12-5201 Devries Armed Robbery

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NEWS RELEASE

Grand Rapids Police Department


APPROVED: Lt. Mark Ostapowicz FOR RELEASE: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Lt. Mark Ostapowicz Phone: 456-4079 Fax: 456-4490 12-5201 On January 18, 2012 at 11:50 am, Officers from the Grand Rapids Police Department responded to the report of an armed robbery at Devries Jewelry located at 411 Leonard St. NW. The suspect described as a white male wearing a black jacket and blue jeans armed with a black handgun fled in a black Chevy Camaro after taking an unspecified amount of jewelry. Minutes after the robbery, an Officer from the Grand Rapids Police Department located the suspect vehicle and after a short pursuit and foot chase, a suspect was taken into custody without incident in the area of Alpine/ 3 Mile Road in the city of Walker. The suspect is lodged at the Kent County Correctional Facility awaiting formal charges. The Grand Rapids Police Department Major Case team is investigating this incident.

Sgt. Chris Postma Det. Jim Jorgensen

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1 Monroe Center, N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan 49503-2906

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