A co-owner of Southfield Liquor, 15672 Southfield Road lost more than $18,000 in cash and checks in the parking lot of the business when the robber, described as a man in his 20s standing about 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing about 160 pounds, cornered her at her car and demanded the bag of cash.

She resisted and he grabbed the bag and ran north on Quandt.

The woman returned to the store and told her husband, who called police.

She said she normally carries the day’s deposits to her car with the bag concealed in her pants, but could not that day as she was wearing a dress.

Baby formula stolen in front of children
A man and a woman allegedly shoplifted 17 cans of baby formula from Meijer, 3565 Fairlane Drive, while the woman’s three small children were present.

About 8 p.m. May 11, a loss prevention officer reported seeing the couple – a 25-year-old Detroit man and a 25-year-old Hamtramck woman – conceal the formula and other items in a diaper bag, baby carrier and the man’s pants pockets and attempt to leave the store without paying for them.

The man was arrested and transported to Allen Park Police Department and the woman was cited for retail fraud and left with her three children all under 5 years old.

Masturbator caught on camera
A video surveillance camera set up by a resident in the 9100 block of Reeck to catch teens he suspected of vandalizing his vehicle caught a different kind of disturbance May 12.

About 3 a.m. that day the man was watching TV and the video surveillance feed in his garage when he saw the camera capture a nude white man in his early 20s with shaggy blonde hair walk past his vehicle parked in the driveway and masturbate.

The man moved to a flower box in the front yard for a moment before leaving the screen and reappearing in the driveway and returning to the flower box where he sat for several minutes, continuously masturbating.

The homeowner grabbed his 44 Magnum revolver and went outside to confront the man, yelling at him and telling him not to return. The man then fled east down Wick.

The homeowner said he had never seen the man before but was concerned he may be a sexual predator or under the influence of drugs.

He said the man had no identifying marks except for a large tattoo on his back, possibly an eagle.

Motorcycle stolen
A motorcycle was reported stolen about noon May 9.

A resident of the 6800 block of Winona said he left the motorcycle on a pathway in front of his house about 10:30 p.m. the day prior and when he came back to it about 9:30 a.m. the next day, it was missing.

Dearborn
Porch furniture stolen
A man’s patio sofa and front porch table were stolen between 10 p.m. May 11 and 7 a.m. May 12 in the 7000 block of Payne Street.

There are no suspects.

Copper stolen out of house under renovation
A man renovating his vacant house in the 6000 block of Williamson discovered copper stolen out of it after leaving for about 30 minutes May 1.

The police report said the man left the house at 12:30 a.m. and returned at 1:26 a.m. to find copper pipes cut out. A neighbor did not see or hear anything according to the report and there was no forced entry or clear point of exit.

Leased vehicle stolen from parking lot
A 2013 Ford Mustang is still missing after being stolen from a Ford Motor Co. building parking lot at about 9 a.m. May 11, at 4751 Mercury Drive.

After it was detailed, the car was parked in the lot by a Ford employee between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. on May 11. The employee then turned in the car keys in to the supervisor.

Between 11 a.m. and noon, an employee from company leasing the car went to retrieve it and found the car missing. Security guards were notified at 2:20 p.m. There was no broken glass on the ground where the vehicle was parked.

No suspects have been reported.

Police on lookout for suspect
The Dearborn Police Department needs the public’s help to identify a subject who broke into two area businesses during the night of May 7.

The individual, described as a thin, white man in his 20s with short brown hair, smashed the front glass at Rasmia’s Hair Salon, 9704 Dix and ComputerTec, 9700 Dix, to gain entry into both stores. Multiple electronic items, including cash, were taken during the burglaries.

Anybody with information concerning these incidents is asked to contact the Dearborn Police Department Tip Line at 313-943-3012.

Dearborn Heights
Laptop stolen from vehicle
A man reported to police that his laptop computer, among other items, was stolen at about noon May 12 in the 26000 block of Hass Street.

The victim said his vehicle was parked and unlocked in his driveway when the laptop, laptop case and computer card were removed. There are no suspects.

Larceny leaves woman without jewels
A woman believes her son’s friends were involved in the theft of her jewelry which disappeared from her bedroom between Feb. 1 and May 12, in the 24000 block of Colgate.

According to police reports, the victim said she noticed numerous pieces of her jewelry — including a wedding set, bracelets, a pearl necklace, a diamond ring, two gold crosses and miscellaneous costume jewelry — were missing; the victim is unsure when the items were taken.

She said in the report her son had several parties and friends were over a lot during the time her jewelry was discovered missing. It is unknown who took the items from her her bedroom. Her jewelry was inside a jewelry box in her drawer. There appeared to be no forced entry or damage done to her bedroom.

Cash, charge cards stolen from woman
A woman discovered her purse was missing at 5:08 p.m. May 13 in the 800 block of North Beech Daly Road.

According to police reports the items stolen included her driver’s license, a checkbook with an unknown amount of checks, $150 in cash, approximately seven charge cards, a copy of her birth certificate, her Social Security card and keys to her house and vehicle. The victim cancelled her credit cards notified the bank about her checks. The report did not mention how she discovered her purse missing.

Lincoln Park
Crashes leave drunken driving trail
A man with a blood-alcohol level reported at nearly four times the legal limit made a scene at Fort Park May 10.

Witnesses and evidence told the story of a purple truck that weaved its way down the road, hitting a stop sign, a tree and five parked vehicles before stopping.

Police responded at about 11:20 p.m. to calls of a purple Ford F-150 that a woman watched steer from Cicotte onto Fort Park where it first hit a tree and then a stop sign before continuing.

The woman told police the truck then pushed a parked car onto a front yard, sideswiped another car and hit another head on before continuing to the next block, where additional cars were struck including another head-on collision.

Officers located the purple truck driving east on Warwick with a smashed front end and flat tires. A traffic stop was made, and when the suspect driver opened his door, several beer cans fell out of the truck. The 42-year-old driver smelled strongly of intoxicants and “could hardly stand on his own.”

The man was placed under arrest and was awaiting felony charges after a preliminary blood alcohol test of 0.31 percent, nearly four times the legal limit for drunk driving of 0.08 percent.

Thieves target repair shop
An estimated $16,000 worth of tools were reported stolen from Jack’s Auto Repair, 3120 Fort St., at about 11 p.m. May 12.

Police responded to an alarm and observed that the south side door was ajar and had been pried open. Officers determined that no one remained in the building, and waited for the shop manager, who said that a filled a tool chest, diagnostic scanner and assorted tools were taken.

The victim provided information on the stolen merchandise and police are investigating.

Melvindale
Items missing from shed
A lawnmower, weed whacker and various hand tools were stolen from a shed in the 18800 block of Harman Avenue May 9.

About 7 p.m. that day the homeowner noticed the items missing from the shed. She suspects the theft happened that morning or the night prior.

The lock was broken off the shed door.

Alleged peeper on the loose
A peeping Tom allegedly led police on a foot chase after he was reported peering into apartment windows in the 23900 block of Outer Drive about 10 p.m. Monday.

Officers chased the man, described as black, about 6 feet tall and 170 pounds and wearing a dark jumpsuit with white stripes and a baseball hat, along the east fence of the property and near several buildings in the complex until losing sight of him near Hanna Street.

They checked the area but could not find the man.

Southgate
Civic stolen from street
A woman told Police that sometime between 4:30 p.m. Monday, May 7 and noon May 9, her 2002 white Honda Civic valued at $9,000 was taken from the street.

The woman told police she has both sets of keys, has fully owned the car for years, and locked it when last seen. Police discovered no signs of broken glass, and entered the vehicle’s description into the Law Enforcement Information Network.

Vehicle robbed for tools
A customer at Lowe’s, 16140 Trenton Road, was robbed of an estimated $1,300 worth of tools Monday, May 7.

Police reported that the customer parked and locked his vehicle at 10:30 a.m., and when he returned at 11:40 a.m. noticed first the damage to the door handle, then the theft of an impact drill, nail gun, tool box, compressor and other tools.

Police noted the damage to the driver’s door lock, and are investigating.

Taylor
Tools taken from garage
A man reported the theft of more than $1,000 worth of tools from a locked garage in the 7600 block of William Avenue May 12.

Police were called shortly before 7 a.m. after the victim noticed that someone broke into the garage. Among the items reported as missing were a $400 welder, a circular saw, jigsaw and other power tools.

Police observed that the burglar moved a patio chair beneath a window, which had been damaged and broken into. Police are investigating.

Cash, game players taken from apartment
A woman living in an apartment in the 14000 block of Allen Road told police that she left home at about 7 p.m. Saturday, May 12, and returned at 9:30 p.m. to discover the theft of two video game players and cash.

Police were told the woman returned home and saw that the door was open, the apartment ransacked and that a $300 game system and $300 game system were missing, along with an estimated $500 in cash.

Police discovered no signs of forced entry.

Trenton
Drug store thief caught at scene
An off-duty Trenton police officer was waiting to make a purchase at CVS, 3575 West Road, May 10 when duty called.

