Money stolen in Captain Sundae break-in

Editor’s note: The above video is from an August 2023 feature on Captain Sundae.

HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A Captain Sundae location was broken into early Monday morning, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said.

It happened at the Captain Sundae near the Holland State Park, located at 365 Douglas Avenue near Van Dyke Street in Holland Township.

A burglar alarm went off around 12:35 a.m., the sheriff’s office told News 8. When deputies arrived, they found a break-in at the ice cream spot, with a smashed window that was used to get into the business.

Money was stolen, deputies say. The business doesn’t keep money on the property overnight, Captain Sundae President Karen Vandam told News 8 in an email, so all that was taken was some loose change.

“Unfortunately the damage done and the mess created was so much more costly than the few dollars in change they received,” she wrote.

The sheriff’s office is investigating and is working to identify suspects.

It is not the first theft Captain Sundae has experienced. The Douglas Avenue location — the original Captain Sundae that opened in 1980 — is on its second iconic wooden captain after the first one was stolen many years ago, Vandam previously told News 8.

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