Amish horse and buggy stolen from Sturgis (Mich.) Walmart

[MichMan]

STURGIS — An Amish horse and buggy was recovered shortly after being reported stolen from the Sturgis Walmart parking lot Saturday.

The Sturgis Department of Public Safety was dispatched at approximately 5:30 p.m. to Walmart at 1500 S. Centerville Road on a report of a stolen Amish horse and buggy.

According to the report, the victims had gone into Walmart to shop. A truck driver parked nearby said he saw a woman take the horse and buggy from the parking lot. Police later in the evening located the horse and wagon parked in the 1200 block of East Chicago Road, and made contact with the suspect at a local motel. The 31-year-old woman, whom police reported having contact with earlier in the day, was arrested without incident and lodged at the St. Joseph County Jail. Her name was not immediately released, pending arraignment on charges of larceny and larceny of livestock.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/crime/2024/01/22/amish-horse-and-buggy-stolen-from-sturgis-walmart/72310789007/

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Thank you for adding the state to your OP. I get tired of trying to track

down where stories come from although I knew Sturgis is in Michigan.

[MichMan]

2. I'm sure the other 99% would have thought South Dakota because of the huge motorcycle events

[RAB910]

3. Were the thieves caught doing donuts?

[WestMichRad]

14. No, but the horses provided everyone with some road apples!

[coprolite]

4. In another time...

She might have been hung from the nearest tree for horse theft.

[Tanuki]

8. .....

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[AllaN01Bear]

5. grand theft horse and carrage? goad the police were able to solve that one quickly.

[marble falls]

12. Fortunately he had just dunked the last bite of dounut when the call came through.

[multigraincracker]

6. I'd bet the man doesn't press charges

That’s how they roll. Very forgiving and do not want to be a part of the English system.
Of course each community is different.

[Sneederbunk]

7. It's rumored that the horse was in on it.

[et tu]

9. some aren't well fed

[marble falls]

11. "Ay, go along and it's a baggo oats. Don't go along and it's next stop Ralston-Purina, what can I say?"

[marble falls]

10. They stripped it down ...

Amish cops use buggies, too. However a siren ist verbotin.


I apologize for offending any Amish DUers.

[Dave Bowman]

13. If she had tried to flee...

It would have been an interesting car chase.