The officer observed a white man in his late 20s try to leave the store with two containers of baby formula.

Alerted along with store management, the officer followed the man outside and wrestled him to the ground. The two were engaged when a Trenton patrol car, responding to store management’s 911 call, arrived on scene to assist in securing the man.

When questioned, the man admitted having two hypodermic needles in his pocket. Police collected evidence and took the man into custody.

Wyandotte
Ex wife suspected in account theft
A resident reported May 9 that his former wife had allegedly made electronic withdrawals from his checking account at Chase Bank totaling $3,300 without his consent.

He said the former wife is not on his account and he did not authorize the charges.

A cool running
A man left two old refrigerators in his backyard in the 1400 block of Oak while he waited for DTE Energy to pick them up, but neighbors said they were stolen by an alleged scrap metal thief instead.

About 1:30 p.m. May 10, the resident saw the refrigerators, which he said DTE was to buy back for $50 each, missing before the company was scheduled to pick them up. Neighbors reported seeing an elderly white man with a beard and driving a white van take the refrigerators.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

The woman parked her bike about 1 p.m. that day and went back to it about 10 minutes later to find it missing. There was no further evidence.

Caught red handed
An alleged shoplifter who cut himself while allegedly pocketing more than $226 in items from Meijer, 3565 Fairlane Drive, Monday used one of the stolen items to stop his bleeding.

About 12:14 p.m. that day, loss prevention personnel saw the 26-year-old Hillsboro man pocket items including designer cologne, whiskey, beer and men’s shorts by opening the packages with a knife. As he was opening one of the cologne packages, he cut his hand and swiped a towel from the home department to stop the bleeding before exiting the store without paying for any of the items.

Loss prevention called the police, who arrested the man after the Fire Department treated his cut.

Dearborn
Man’s car damaged while at work
An unpleasant surprise was waiting for a local store manager in the parking lot after his shift. Between 10:30 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. May 5, in the 2400 block of South Telegraph, police reports state that someone cut cables out of the victim’s vehicle, also damaging fuses inside of his fuse box.

When the victim left his job at 7:40 p.m., he noticed his car would not start. When the victim opened the hood he saw the damage and told police he was unsure if he locked the car door. According to reports, nothing is missing from his car. There are no suspects.

GPS unit stolen from work van
A DTE employee’s Global Positioning System unit was stolen between 9 a.m. and noon May 6, in the 7000 block of Appoline, according to police reports.

The employee told police he discovered his work van’s driver’s-side window was shattered at about 12:30 p.m. and nothing else was missing except the global positioning system unit. There are no suspects.

Windows slightly damaged by pellet gun
A local business’s front windows are damaged after they were shot with a pellet gun.

Between 6 p.m. May 2 and 9 a.m. May 3, at A&H Accounting, 13920 Michigan Ave., an unknown suspect shot two 6 foot-by-7-foot front windows with the gun; the pellets damaged the outer pane of glass. There are no suspects.

Dearborn Heights
Suspect breaks into house, owner unsure if any items stolen
An unknown suspect broke a window while attempting to gain entry into a house between noon April 27 and 1 p.m. May 2, in the 19000 block of Annapolis. When the suspects were unable to gain entry through the window, they entered through a side door.

The owner of the property moved out of the house but has maintained the property to prepare it for a short sale, according to police reports. The victim is unsure if the suspect stole any items from the house. There are no suspects.

Jewels, valuables stolen from house
A muddy shoe print was the only trace left by an offender who stole valuables at about 11 p.m. May 1, in the 8400 block of Grayfield. The unknown offenders pried open the back window of the house, pushed it up and entered the house. The suspect used a pillowcase from the main bedroom to take the victim’s jewelry box which contained a large amount of jewelry, an Mp3 player, a laptop and a mink coat.

The victim left the house at 7 a.m. and received a call from an alarm company at 10:58 p.m. The police checked for prints and took a picture of the muddy shoe print left on a floor by the offender after exiting the house through the back window. There are no suspects.

Vehicle not damaged in break-in though valuables stolen
A man discovered valuables were removed from his car at about 7:50 a.m. May 2, in the 25000 block of Hanover.

The car owner parked his vehicle in the driveway of his house at 11 p.m. May 1. At 7:42 a.m. the next day the owner discovered $40 in cash missing. A touch-screen radio and phone were also stolen. There was no damage done to the vehicle and there are no suspects.

Lincoln Park
Forgery suspected for fake dollar bills
Police are looking for a woman who paid for $13 worth of gas with one-dollar bills, five of which were counterfeit.

A store clerk at Sunoco, 1312 Fort St., called police shortly before 5 p.m. Monday after a customer, described as a white woman about 5 feet 5 inches tall, in her late 30s, with brown hair and wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, paid for gas with bills determined to be counterfeit.

Four of the bills bore the same serial number, according to police reports.

Surveillance footage at the store shows the woman shuffling various bills in her hands prior to approaching the counter. The woman left the station in a red sedan and drove south through the parking lot. Police are reviewing security footage and evidence.

Melvindale
Abandoned house broken into
Signs of a break in were found at a vacant house in the 2500 block of Emily April 27, but reports of squatters could not be confirmed.

Officers responded about 5 p.m. to calls of squatters in the abandoned house and found a door and window on the east side of the house smashed and opened. No one was inside the house.

Laptops missing after break in
Two laptop computers were reported missing from an apartment in the 100 block of Gale about 9:30 p.m. May 5 and signs of forced entry were found.

The resident said she was away from the apartment for about two hours that day, and when she returned, found the laptops missing from the kitchen table and bedroom.

The apartment door had been kicked in.

Neighbors did not report hearing anything related to the alleged crime.

Riverview
Drunken man arrested
A man was cited for disorderly person after officers found him passed out and apparently intoxicated in the median of Williamsburg Street about 2 a.m. May 6.

An officer noticed the man about 1:40 a.m. while transporting a prisoner and called a second officer, who attempted to rouse the 25-year-old resident. He was covered in vomit and smelled of intoxicants. The officer was unable to awaken the man, but he eventually gained consciousness long enough to vomit on a stretcher while Riverview Fire Department transported him to a nearby hospital.

Officers mailed him the citation.

Car call leads to arrest
When a Taylor man called police to report the alleged theft of his car Monday, he didn’t imagine that he’d end up in the back of a police car.

Officers responded to Rack N Roll, 13634 Sibley, about 2:20 a.m. that morning to investigate reports of a stolen car. The man, who had been drinking inside the bar, said he went out to find that his car had been moved.

Officers located the car in the lot and found no signs of damage to it. They then talked to bar personnel and patrons, who said the man had fought with a bar employee and had been asked to leave after allegedly punching the staff member. The Taylor man said the bar employee started the fight. Witnesses said the Taylor man did.

As officers interviewed the Taylor man, he allegedly took a “fighting stance” toward an officer, who then pushed his chest to create a “defensive gap.” He held the man against his car and instructed him to sit in it until a ride for him could be arranged. When he stood up again, he was arrested for disorderly person.

The bar employee declined to press charges.

Taylor
Gunshots traded at flea market
Police are investigating reports of two men whose parking lot disagreement at Gibraltar Trade Center included gunshots.

According to witness accounts to police, at about 10 p.m. May 4, one man fired shots from a .22-caliber rifle at another man, who returned fire with a revolver before running through the lot. He was picked up by other men in a blue Nissan.

The man with the rifle, along with three others, chased the Nissan in a red Dodge Avenger. Both vehicles were gone by the time police responded. Officers reportedly found seven bullet casings on the ground near where the rifle was said to have been fired. Additional evidence and bullets were collected, and police are investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to call 734-287-6611.

Police, school investigate knife threat
A gym teacher at charter school Taylor Exemplar Academy interceded when a fifth-grade student reportedly threatened a friend with a knife.

Police responded on April 25 to reports that the 11-year-old pulled a four-inch camouflage knife on a 10-year-old classmate. The teacher took the knife from the student, who was immediately suspended for 10 days. Taylor Police are working with school administrators and the parents of both students as an internal investigation will review the incident and take appropriate action.

Trenton
Cash, drugs taken in burglary
During a two-hour dinner absence, a man said his house in the 2900 block of Stanley was burglarized and $700 in cash, two debit cards and a prescription for a drug used to treat opiate addiction were taken.

The man said he was out for dinner with his fiancee and her parents and returned home shortly after 9 p.m. April 30, to discover the theft of cash and merchandise. He told police he noticed other items moved around, that a large TV was disconnected, and several drawers opened and rummaged through.

Police did not observe any signs of forced entry.

Pit bull bites puppy
Trenton Police and Animal Control officers are investigating a reported attack by a pit bull terrier on an 11-week old German Shepherd puppy.

A woman told police that at about 9:30 p.m. on May 3, she was walking her dog along the 3300 block of Middlefield when a pit bull came from the side of a house and bit the woman’s dog.

The woman said that the pit bull’s owner approached and apologized for the attack. The woman’s dog suffered some abrasions along the back and shoulder area, but skin was not broken.

