The Kent County Sheriff’s Office is reporting overnight thefts from construction sites in Ada and Cascade Townships. In total, approximately $22,000 worth of generators, tools and construction materials were stolen throughout the county since last week. Additionally, a generator was stolen from a firework vendor in Gaines Township after it was broken into.
Construction site thefts are on the rise. In April, the KCSO noted an increase when approximately $23,000 worth of trailers, construction materials and tools had been stolen from different job sites.
In May, a 50-year-old Cedar Springs man was arrested after law enforcement recovered approximately $10,000 in stolen property.
Authorities arrested Dannon Semposki alleging his involvement in multiple thefts totaling upwards of $30,000 in the Cedar Springs area since March of this year. Detectives also recovered several stolen items belonging to residents in Kent County, northern Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula. Those items included construction tools.
KCSO encourages people living in new housing developments or with larger remodeling projects to call them or Silent Observer should they see any suspicious activity, and to have security cameras installed at their job sites and businesses.
