Apple thieves strike again

AgDay Broadcast - More crime in farm country...this time involving the theft of thousands of apples and pumpkins from farms in Michigan and Indiana.

And more crime in farm country...this time involving the theft of thousands of apples and pumpkins from farms in Michigan and Indiana. Authorities now saying a “well-organized machine” of thieves appears to be behind the thefts. You’ll remember we told you about 50-thousand apples being reportedly stolen from Williams Orchard in LaPorte County, Indiana. Now, an estimated 7-thousand pounds of apples are reported missing from Spicer Orchards in Fenton, Michigan. That happened during the same week that 1-thousand pumpkins were pilfered from McCallum’s Orchard in Jeddo, Michigan. The Genesee County, Michigan sheriff says they are investigating...but don’t have any suspects yet...calling the heists “a major league operation.

- Clinton Griffiths, Editor, Farm Journal Magazine, News Anchor of AgDay

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