The woman also said that the dog’s owner appeared at her house soon after to speak with her, and she believed he was concerned that animal control officials may take the pit bull away from him.

The woman told police she would take her puppy to a veterinarian and would pursue the matter after determining the extent of her animal’s injuries.

Wyandotte
Dog target of teens
A barking dog allegedly led to a scuffle between a homeowner and three teens who allegedly targeted his dog about 2 a.m. May 6.

About that time, a woman in the house was awoken by her dog barking from the backyard. When she looked outside, she saw three teens, one of whom said, “Damn, I almost had her around her neck,” as he lunged for her dog. The woman yelled at the boys, described as white with brown hair and in their late teens or early 20s, and they walked east down an alley.

She notified her husband, who followed the boys in his car and confronted them blocks away. One used profanity at the man before throwing rocks at him. He drove back home and called the police.

Man injured trying to thwart car theft
A resident of the 500 block of Biddle said a thief who stole his girlfriend’s 2001 Jeep ran over his foot in the process.

The man said that about 2 a.m. May 3, he returned from drinking and smoking marijuana in a neighbor’s apartment to find his apartment ransacked and his TV and phone missing.

He then heard a car start and recognized it as his girlfriend’s. When we went outside, he saw a white man in his 20s about 6 feet tall with a blond buzz cut inside the car. The man tried to pull him out, but the thief started the car, dragging the man and running over his left foot in the process.

The man declined medical attention and said he suspects the people with whom he was smoking marijuana, because he had bragged about his recent financial success to them.

He said he had never seen the alleged thief before.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

The vehicle’s passenger-side windows were broken out and two patio blocks were on the ground next to it.

The driver said the car belongs to his mother. Nothing was missing from it and the car keys were inside where he had left them.

Tablet taken during bowling outing
A bowler at Thunderbowl Lanes, 4200 Allen, reported an electronic tablet stolen several weeks ago.

The woman said she was bowling about 9 p.m. April 11 when she left it in her bowling bag for a few minutes. When she returned, it was gone.

The tablet contains a global positioning system unit and the victim hopes it will help locate it.

Garage looted
A resident in the 14600 block of Moore discovered items stolen from her garage about 1 p.m. Monday.

A fence leading to the garage that is always shut was open.

Missing were a bicycle, a snowblower, a lawn mower, and a large tool box containing hundreds of tools.

The homeowner said she thinks the door was locked about 1 a.m.

Dearborn
Gold stolen from car
A woman’s valuables were stolen from her vehicle about 3:30 p.m. April 30 in the 1500 block of Highview Street.

An unknown suspect stole $500 in gold, scrap, and rings from inside of her vehicle while it was parked in her driveway on Highview Street, according to the police report. It was unknown if the vehicle was locked.

The victim reported that her vehicle was broken into between 5 p.m. April 29 and noon on April 30. She added that her vehicle appeared to have been ransacked and she said she may have left the vehicle unlocked. She said there was no damage done to her vehicle.

Copper plumbing, other valuables stolen from business
A number of valuables were stolen from a local business.

Between 3:30 p.m. April 27 and 1 p.m. April 30, at Jacob’s Construction, 12825 Ford Road, an unknown person broke into the building through the east entrance, according to a police report. The owner of the property said someone stole a 50-pound roll of one-inch copper plumbing, six tires, (two of which included rims) and a brass torch head.

The owner added that the suspect removed a master lock from the east entry door and kicked in the same door. Police found a boot print on the east door.

No suspects have been discovered.

Catalytic converter stolen while at church
A woman’s catalytic converter was stolen while at church between 9:30 a.m. April 29 and 10:45 a.m., at 35000 Colson Street.

The victim parked her 2012 Ford Escape in the north parking lot of St. Barbara’s Catholic church at 9:30 a.m. and returned at 10:45 a.m. When she started her vehicle it made a loud noise, according to the report. The victim took her vehicle to a dealership where they told her that her catalytic converter was cut out from bottom of the vehicle. No suspect information was available.

Dearborn Heights
House ransacked, television stolen from house while resident out
When a woman returned to her house April 30 she received an unexpected, unwanted surprise.

At 11:06 p.m. that day in the 5000 block of Mayburn Street, she noticed her residence ransacked and her television was missing. An officer checked the house and observed the bathroom window was open where entry was apparently gained. The officer dusted prints on another bathroom window and lifted a single print where it appeared the offender pushed the window open. There is no suspect information.

GPS, purse, garage door opener stolen
A man is missing several items from his car that was parked inside of his attached garage.

Between 10 p.m. April 27 and 5 a.m. April 28, in the 26900 block of Cherry Hill Road, an unknown suspect entered the unlocked door of the victim’s Mustang and stole his global positioning system unit and the garage door opener to victim’s garage. The suspect opened the garage door with the garage door opener; it is unknown how the suspect obtained the garage door opener.

Another vehicle was inside of the garage and unlocked and the suspect entered both vehicles and stole the GPS unit and a purse and fled, leaving no evidence behind. The garage door opener still missing along with other stolen property. The report did not state which car had which items stolen from it.

Family member believed to have stolen dryer and put it on Craigslist
Mother’s Day might get a little awkward this year for one family. At 2:48 p.m. April 28, in the 4000 block of Roosevelt, a woman reported to police that her dryer was stolen out of her garage.

She told police that she believes her son broke into her garage on April 27, and took her dryer, later putting her dryer up for sale on Craigslist. An officer observed the walk-in east door of the garage had a deadbolt lock that was kicked open and the dryer was missing.

She confirmed that it was her son who placed the advertisement on Craigslist and sold the dryer because the return number on the ad was her son’s cell phone number. The mother told police her son lived with her for a few weeks after getting out of a rehabilitation center . She wants to prosecute. There were no updates on the whereabouts of the son.

Lincoln Park
Party ends with arrest, citations
A house party in a vacant home resulted in liquor and trespassing violations for four men — three 19-year-olds and a 23-year-old — and an 18-year-old woman after police were called to the 2000 block of Cicotte Ave.

Lincoln Park Police responded to calls that several people were inside a vacant home shortly after 10:30 p.m. April 29. Investigators noticed several lights on inside the house, as well as an orange city sticker indicating the vacancy. While officers were looking inside, they saw basement lights turn off, and entered the house.

Inside, officers encountered four men and a woman, several open beers and a mostly full case of beer. A 23-year-old Wyandotte man, the only occupant of legal drinking age, was placed under arrest for contributing to the delinquency of minors. He was transported to the Lincoln Park Police station and was awaiting charges as of press time.

One of the other three men told police he used to live in the house, but was unaware that his family had been evicted, as he was in Wayne County Jail at the time. The three men under 21 years of age and the 18-year-old woman were cited as minors in possession of alcohol.

Break-in nets TV, video game system
A 22-year-old woman reported the theft of $2,300 worth of electronics from her house in the 1800 block of Anne Avenue.

Police responded shortly after 2 a.m. April 29, and were told by the 22-year-old resident that she returned home to discover her front door had been kicked or forced in, and that a 52-inch TV worth $1,200, a laptop computer and a $300 video game system were stolen.

Investigating officers noted damage to the front door and frame along with descriptions and information on the stolen merchandise.

Riverview
Fishing equipment gone
Various fishing equipment was discovered stolen from a storage unit in Greentrees Apartments April 26.

The owner said he had placed them there about two months prior. Two fishing poles and a tackle box valued together at about $150 had apparently been pulled through the bottom of the fenced unit in the basement of the complex.

Sandbag used to break window
A sandbag was apparently used to shatter the driver’s-side window of a 2000 Jeep Cheroke parked in a parking lot in the 13900 block of Huntington.

An officer on patrol noticed the vehicle and saw the sandbag sitting in the driver’s seat.

The owner said she parked the vehicle there about 11 p.m. the day prior. Nothing appeared to be missing.

Purse taken from car
A purse was reported missing from a car parked in the 12400 block of Nixon about 5:30 p.m. April 28.

When the owner came back to her vehicle about an hour later, she saw the passenger window broken out and her purse missing. The purse contained her identification, credit cards and about $140 in cash.

A few hours later, the woman’s husband called to say he had found activity on one of the cards and traced it back to a CVS/pharmacy in Wyandotte and a Citgo gas station in River Rouge.

Southgate
Parking lot thieves take cash, ID
Two women reported the theft of purses, wallets, cash and other items from a locked vehicle in the parking lot of Front Row Sports Bar, 19364 Eureka Rd.

Police responded to a call from the bar shortly after 2 a.m. April 29, when two women left the bar and discovered the driver’s window of a 2006 Saturn was smashed, and their purses and other items missing. Along with a dozen CDs, more than $100 cash was taken.

Police are investigating and reviewing security footage.

Taylor
Thief grabs laptop through window
Taylor Police are investigating the theft of a $200 laptop computer taken sometime before noon April 27 from a home in the 10000 block of Mortenview Drive.

The woman who reported the theft said she last saw her laptop on a table near a side window at about 11 p.m. Thursday. Friday she saw that it was missing, and that the window had been pushed open.

