-old Traverse City man Sunday after being called to the resort at 5:23 a.m., when a woman found her car had been broken into overnight. Sheriff's deputies discovered about 30 parked cars had been damaged, with the destruction ranging from mirrors being ripped off and tail lights being broken to windows being smashed out. Police say a Jeep's soft top was slashed and a Cadillac Escalade's LCD radio display was destroyed.
Repair estimates are in the "tens of thousands of dollars," police said.

Police say the investigation led to the man, who was staying at the resort with family, and that he admitted to damaging the cars. He was arrested on felony malicious destruction of property charges and was lodged in the Grand Traverse County Jail.

Anyone affected by the offenses or who knows more about it is asked to call police at 231-922-4770, Ext 5955.