Super 8 motel robbed by...nobody?

An investigation of a robbery at a Super 8 motel has determined that there was no robbery after all.

"It has been determined that an armed robbery did not occur,"
the Mount Pleasant Police Department said in a press release.
"The motel employee who reported the robbery instead gave the
money to an acquaintance."

The employee told police that he was robbed at gunpoint by a
black man around 6 feet tall. He claimed the suspect to be
around 250 pounds, in his early to mid-20s, and muscular with
facial hair, the police said.

The employee reported the supposed incident at 3:30 a.m. on
Sept. 6.

After investigating, it was discovered that the employee, a
clerk at the hotel, was actually working together with the
"robber." The "robber" is a 25-year-old male from Detroit.

The clerk, a 22-year-old Mount Pleasant man, reported the
robbery to attempt to cover up the fact that they worked
together to steal the money, said Dave Sabuda, a MPPD public
information officer.

"He just lied," Sabuda said. Sabuda would not release the
names of either individual until charges have been filed.
Neither of the men were students at Central Michigan
University, however.

Felony charges have been requested from the Isabella County
Prosecuter's office on both men.