Laundromat Burglary Suspect Arrested

Kalamazoo, MI:  On April 26, 2008, at approximately 5:30 a.m., Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to a burglar alarm at Ye Olde Laundromat, in the 800 block of S. Westnedge.  Responding officers found that the business had been burglarized and confronted a suspect attempting to escape through an air vent on the side of the building.  When officers confronted to contact the subject, he fled back inside the business and hid in the attic.

Additional officers, including a canine team and SWAT members, responded to the scene and secured the building.  Officers entered the building, located the man in the attic and convinced him to surrender.

The suspect, a 44-year-old Kalamazoo man, was arrested for Breaking and Entering and Resisting and Obstructing Officers.  He was lodged in the Kalamazoo County Jail.

Anyone who may have information about this burglary is asked to contact Public Safety at 337-994 or Silent Observer at 343-2100 or www.kalamazoosilentobserver.com