A Woman Steals an Amish Horse and Buggy from Walmart in Sturgis & She is Found at a Nearby Motel

A woman steals an Amish horse and buggy parked at Walmart in Sturgis, Michigan, and later deserts it near her hotel. Did she steal the horse and buggy to get a free ride to the St. Joseph County jail?

Walmart store; by Mike Mozart; CC BY 2.0 DEED

A 31-year-old woman steals an Amish horse and buggy about 14 miles from Centreville, Michigan, which is where more than 10% of Michigan's Amish population lives.

The owner of the horse and buggy was shopping in Walmart. What's even stranger is that she made contact with police at Walmart earlier in the same day, but that reason was not disclosed.

The details are below.

Woman Steals Amish Horse and Buggy in Sturgis, Michigan

Business Insider reported that a 31-year-old woman stole an Amish horse and buggy from Walmart on Saturday. A truck driver in the Walmart parking lot saw the woman take the horse buggy and told the police what happened.

The thief abandoned the horse and buggy about two miles away near the hotel she was staying at. The horse was unharmed.

Sturgis Police did not publicly disclose her name.

The woman was charged with "larceny and larceny of livestock," and is held in the St. Joseph County Jail.

The Sturgis Department of Public Safety posted about the incident on Facebook.

Sturgis Dept. of Public Safety

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