What some law enforcement officials have dubbed the ‘Thelma and Louise? case included a Dec. 21, 2004 robbery from an Independence Township Burger King restaurant, according to police reports.
Kimberly Ann Schultz, 44, and Carla Rae Colley, 41, both of Pontiac, were arrested in Livonia on Jan. 31 after they allegedly robbed a Wendy’s restaurant. Pontiac police say they have confessed to 10 robberies, and a coalition of law enforcement agencies are investigating incidents in several southeast Michigan communities.
The pair’s method of operation was similar in all the incidents, reports said, including the wearing of face masks and use of a black Ford Taurus.
Such was the case at the Dixie Highway Burger King, where a woman escaped with $892 in cash, according to Oakland County Sheriff reports.
The suspect entered the restaurant at about 7 a.m. on Dec. 21, ordering employees to the back of the store. Although she neither displayed nor implied a weapon, employees obeyed her orders to open the restaurant safe, from which she took the currency and rolled coin.
A drive-through clerk previously noticed a silver sedan, late confirmed to be a Ford Taurus, in the area, and reports said a similar incident occurred the previous week in Waterford.
Because of the geography involved, Detective Jerry DeRosia of the Independence Township sheriff substation said the local Burger King case may not be included in the actual prosecution. Courts follow a standard practice to include restitution to all victims as part of the eventual sentence, however, DeRosia said.