It seems thieves are targeting peanuts and Cracker Jacks this summer.
Police took a report Wednesday for a Little League concession stand in Manchester that had been broken into and pilfered of snacks. It's the second report of the week, the first coming from an Ypsilanti Township ballpark.
Deputies were called Wednesday to Kirk Park, located at 301 South Clinton Road, for the report of a burglary to a concession stand that had occurred sometime during the prior week, according to police.
The suspect or suspects forced open an access door to the building and stole pop, Gatorade, food and candy.
"It's odd," said Sgt. Geoff Fox of the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said about someone stealing from Little League concession stands. "It's something that's pretty rare."
Despite the incidents being reported so close together in time, given the geographical space between Ypsilanti Township and the Village of Manchester, investigators do not think the incidents are related at this time, Fox said.
On Tuesday, deputies were called to an Ypsilanti Township park in the first block of South Harris Road after receiving a report of a concession stand break-in that took place sometime during the weekend. Food and an undisclosed amount of cash taken, police said.
There are no suspects at this time in either incident.
If you have any information please contact the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office at (734) 994-2911 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP.
John Counts covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at johncounts@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.