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Juvenile shoplifter held inside store until police arrive, Westland MI

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Westland, MI

A nonverbal autistic juvenile has returned to the store and is taking items again. Store clerks locked the doors to keep him inside until police arrive.

Audio|Source: Westland-Garden City Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Caller, as a play, states that the juvenile (name withheld), who took items from the store yesterday,
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has since returned.
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He should be wearing an orange shirt and gray pants and is now taking items from the store again.
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He is a nonverbal autistic person near West Michigan at the snow go or somebody.
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(name withheld). (name withheld).
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Zero for you. Video. Force him to go on.
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I apologize.
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Just for a new radio. Are you able to...
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...the clerk to lock them in the, uh...
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inside the gas station until you get there? Um, he tends to, uh, run away.
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A-from, per my call-taker, the doors are locked.

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