Featured photo: A 19-year-old Burton man charged with breaking into a local bakery and stealing cinnamon rolls, drinks and money from a cash register
FLINT – Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton has charged a Burton man with breaking into a local bakery and stealing cinnamon rolls, drinks and money from a cash register on three separate occasions
over the past several weeks.
William Quron Knott, 19, is charged with three counts of breaking and entering a building with intent, a felony punishable by up to ten years in prison; two counts of malicious destruction of property valued between $1,000 and $20,000, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison; and one count of resisting and obstructing police, a two–year felony.
According to evidence from the investigative reports submitted by the Grand Blanc Township Police, Knott first broke into the Cinnamom Bakery located on South Saginaw Street on November 16th. He did so again on December 3rd and December 6th. Shortly after the bakery’s alarm system alerted police of a break–in after the last incident, a team of responding officers from Grand Blanc Township and City, Burton, and the Michigan State Police were able to locate, apprehend and arrest the suspect who was later identified as Knott.
Police utilized a ground search, drone surveillance, and an MSP helicopter in their search for the break–in suspect. He was located in the backyard of a neighboring home not too far from the bakery. One of the items located on Knott’s person after his arrest included a handwritten note which contained the words “Cinnamom Bandit.”
Knott will be arraigned on the charges in 67th District Court.
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