LINCOLN PARK, Mich. – A 25-year-old woman from Alpena was taken into police custody after traveling roughly 250 miles to Metro Detroit following a theft in Northern Michigan.
According to authorities, Olivia Elizabeth McKinnon was identified as a suspect in the theft of a vehicle and a gun from a home in Ossineke, just south of Alpena. Police said McKinnon had been renting a room from the home for several weeks before leaving the residence with the homeowner’s Ram truck and handgun on Feb. 24.
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An alert was sent to Michigan State Police posts across the state and the stolen vehicle was found in the parking lot of a motel on Dix Highway in Lincoln Park. Police knocked on the motel door and identified McKinnon as the occupant, which led to the execution of a search warrant.
Police said they recovered the stolen handgun, the truck and a “quantity of prescription pills” from the motel.
McKinnon was arrested and transported to the Alpena County Jail. She’s been charged with unauthorized driving away of a motor vehicle, larceny of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm and felony firearm.
Her bond was set at $35,000 cash surety.
