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2 arrested in connection with break-in at Birmingham coin store

Crime Monday is 3rd time Abbott's Coin on Woodward Avenue has been targeted this year

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BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Birmingham police have arrested two men in connection with a break-in at a coin store early Monday morning.

Police said a brick was thrown through the window of Abbott's Coin and Jewelry just before 4 a.m., triggering an alarm.

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Officers who showed up at the scene took a 21-year-old and 22-year-old into custody. Both are from Detroit.

Police said they chased a third person into the area of Normandy and Woodward in Royal Oak, but they got away.

The two who were arrested are being held pending charges from the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office.

Store plagued by break-ins

Abbott's was broken into April 3 and $40,000 in silver pieces and jewelry were taken.

Police said there was also an another attempted break-in on May 31.

They have not said if the two suspects in custody are being linked to the other two crimes.


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