Police collected evidence at the home and are investigating.

Trenton
Garage sale proceeds stolen
A resident of the 2100 block of Churchill told Trenton Police that someone stole a wallet containing an estimated $1,100 in cash, the victim’s proceeds from last month’s City-Wide Garage Sale.

The man called police at about 11:30 a.m. April 25 after discovering the theft of the cash-filled wallet. The man told police he last saw the wallet in a bedroom dresser drawer on Monday, and discovered it missing at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The man said his wife may have left the house unlocked.

Police reported that among the missing currency was a $20 bill that was “shellacked” and lightly covered with glitter,” and are investigating the theft.

Wyandotte
Bicycle taken from garage
A resident in the 800 block of Chestnut reported the theft of a bicycle from his attached garage sometime before 1:30 p.m. April 25.

The garage was closed except for a period during which the resident was grilling outside that day.

The bicycle is valued at $180.

CDs stolen
A resident of the 4000 block of Quarry said she saw someone enter her 1995 Ford Ranger and steal about 20 CDs about 1 a.m. April 28.

She said she yelled at the suspect to get away from her car from her apartment.

She suspects friends of other residents of the complex.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

About 8 a.m that day, the homeowner said she found the side door to the garage kicked in and items, including a lawn mower, an air compressor, and an air conditioning unit, missing. The garage was last seen secure about 6 p.m. the day prior.

Car vandalized at elementary school
A Dodge Caliber parked in the lot at Bennie Elementary, 17401 Champaign, was found vandalized April 20.

About 11:30 p.m. that day, the owner returned to the vehicle to find the driver’s side had been spray painted with “7 Mile.”

Dog bites resident
A German shepherd belonging to a resident in the 6700 block of Norwood allegedly attacked a neighbor about 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The victim said the man’s three German shepherds had gotten loose and he was walking toward the owner’s house to alert him when one of the dogs attacked him, biting him in the left leg, before letting go and biting his right leg. He suffered two puncture wounds and his clothing was torn.

The victim said the dogs often get out.

The owner was issued violations for dog at large and dog bite of a person.

Dearborn
Nearly $6,000 worth of items stolen from tool shed, garage
A woman was victim to a theft when her tool shed and garage were broken into between 4 p.m. April 20 and 8:30 p.m. April 23.

Officers responded at 9:20 p.m. on April 23, in the 7200 block of Kentucky after receiving a call about a breaking and entering. The victim spoke to her son who translated in English to the police what was stolen from her garage which includes: a portable camping stove, lawn mover, chrome dual burner grill and tool box containing miscellaneous tools. Items stolen from her shed include: three tool boxes, miscellaneous tools, a burgundy glass table with four chairs an umbrella and a snowblower.

The total value of her property stolen was $5,981, according to the police report. The double- locked side door of her garage door was pried open by an unknown device. Two padlocks were removed and no marks were on the shed door.

The victim’s son said April 21 at about 4 a.m. he woke up to a sound of a dog barking and he looked out of his window when he thought he saw the shed door open but he told police dispatch that he may have been seeing things.

Television stolen from apartment, entry gained with key
A television valued at $2,000 was stolen while a couple was vacationing.

Between 5 a.m. April 20 and 7:50 p.m. April 23, in the 5000 block of Heather Drive, the couple’s 55-inch television was taken from their apartment.

The report stated the wife left the couple’s apartment at about 5 a.m. April 20. It did not state when the husband left to join his wife in California. When they both returned at 7:50 p.m. on April 23 he discovered that his television was missing from their front living room, nothing else was reported missing. The couple believe the apartment maintenance might be involved, according to the report. There was no forced entry and a key was reported to have been used to open both the patio and apartment door. The report stated the suspect unlocked patio first but a latch prevented entry; the suspect entered apartment door with same key.

Tin snips found in car, no suspects
After leaving a wedding a woman received an unwanted gift inside of her car.

Around 8:40 p.m. April 20, at Dearborn Hills Golf Course, 1300 S. Telegraph, a woman found and old pair of tin snips inside of her 1999 Ford Taurus on her way home. The victim told Dearborn Police that she left her car locked in the parking lot during the wedding. The victim said her rear door is now difficult to open from the inside but it opens fine from outside. There is no visible damage that can be seen on the vehicle door.

Dearborn Heights
Two men sought in alleged theft at jewelry store
A retail fraud theft has police on the lookout for three men who were reported to have stolen a ring.

About 1 p.m. April 20 at A&E Gold & Silver Exchange Inc., 26410 Ford Road, two black men in their early 20s entered the store. The first man, described as wearing all black clothing, a black baseball cap and white tennis shoes, asked the store employee to see a ring. The 14-karat white gold ring was removed from behind the counter and the employee gave it to the first suspect. After receiving the ring, both suspects fled out the front door.

The second suspect, described as wearing a navy blue zip- up sweater with a plaid shirt underneath and blue jeans, allegedly acted as a lookout. Both suspects, described as clean shaven with short haircuts, fled south through Heights Shopping Center and got into a full-sized green van, driven by a third black man. The suspects were chased by the store manager into lot and another manager of a nearby store store saw two men get into a van parked at a nearby hardware store.

The investigation continues and finger prints and palm prints were lifted and there may be a video of the theft.

School video camera taken out of car; no suspects as of yet
A school project turned into a police report when a school camera was stolen out of a car. Around 9:30 a.m. April 20, three Dearborn High School students went into Gordon Food Service, 5720 N. Telegraph Road, to make a school video. GFS employees advised one of the students filming that he was not allowed to film in the store. The student then took the school video camera to the vehicle he arrived in, a black 1993 Ford Ranger.

The video camera was placed under the driver’s front side, according to the report. When the student went into the store and then left with his friends, the camera was reported missing. The student said there were no signs of forced entry to the vehicle and it was still locked. The school plans on giving the police the camera’s serial numbers for tracking.

Home invasion leaves woman without computer
A woman’s computer was stolen about midnight April 24,in the 4700 block of South John Daly, according to a police report. A police officer spoke with the victim who said an unknown suspect entered her residence through her southwest bedroom window, which was unlocked. There were no finger prints that could be successfully lifted for further investigation.

Lincoln Park
Purse snatched from pedestrian
A woman walking home from a friend’s house shortly before midnight Monday fell victim to a purse snatcher on foot.

Police reported that the woman was walking south on River Drive, just north of Emmons, when an unknown man, described as thin, about 6 feet 2 inches tall and wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans and gloves walked up behind her, grabbed her purse and took off running.

The woman tried to chase the thief, but he was too fast. The woman could not describe the suspect any further, she said.

Inside the purse were identification cards, a cell phone and an undisclosed amount of cash.

Melvindale
Bathroom trip leads to cash loss
An acquaintance of a woman living in an apartment complex in the 300 block of Gale allegedly stole $40 in cash Monday under the guise of using the bathroom.

The woman said she let the man in about 7 p.m. that day when he asked to use her bathroom because she recognized him from around the complex.

Once inside, she said he pocketed two $20 bills from her kitchen table and left, running to a nearby apartment.

Window linked to theft
Renters of a house in the 24000 block of Outer Drive linked a broken window on the rear of a house with a suspected break-in Tuesday.

About 5:30 p.m. that day, officers arrived at the house after a call regarding a burglary.

The occupants said everyone had left for the day by 8:40 a.m. that day, at about 5 p.m., two of the renter’s children came back and noticed the broken window. They noticed items missing and called their mother.

Officers noted that the window looked too small for anyone to fit through.

Riverview
Apartment fire extinguished
Police officers assisted the Fire Department in a basement fire at Green Trees Apartment Building, 20040 Fort St., about 11 a.m. April 18.

According to the police report, smoke filled the complex’s first and second levels.

Police evacuated residents.

No further information was available about the cause of the fire and calls to the Riverview Fire Department were not returned by press time.

Thief hits pharmacy
A burglar struck Galleria Pharmacy, 14720 King sometime before 10 p.m. April 20.

The outside glass door was broken and an object was used to pry the glass out. An interior door from the office to the pharmacy was also broken.

Nothing seemed to be missing, but several pill bottles were scattered across the floor.

Texts foreshadow vandalism
Mysterious text messages ultimately foretold the damage a resident of the 14000 block of Shenandoah found to her 2010 Ford April 21.

The woman reported receiving threatening text messages from an unknown email address on her phone several times that day. One of them warned “one day someone is going to scratch your car from end to end.”

When the woman went to her car parked in front of her residence about 7 p.m. that day, she found exactly that: a continuous deep scratch around the exterior of her car.

A note on the car used profanity and accused her of stealing someone’s boyfriend.

The woman said she recently went on a date with a man who said he has been single since January. She called him, and he said he does not suspect his former girlfriend.

Southgate
Smash-and-grab thieves strike twice
Police are investigating a pair of larceny complaints in which two vehicles parked at or near the YMCA, 16777 Northline Road, were broken into Tuesday and Wednesday.

