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The investigation is believed to clear open cases involving four stolen vehicles, six break-ins of homes or businesses and eight or 10 destruction of property complaints.

The teen has been turned over to his father and charges will be requested from the Sanilac Prosecutor's Office, said Croswell Police Chief David Hall.

A break in the case came last week when Officer Erik Wurmlinger questioned the suspect in a trespassing complaint at the Croswell Lexington Community Schools bus lot.

Wurmlinger noted this suspect had been spotted at the scene of several previous crimes the department has been investigating since October.

After the suspect and his

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father were questioned about these crimes, the suspect admitted to several of them. Wurmlinger returned to the police department to review other crime reports, then went back to interview the boy and father again.

Once presented with the evidence found at the crime scenes, the suspect admitted to his involvement in several more of the cases, Hall said.

The teen admitted to incidents involving:

*Malicious destruction of property at Theut Products Inc. However, the suspect did not admit to damage done to two trucks at that facility, Hall said.

*Break-ins at Lick's Ice Cream Store, Jensen Auto, Eager Beaver, The Rock Wesleyan Youth Center and the Croswell Fairgrounds.

*Break-ins at two local residences. One home was broken into twice.

*Trespassing in the Cros-Lex School District bus garage

*Several instances of graffiti.

Croswell police also have a separate suspect in the theft of an automobile that was stolen because its owner left it running and unattended.

The cases remain under investigation.