ALLENDALE TWP., MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2022) – Three teenagers are facing juvenile charges stemming from a burglary of an Allendale church last week.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Detective Captain Jake Sparks, the Life Stream Church off of Lake Michigan drive was victimized around 10:30 PM last Friday (Aug. 26). The crime wasn’t spotted by staff until the next morning, when they noticed that the perpetrators had broken in through a window, with electronics and computer equipment coming up missing.
It appears that the three 16-year-olds – one boy from Allendale and a boy and a girl from Holland’s North Side – had broken into that same church a day earlier, on August 25th, around 8 PM, taking more electronic items, some valuables, and cash, with a total value placed by the church at several thousand dollars. Detectives were able to identify the youths, and a search of their homes earlier this week turned up some of the stolen property and other evidence.
The three unnamed teens were released to the custody of their parents, and their cases will be handled through the Ottawa County Juvenile Justice system.
Sparks added that the case is still open, and anyone with any information is asked to contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department or Ottawa County Silent Observer (877-887-4536).
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