A woman told police that she parked her Ford Expedition in the parking lot at about 9 a.m., Tuesday, and that another
motorist alerted YMCA staff at 10 a.m. that someone had smashed out a window. The woman said a $400 4G phone, purse, identification and perfume were taken.

A YMCA employee told police that on Wednesday he parked in a nearby Holiday Inn parking lot before reporting to work, and when leaving at 10 p.m. found that someone had broken a window of his Pontiac Grand Am and stole a sound board valued at $200.

Taylor
Foreclosed house looted
An employee of SIebro Cleaning company hired by property owner Safeguard to restore a foreclosed house reported to Taylor Police the theft of a $1,500 air conditioning unit from a home in the 7500 block of Pelham Road.

Police said that when the cleaning service arrived at the house shortly before 9 a.m. April 19, they discovered the unit missing. Police officers responding to the call observed cut wires and pipes leading to where the air conditioner was seated.

Ladder leads to burglary
A woman told police that one or more thieves made use of an extension ladder to gain access to her house through a second-floor window, and made off with a $350 flat-screen TV and $500 laptop computer.

Police were called to the 15000 block of Court Village shortly after 6 p.m. April 22. The woman said that she left home at 5 p.m. Saturday and returned home to discover the merchandise theft. An extension ladder was on the ground near the front door, and the woman said the upstairs bedroom windows were not locked.

Police found no signs of forced entry and are investigating.

Trenton
Playstation taken by burglars
Trenton Police are investigating the theft of a video game system taken from a home in the 3100 block of Charles sometime Sunday night or Monday.

Police responded to a woman’s call shortly after 4 p.m. Monday. The woman told police she left home at about 2 p.m. Sunday, and returned to discover the theft of a video game system and damage to the front door. Police observed the front door that was partly ripped from its frame.

Wyandotte
Construction prank causes hazard
A prankster on Goddard Road April 22 nearly caused several head-on collisions.

Someone pulled several construction barrells out from their original spots on the road, reducing Goddard to one lane of traffic. Several cars nearly collided before the problem was fixed.

Bar burglar gets shirts
Someone broke into the Dotte Pub, 116 Oak St. Monday and made off with $200 worth of sweatshirts up for sale.

The theft was reported about noon that day.

Surveillance footage shows a white man open the door to the storage unit and take the items.

The day prior, police were contacted about a suspicious man near the business, but when officers arrived, no one was there.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

After a foot chase from the store to a pond in the shopping complex, officers caught up with the man about 4 a.m. that day, where he said he had dumped two DVDs, valued together at about $70, into the pond after stealing them from Meijer by placing them in his hooded sweatshirt.

He was arrested.

I.D. leads police to alleged shoplifter
A purse and identification left behind by a woman who allegedly stole merchandise valued at $1,971 from Meijer, 3565 Fairlane, April 13 led police to her Allen Park house, but not to her.

A store loss prevention officer reported seeing the woman about 4:30 p.m. that day removing price tags with nail clippers and stuffing various pieces of jewelry into her purse.

The woman then allegedly went to the self-scan machine but failed to pay for the majority of the items. Store personnel led her into a store office, but she fled, leaving behind her purse and identification.

Officers visited her house and spoke with her husband, who was home caring for the couple’s children. He said the woman had a history of alcohol abuse, but he thought she had stopped drinking. He told police he would contact them when she returned home.

Dearborn
Two suspects arraigned, charged on felony larceny
Two Detroit residents were arraigned in connection with felony larceny from vehicles in Oakland county, according to a police report.

Ronald Koesatta Peterson, 28 and Fayonia Delecia Berry, 25, were arrested April 4, by Dearborn Police Department’s Special Operations Unit for larceny of catalytic converters, unlawful driving away of an automobile and receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle.

The DPD, along with several area communities have investigated the thefts of more than 100 catalytic converters. On April 4, the SPU began their surveilling the vehicle; leading them through several jurisdictions. The officers followed the drivers of the vehicle through Madison Heights, where the suspects stole three catalytic converters, according to the police report. Officers then arrested Peterson and Berry for the larcenies.

The pair were charged by the Oakland County Auto Theft Unit with felony larceny from vehicles in Oakland County. Peterson was given a $15,000 cash bond and Berry a $10,000 cash bond. Both are being held at the Oakland County Jail.

Dearborn police obtained felony charges April 11 against Peterson for the Dearborn incidents – one count of unlawful driving away of a vehicle, receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle, five counts of felony larceny from vehicle (catalytic converters) and a habitual fourth notice in Wayne County.

Peterson was arraigned April 13 in the 19th District Court in front of Judge Richard Wygonik. Peterson is scheduled for a preliminary examination at 9 a.m. April 27 in the 19th District Court. He was issued a $100,000 cash bond on the charges.

$40 worth of gasoline syphoned from vehicle
A man noticed $40 worth of gasoline stolen from his vehicle at 5:42 p.m. April 15 in the 20000 block of Boston. The victim said between 1 p.m. on April 14 and 5:30 p.m. April 15, an unknown suspect siphoned gas from his vehicle while it was parked on the street in front of his house. According to the report, the victim’s gasoline has been stolen from his vehicle several times in thepast few weeks. The victim made a police report of the occurrences in March. The responding officer said there were no tool marks or anything suspicious near the gas tank. The vehicle’s fuel door and gas cap does not lock.

Mp3 player, headphones, wallet stolen from vehicle
Several valuables were stolen from a man’s vehicle near midnight April 14, in the 5000 block of Orchard, according to police reports.

While parked in front of his brother’s house, the victim’s Mp3 player, a black men’s wallet containing two credit cards and the victim’s driver’s license, and audio headphones were stolen from his 2002 Honda Civic. The report said the crime occurred between 8:30 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. on April 13. The suspect is unknown.

On April 14, when the victim went to the police station to file a police report, he noticed his backpack stolen from the front porch. A laptop was reported to have been in the backpack. It is unknown if the same suspect committed both crimes.

Larceny from auto parts store investigated
Two suspects are still on the loose after allegedly stealing a toolbox from O’Reilly Auto Parts, 5120 Schaefer Road.

One suspect, a black man between 35 and 40 years old, is described as 5 feet 9 inches tall, medium build with a beard, wearing a black jacket with blue jeans. His accomplice was reported to be a black woman, and no description was reported.

The pair were alleged to have stolen a toolbox worth $130 from the store after the man walked into the tool section and selected the tool box at about 3 p.m. April 14. His partner allegedly left the store before him, heading to the rear parking lot to bring her car around, when the man fled the store with the tool box. The woman was near the front of the store with the car, a 2006 Silver Chevrolet Impala, when the man carrying the toolbox jumped in the back seat while an O’Reilly employee pursued him.

The man then yelled “go, go, go” to the woman who accelerated the car in reverse so the employee could not see the license plate. She then accelrated forward and fled south from the rear parking lot. The employee informed the police what was on the license plate.

Lincoln Park
Thieves nab bicycles
Two teen boys left their bicycles by the side of a house Monday evening and went inside to play video games. Not long after, they heard a dog barking, and when they looked outside the bikes were missing.

Police were called to the 600 block of Cleveland Avenue shortly after 6:30 p.m. by a woman who said that two bicycles — a $300 Kink Curve and a $300 DK BMX bike — were taken from the side of the side of the house.

Responding officers checked the area and found no sign of the bikes, and took note of the bike descriptions and information.

Dearborn Heights
Tools from garage stolen
A man discovered his tools were stolen from his friend’s garage at 3 p.m. April 17, in the 2000 block of Lehigh.

The victim said between March 29 and April 15, an unknown offender entered the garage through the side door and stole an air compressor, a compound saw, a jig saw and a hand saw. The victim said his tools were kept near the door.

Break-in attempt thwarted by citizen; man arrested
A resident’s evening got a little more interesting after noticing an attempted theft at 7:11 p.m. April 12 in the 20000 block of Lehigh.

A witness said he observed a man carrying a set of golf clubs from a detached garage, walking south on Lehigh. The witness then stopped the suspect, held him down and waited for police to arrive.

When the police arrived on a report of a fight, the witness informed the officer that he knows the residents who own the golf clubs and said the garage is not abandoned and no one should be removing items from it.

The officer then checked the garage and saw the side door kicked in, checked the residence and observed the rear door window pane to be broken out and the door unlocked. The officer checked the interior of the location and found nothing to be disturbed. The officer spoke with the suspect who said he found the golf clubs at the road for garbage. The owner denied the claim to the officer and said the golf clubs were kept inside the garage.

The officer arrested the offender for breaking and entering. The offender was transported to the Dearborn Heights Police Department by the officer.

Melvindale
Apartment burglarized
An apartment in the 300 block of Gale was burglarized sometime overnight April 14 when the resident was visiting his girlfriend.

The man said he left the apartment about 10 p.m. April 12 and when he returned April 13, he noticed a broken doorjamb and boot prints on the front door.

Officers believe, however, that the suspect failed to open the front door and instead gained entry through a bathroom window which was found opened.

Missing were $20 in cash, a pair of Mp3 player speakers and a bicycle.

