PLYMOUTH — On Oct. 14, Plymouth Police took a report of a stolen handgun. During the investigation, the male suspects were identified as Keegan Burt, 19, of Knox, Andrew Quinn, 19, of Plymouth, and a male juvenile, 16, from Warsaw.
They admitted to stealing the firearm, and showed Plymouth Detective Derek Workman a location where they had thrown the handgun into the Yellow River near the walking bridge on the Eastside of River Park Square. Detective Workman made contact with the St. Joseph County Dive team, and they agreed to come attempt to retrieve the handgun from the river.
On Oct. 24, several members from the St. Joseph County Dive Team dove the river and were able to locate the stolen handgun. No other items of note were located; however, the Dive Team did remove several other items from the river.
The handgun located was not suspected to be used in any other crimes and was taken to the Plymouth Police Department for Processing.
Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
