Last May, Michigan State Police troopers were given an antique safe a civilian found on North Straits Highway in Cheboygan County. After nine months, MSP is still looking to find the owner.
In a post on X, the MSP’s Seventh District posted a photo of the safe and asked the public for help identifying it. It was found along the roadway on May 8, 2024.
Ashley Miller, a lieutenant at MSP’s Seventh District, said a civilian found the safe near the intersection of North Straits Highway and Wing Road and turned it over to their office in 2024.
Miller said the safe was locked when it was found. Officers with the MSP have since opened the safe but found no identifying information in it.
“And we’re not releasing what was in the safe so that the owner, if they want it back, can prove that it was theirs,” Miller said. “But there was nothing identifying in there.”
Without any information that identifies the former owner, requesting information on social media is their last resort.
“We would hope a post would find the owner,” Miller said. “Maybe the owner would say, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s my safe.'”
The MSP’s Seventh District covers northern Michigan cities like Gaylord, Cheboygan, Traverse City and Cadillac.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Gaylord MSP post at at (989) 732-2778.
Contact Liam Rappleye: LRappleye@freepress.com
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Antique safe found on Up North roadway. Michigan police seek answers