Riverview
Three ticketed for drinking in parking lot
Three men were cited and released April 8 after officers allegedly caught them drinking alcohol in a 1995 Oldsmobile parked in front of Rack n Roll, 13634 Sibley.

About 12:15 a.m. that day, officers spotted the 36-year-old Detroit man, 37-year-old Romulus man, and 39-year-old Taylor man in the vehicle after responding to a request from bar staff to check for anyone drinking in the parking lot.

An open bottle of beer and an open bottle of vodka were sitting in the car’s cup holders and several empty beer bottles were in the back seat.

Officers also noticed an odor of marijuana and saw a plastic sandwich bag with suspected marijuana residue in the back seat.

A K-9 search confirmed the residue as marijuana.

Southgate
Tools taken from trailer
A man reported to police the theft of an estimated $500 worth of tools that were taken from a secured trailer parked in a construction company’s lot.

The manager of Cassino Construction, 13150 Dix-Toledo Rd., told police that sometime the night of Wednesday, April 11 before 10 a.m. Thursday, someone cut a Master Lock securing a trailer and stole from inside a drill, saw grinder and tool box.

Police reported that the thief may have been a transient resident from a nearby motel, and are investigating.

Taylor
Burglar strikes through unlocked doorwall
Police were called to an apartment in the 13000 block of Princeton Avenue shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday by a woman who’d been robbed of two $500 televisions.

The woman renting the apartment told police she left at about 11 p.m. Saturday and returned Sunday afternoon to discover a ransacked bedroom and theft of 40-inch and 42-inch TVs. She told police she locked the apartment door before leaving, but not the sliding doorwall.

Police found no sign of forced entry, and took note of the serial numbers on the electronics.

Motorcycle rider killed in collision
An early afternoon collision took the life of a 50-year-old motorcycle rider from Grosse Ile after he was struck by a car on Telegraph Road near Pennsylvania Road.

About 12:46 p.m., a 1990 Lincoln Town Car driven by an 89-year-old Detroit man, reportedly failed to yield when turning east from southbound Telegraph. The motorcycle driver was pronounced dead at the scene; his name and that of the driver were not released by press time.

The accident was under investigation by the Taylor Police Department Traffic Division.

Trenton
Coin boxes stolen from laundry room
An unknown amount of money was lost, along with the cost of damage to two laundry dryers when the coin boxes were pried out and taken from the basement of an apartment complex.

Police were called to Bretton Woods Condominiums, 1861 Baldwin, at 9:25 a.m. April 14, and were told that sometime since the previous night one or more thieves entered the basement and pried open the coin boxes on two commercial dryers.

Police were told that a key would be needed to access to the building and basement; no signs of forced entry were found and police reported that a current or former resident may be responsible.

Police collected evidence and are investigating.

Wyandotte
Drunken men arrested after street fight
Two men were arrested Monday after a street fight in the 800 block of Baumey.

A Wyandotte man and a Lincoln Park man, both 24, were punching and yelling at each other when officers arrived about 5 a.m. that day.

A third man was released after the men said he tried to break up, but was not involved in, the fight.

Both men were injured — the Wyandotte man with a bloody hand and the Lincoln Park man with a bloody mouth — but declined medical treatment.

Both had blood alcohol limits above the legal limit of 0.08 percent. The Wyandotte man registered a reading of 0.21 percent while the Lincoln Park man’s level was read at 0.15 percent.

Government vehicle damaged
A 2009 Chevrolet Impala owned by the U.S. government was reported vandalized Tuesday.

The car was parked behind the U.S. Armed Services recruiting office at 3179 Fort St., but the damage, a large dent in the vehicle’s rear quarter panel, was discovered November 19, 2011.

Personnel said the report was filed now for insurance purposes.

Police: Crash caused by fainting
An 84-year-old resident was transfered to Wyandotte Henry Ford Hospital after crashing his vehicle into a cement-walled mulch bin at the city’s recycling center.

The man apparently passed out at the wheel of his 2005 Honda Civic.

The vehicle sustained front-end damage and the bin was undamaged. Damage also was found on a chain link fence and post near the site.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

About 8 p.m. that day, the vehicle owner called to report seeing “God was here 3:16” scrawled in marker on the vehicle’s driver’s-side door. Profanity was written in the marker on the rear hatch.

Dog door used in theft
A dog door was the possible point of entry in a burglary Monday in the 14900 block of Keppen.

The family, arriving home from an out-of-town trip about 6 p.m. that day, and found no signs of forced entry but jewelry, $275 in cash, two handguns and 925,000 Iraqi dinars ($794).

The homeowner suspects her brother, who was recently released from prison in Florida.

Dearborn
Tailgate missing on parked vehicle
A man parked his 2011 Ford F150 in a parking lot and later found his vehicle’s tailgate missing.

April 9, in the 3000 block of S. Miller, the victim parked his vehicle in a lot on the Ford-Rouge property at about 1:45 p.m. When he returned at 11 p.m. and noticed his damaged tailgate.

There is no further information.

Woman assaulted in residence
An unknown suspect broke into a woman’s house March 31, and assaulted her mother in the 600 block of Yinger street, according to police reports.

About 7 p.m. April 8 in the 6000 block of Yinger St., the alleged suspect attempted to pry open the south entry door. The victim said she thinks the suspect was seeking revenge against her brother in the March 31 incident. It did not say in the report if the two incidences were related.

Closed cash register thwarted attempted larceny
A cashier at a bookstore confronted an alleged thief April 5, when she suspected a customer was attempting to steal money from the cash register.

About 11:40 a.m. at Rodegher Used Books, 23924 West Michigan Ave., a man came into the store and asked the employee to find a book for him. After looking for the book, the employee heard the man trying to open the cash register from the bottom. The man, described by police reports as a 5-feet-10-inch tall black man in his 20s, was unable to open the register because the owner placed tape over the register’s latch. He left the store empty handed, heading south on Telegraph.

When officers responded 20 minutes later to the attempted larceny, the employee said a similar incident occurred on March 23, but was never reported. This time a man was in a suit and tie asked the clerk the same question about finding a book, but took $20 from the cash register, discovered when the register was closed for the night. When the clerk confronted the man, he said he knocked over some pens by the register.

Dearborn Heights
Attempted break in failed at house with resident inside
Loud, continual pounding caused a resident to shout at attempted house invaders about 2:30 p.m. April 2 in the 20000 block of River Oaks Drive.

The victim was sitting inside with a care worker who then left to go to the store. Approximately five minutes later, according to police reports, an unknown person approached the front door and knocked hard on the door several minutes then left.

Several minutes later the person returned with a second person and began knocking on the front door and struck it very hard. The victim at the time was confined to a wheelchair and was sitting in the hall. When the door was struck two more times very hard the victim yelled out to the offenders asking what they were doing. They then fled.

The victim did not see the offenders but heard a man say something to another person prior to hitting the door. The door is described by the police report as solid wood and damage observed included a bent dead bolt lock and dislodged strike plate.

Attempted theft of stereo unsuccessful
A woman’s vehicle window was busted about 8 a.m. April 9 in the 20000 block of Annapolis.

Her 1989 Ford Ranger was legally parked on the street, according to the report, when and unknown offender busted the driver side window. The offender attempted to remove the car stereo but was unable to do so; the dashboard was damaged in the process. It was not certain if anything was taken. The responding officer saw a fingerprint on the driver’s side door near the window.

Loaded handgun, holster, magazine stolen from car
A man parked his locked vehicle from midnight to 8 a.m. April 6 in the 900 block of N. Inkster Road.

The victim reported to the police that his vehicle was broken into by unknown offender.

Entry was gained from the driver’s side rear vent window, where the victim’s loaded handgun, holster and extra magazine were stolen from an unlocked glove box.

Lincoln Park
Stolen car found in Detroit
A Lincoln Park woman told police her 2004 Chevrolet valued at $5,000 was stolen from her driveway in the 1800 block of Council Avenue.

The woman said she started the vehicle at about 8 p.m. Sunday, April 8, and it was stolen while she briefly went back inside the house.

According to police reports, the woman told dispatch when first calling that the car was stolen by her boyfriend. However, when officers arrived at her home, she denied saying it was her boyfriend, and told police she left the car running.

Lincoln Park police attempted to register the vehicle as stolen with the Law Enforcement Information Network, but the system indicated it had been impounded in Detroit. The car was reported as having been in an accident, and whomever was driving left the scene.

The woman was notified of where she could recover her vehicle.

Southgate
Bedroom window thief nabs tablet
After falling asleep on the sofa, a man in the 14000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue called police when he discovered a tablet, valued at $720, was stolen April 5.

The man called police at 5 p.m. April 6, and investigators noted that the bedroom window had been pushed open after someone cut through the screen. Police obtained information on the tablet and are investigating.

Vehicle for sale stolen from lot
Police are investigating the theft of a motor vehicle that was taken from a dealership parking lot April 7.

Investigators were told that a woman recently traded in a 2008 Ford Explorer for a vehicle of lesser value, a 2003 Honda, with Bruce Campbell Honda, 14801 Dix-Toledo Road. She was given a check in excess of $4,000 for the difference in value.

