(Fond du Lac) Fond du Lac police announced Tuesday that the three people from Michigan involved in robbing the city’s Walmart have been arrested. On Sunday, law enforcement responded to the business on North Rolling Meadows Drive for a report of a robbery that occurred 20 minutes earlier.
Authorities learned that three suspects entered the store and made their way to the electronics section. One suspect requested to see an iPad and when an employee unlocked the door another suspect grabbed them and held them down while the other two nabbed nearly $3,600 worth of Apple watches.
The suspects were later observed at the Walmart in Watertown but fled before Whitewater police intercepted their vehicle in the parking lot of the Walmart in their city. The three suspects, two of them are age 24 and the other 22, have extensive criminal histories and are convicted felons.
There were taken into custody and transported to the Fond du Lac County Jail. All of the stolen merchandise was recovered. The incident remains under investigation.