Dealership management was suspicious when a man walked in to inquire about the Explorer, even though it had not yet been advertised.

The vehicle’s description was entered in the Law Enforcement Information Network, and police are investigating.

Taylor
Jewelry stolen from unlocked home
Taylor police were called to the 12000 block of Inkster Road shortly after 5 p.m. April 6, by a homeowner reporting the theft of nearly $2,500 worth of jewelry.

“They leave the doors of the home unlocked and no forced entry was observed,” police reported.

The victim told officers that he left home at 8 a.m., and returned at 5 p.m. to discover the theft of a $2,000 gold ring with rubies and a diamond, and a $300 wedding band, among other items.

Police advised the victim to check local pawn shops.

Garage looted of electronics, hardware
A man in the 12000 block of Jackson Avenue told police that one or more thieves stole from his garage two laptops, valued at $1,000, and a $2,700 nitrous oxide system for fueling race cars.

The man told police he’d left the garage door open to allow a friend access during the day April 5. A surveillance camera captured someone other than the man’s friend entering the garage, and police are investigating.

Trenton
Tool thief hits neighboring sheds
Trenton police were called to the 4800 block of Valley at about 7:30 p.m. April 7, when a homeowner reported that his shed had been broken into.

The man and a neighbor first noticed the shed door open at about 7 p.m., and saw that the lock had been cut. Inside he noticed that a saw and jigsaw were missing; no estimated value was provided for the tools.

While police were on the scene, neighbors from the 4900 block of Valley said that their shed had also been broken into, and a weed whip was taken.

Police collected evidence at the first shed that was likely left behind by the thieves and are investigating.

Melvindale
Steel thief flees
A manager at Mill Steel, 18030 Rialto St., confronted an alleged scrap metal thief April 7 before the man sped off in a brown pickup truck.

The manager, who reported the incident about 10 a.m. Tuesday, said he saw the man, described as white and about 30 to 35 years old, take the scrap metal from a fenced-in area of the parking lot. When the manager approached the man, he drove off.

A check of the vehicle’s license plate number showed no prior record for the driver.

Riverview
Vandals hit several vehicles
A variety of items were thrown at parked vehicles March 29 to 31.

A sandbag was used to smash the front driver-side window of a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country parked in the 13000 block of Huntington March 29.

The sandbag was believed to be from a nearby construction site. Nothing was missing from the vehicle.

Bricks were used to smash a window each on a 2012 Toyota parked in the 17000 block of Koester and a 2011 Chevrolet parked in the 14000 block of Hamilton. Both were reported March 31.

Pieces of landscaping paver stone were thrown at a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro parked in the 18000 block of Harman. Scratches were found on the driver-side window and door. The incident was reported March 31.

Video game figure stolen
A customer in Game Stop, 17124 Fort St., allegedly stole a video game figurine March 30.

The customer, described as an 18- to 20-year-old white man, allegedly ran out of the store with a dragon statuette from the video game “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim,” valued at $100.

Another customer alerted store personnel to the theft while a line of customers formed at the register. The same customer said he saw the man leave in a blue mini van and took down the license plate.

Wyandotte
Booze thief strikes
A bottle of Jagermeister was stolen from CVS/pharmacy, 2025 Fort St., about 2 a.m. April 7.

A man described as in his late teens or early 20s and wearing a red zippered sweatshirt, jeans, a red hat and glasses and standing 5 feet 7 inches tall.

The bottle, valued at $33, had a security cap on it.

The suspect allegedly scaled a concrete wall and ran south down an alley where officers believe he entered a get-away vehicle.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

The man noticed the rip in the screen about 11 p.m. March 31. Surveillance footage from 4 p.m. the day prior showed a white man wearing a red hooded sweatshirt try to open the rear and side doors before cutting the screen on the rear patio window. He then reached in and tried to push the window open before leaving.

Converter swiped during school day
A student at Allen Park High School, 18401 Champaign, said her 2006 Buick’s catalytic converter was stolen while she was in school Monday.

About 3 p.m. that day, the student went to her car in the back parking lot to find the converter had been stolen. Several other cars in the same lot had also been targeted.

Dearborn
Valuables taken from residence
A Dearborn woman was the victim of a theft when an unknown suspect stole her valuables worth up to thousands of dollars.

Between 8:15 a.m. and 9 p.m. March 30, in the 5000 block of Heather Drive, the victim left her apartment with her door locked. When she returned the same day at 9 p.m., she noticed her front window pushed open, while the front door was still locked. Upon inspection she noticed her boots, valued at $250, were stolen, along with another pair of shoes valued at $460, a $1300 laptop and a television valued at $700.

Her neighbor was reported to have seen a man around 9 a.m. near the area, and they were unsure of his race. The man was described as being 5 feet 11 inches tall, 200 pounds, and wearing a black nylon jacket and jeans.

Burglars empty apartment
A building manager at an apartment complex said unknown people forced their way into an apartment at 9:19 a.m. April 2 in the 1000 block of Leonard, breaking a dead bolt and causing the door and door frame to splinter.

The manager said nothing was removed or damaged and the apartment is under renovation.

Copper stolen out of renovated house up for sale
Two heavy-set men between 50 to 60 years old are suspects on the loose in the area’s latest copper theft.

From 12 p.m. March 15 to 12:30 p.m. April 1, in the 7000 block of Middlepointe block, an officer responded to a breaking and entering that was discovered at 12:30 p.m. on April 1.

The victim, who was renovating the house, said someone had stolen copper and plumbing out of his basement and cut most of it from the house that was up for sale. A 1990s green-over-tan two-tone General Motors pickup is alleged to be the suspects’ getaway vehicle.

Dearborn Heights
Copper stolen out of business
Copper and an air conditioning unit were stolen out of a business on January 13, in the 20000 block of Powers, according to a police report on March 26. It was noted in the report that an unknown offender kicked in the side door and stole the copper and air conditioning unit.

Car vandalized in parking lot
A woman parked her vehicle legally in a parking lot according to police reports but her property was vandalized between 9 p.m. March 29 and 6 a.m. March 30 in the 2000 block of Westphal Drive. The victim said after she parked her car, an unknown offender stole all four of her tires and rims, leaving the vehicle on four landscaping blocks.

Woman falls victim to online scam
A woman looking for a job found herself in trouble when a Craigslist advertisement turned out to be false.

The unemployed Dearborn Heights woman replied to a Craigslist advertisement for a personal assistant position at her house in the 5000 block of Robindale and received a reply from a man who said the position was filled but a currier position was available and she could work from home.

After being accepted for the position, the victim was told she would make $620 a week, as long as she provided her personal information such as her address and telephone number.

The woman never spoke with the man on the telephone but she received several monetary transactions for nearly $3,000, in which he told her she can keep $310 for herself and forward the remainder to Western Union for an orphanage.

After several similar transactions, she received a check with the account held at First Republic for $1,950.67. When she was to deposit the check in her Bank of America account, the bank told her the check was fraudulent and they would shut her account down permanently.

The victim contacted First Republic Bank and the last check was allegedly drawn upon but not returned. The victim attempted to get copies of both drafts from the bank showing her statements. The victim lost $140 in the scam, but she hopes to clear her name of any civil or criminal liability.

Lincoln Park
TV, electronics taken from home
While a man was bowling, one or more thieves broke into his house and stole a $500 TV, a video game system and several video games.

Police were called to the 2100 block of University Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. The victim told police he left the house for bowling at about 6 p.m., and when he returned discovered that someone had pushed open a window to gain entry. Responding officers took note of several prints on the window and on objects that were moved.

Police collected evidence and are investigating.

Taylor
Drug store hit twice
Taylor police responded to “an irate store supervisor” at Rite Aid drug store, 9155 Telegraph, who said that two different shoplifters visited her store.

The supervisor called police at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 29, after the second of two shoplifters left the store with about $100 worth of merchandise, including 20 packages of deodorant.

First, a customer alerted the supervisor that a white man of unknown age, about 5 feet 8 inches tall, of medium build, was seen removing watches from packages. The man was stopped by the supervisor and patted down, with no sign of the merchandise on his person. Later, the packaging was discovered for an estimated $250 worth of watches.

A short time later, a 5 feet-9-inch tall white woman weighing an estimated 200 pounds was seen loitering in the store; she left without paying and was believed to have taken an estimated $100 in merchandise.

Both suspects were captured on video surveillance, and it was uncertain if the two were connected. Police believe one of the suspects is a resident of a nearby motel, and are reviewing surveillance images and investigating.

Southgate
Cash taken at church sale
A woman told police that someone walked off with a pouch full of cash that was taken from a Mom-to-Mom sale booth at a church fund raiser.

Police responded to Calvary Baptist Church, 15221 Eureka Rd., at about 11:30 a.m. March 31. A woman said she opened her booth to sell clothing at 7:30 a.m., and kept the receipts in a pink pouch. At 11:30 a.m. she noticed the pouch was missing, which contained an undisclosed amount of cash.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the church or Southgate Police at 734-258-3060.

Trenton
Gun, jewelry taken during home invasion
A woman returned home after a three-hour absence to discover broken windows and the theft of a 12-gauge shotgun and an estimated $500 worth of jewelry.

Police responded to the 3400 block of Third Street shortly after 2:20 p.m. March 31. The woman told police she left home at about 11:30 a.m., and when she returned at 2:15 p.m. she noticed a glass window on her porch was broken, and another door was open which she had closed and locked.

Inside, she found jewelry scattered around and discovered that a Winchester pump-action shotgun was missing from a bedroom.

Police located a shard of glass with blood on it, and attempted a K-9 tracking search. The window piece was taken for evidence and DNA examination.

Smashing spree takes out car windows
Trenton police are investigating a rash of broken vehicle windows in the city’s northern and eastern neighborhoods.

Eleven separate reports were called in between midnight and late morning March 31, each indicating a parked vehicle, broken windows and damaged hoods. Investigators located at most scenes either a brick or a large rock or piece of concrete likely used.

According to police reports, most incidents likely took place between midnight and three a.m.

At one location near the intersection of New York and Detroit streets, a man returned home from work just after midnight, and within minutes heard noises outside followed by a revving engine.

He discovered his 2000 Hyundai Tiburon sustained damage to the hood, windshield, roof and quarter panel.

Beginning around that time, police took similar reports from vehicle owners on West Jefferson, Ardmore, Kenwood, Fifth Street, Harrison, Evergreen, Westfield, Fourth Street and Truax.

Most vehicles sustained at least one broken window, and there was no common denominator among vehicle makes or models.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Trenton Police at 734-676-3737.

Melvindale
Woman sees tax fraud
A woman attempting to file her federal tax return recently found it already had been filed by an impostor.

The woman filed the report Tuesday, after representatives from the Internal Revenue Service directed her to do so.

The woman said she had been the victim of identity theft a few years prior when utilities were fraudulently put in her name.

Rack stolen from business
A man allegedly stole a steel rack from Core Electric, 25125 Outer Drive about 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Witnesses said a white man in his 30s driving a blue, red or primer-colored Chevrolet S-10 pulled into a fenced-in area of the business and took the rack, valued at $500.

Wyandotte
Brick thrown at car
A resident of the 1500 block of Dee went out to her 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday to see an unidentified suspect throwing a brick at her car.

The car was parked on 15th Street. The brick hit the door and window, which was not broken.

She saw a dark-colored sport utility vehicle with a spare tire mounted on its back driving away from the vehicle.

She suspects an 18-year-old Detroit woman who had allegedly threatened her on Facebook.

Thirst leads to theft
A sudden thirst may have led to the theft of a 2011 Cadillac from the 500 block of Plum March 29.

About 7 a.m. that day the owner started the car to leave for work when she remembered she had forgotten her water bottle inside the house. She went inside to get it and when she came out, the car was gone.

The car contained her house and car keys and several confidential papers.

Paint it, tan
Someone threw paint at several vehicles around 15th and 16th streets sometime before 7 p.m. March 29.

In the 3000 block of 16th, a resident reported tan paint thrown at the side of his 2007 Ford explorer. Several other residents on the block reported the same tan paint on their vehicles, and one on 18th and Grove reported red paint. All vehicles were washed clean with no damage.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

About 1 p.m. that day officers spoke with a supervisor who said he found a hole in the fence next to the rail road tracks near the property. Surveillance footage showed two men wearing hooded sweatshirts cut a hole in the fence and load the converters from a basket on the property into a tarp or car cover and leave east on foot along the tracks about 1:45 a.m. March 12.

Two days later, the footage showed two similarly-dressed suspects enter the same hole in the fence, cut a hole in the same basket and steal 10 converters. They concealed them in backpacks and left east along the tracks.

Taser used on alleged car thief
A Taser was used on a man who allegedly broke into a 2002 silver Mitsubishi about 4 a.m. March 23 in the 9000 block of Laurence Avenue.

Officers responded to a call about that time of two men dressed in all black shining a flashlight into vehicles. The suspects ran east on Laurence when they saw the officer and dropped the flashlight and cut baseball bat.

The officer chased them through several backyards to one in the 9600 block of Hubert Avenue where he yelled for one suspect, later identified as 21-year-old resident Christopher Ingle, to stop and show him his hands. When he declined, the officer warned him and then electronically subdued him with the Taser.

He was handcuffed and a screw driver was confiscated from his pocket.

Officers caught the other suspect, 20-year-old Justin Ronald Ingle, later in the 9600 block of Hubert.

The vehicle the men are alleged to have broken into sustained damage to its dashboard, which was partially removed. The radio was partially removed and the center console and glove box were open.

The men were arraigned on charges of larceny from an automobile and await a pretrial scheduled for April 25.

Gun found in car
An unregistered Glock pistol was found on man and woman stopped for speeding on Southfield Freeway about 3 p.m. Monday.

The passenger and vehicle owner of the 2001 Chevrolet Tahoe, Domanique Denee Jones, 24, of Ypsilanti, told the officer about the gun under the passenger seat but said it belonged to the driver, 22-year-old Rahim Mims, of Kansas City, Mo.

Mims denied ownership of the gun and both were arrested and arraigned. They await a preliminary examination of the evidence against them April 2.

Dearborn
Gas tanks, radio, among other items stolen out of truck tractor
Several items were stolen out of a truck cab with no witnesses or videotape to account for the alleged crime.

Between 6 p.m. March 14 and 7 a.m. March 15 in the 10000 block of Eagle, two 150-gallon capacity cylinder fuel tanks, a global positioning system unit, an in-dash radio, CD player and tool set were stolen.

The victim parked his truck cab in the west parking lot of All Points Trucking at about 6 p.m. March 14. At about 7 a.m. March 15, another trucker called the victim to alert him that his truck tractor’s gas tanks were stolen, along with the above mentioned items.

The suspect entered the cab, according to the police report, without forced entry. There were no witnesses. The lot did not have fencing surrounding the premises.

Evidence of dog, house invader leaves owners scratching their heads
A dog and an alleged burglar were unwanted visitors in a house at different times between 12:50 p.m. March 12 and 12:50 p.m. March 18, in the 800 block of Mohawk, according to police reports. The house, being renovated at the time of the break in, was empty and not lived in. The responding officer noticed animal fecal matter (most likely a dog according to the report) left in the house, along with scratch marks around the house and paw prints on several walls. The owners do not have dogs. The officer also noticed minor scratches on one of the door frames, noting it was a possible entrance.

The owner of the house told police she is staying with her husband and they are both ready to move back into the house. They have not been to the house since March 12. Contractors have keys to the house and returned them to the owners. The victims have no idea who the possible suspects are or how the dog entered her house.

Car stolen out of parking lot
A Dearborn police officer responded to a car wash after calls were made of a vehicle stolen. Around 8:50 a.m. March 16 at Glow Auto Wash, 20000 Outer Drive, a two-door 1996 Dodge Neon was taken without keys.

According to police reports the victim had his vehicle at a car dealer for service for several days; the vehicle was returned to him at the auto wash, where he left the vehicle in the parking lot, he was going to take the vehicle to his house at a later time.

When the victim arrived after work to retrieve the vehicle it was gone. The victim had his keys with him at the time of the crime. It was noted in the police report the victim did not give anyone permission to use his vehicle.

Dearborn Heights
Approximately $900 in valuables stolen from flea market
A Dearborn Heights officer was dispatched around 10 p.m., March 23 to Evergreen Flea Market, 20217 W. Warren, when the store’s alarm went off. At the store employees told the officer the store was burglarized and the suspects made entry through the rear door.

The officer noticed the rear door was pried open with a pry device. The door was secured by a dead bolt and had a pry cover. Two window air conditioning units and two lawn mowers were stolen. The owner is unsure of the makes and models of the stolen items, but the air conditioners were valued at $350 each and the lawn mowers are valued at $100 each.

Couple finds house ransacked, jewels, camera missing
A couple called the police when they found their house ransacked with valuables missing at 4:42 p.m. March 22 in the 8000 block of Dale. The victims arrived home to find their south basement window broken out and the south entry door ajar. The victims found some of their jewelry and digital camera missing. The value is unknown. The couple have no idea who might have broken in to the house.

Table set stolen off porch while resident inside house
A Dearborn Heights man will have to find new furniture for his porch after an alleged theft reported about 5 p.m. March 25 in the 20000 block of Hopkins.

A table and two chairs were stolen from the porch. The man said about 10 p.m. March 24 he was sitting in his chair on the porch when he went into the house. About noon, March 25, the victim noticed his two chairs and table were missing. The victim did not see anybody remove the items nor did he hear any noises during the theft, according to the report.

Lincoln Park
Open window leads to electronics theft
More than $500 worth of electronics were reported stolen from a bedroom in the 1900 block of Moran Monday when one or more burglars took advantage of an open bedroom window.

A man told police he left home about 2 p.m. Friday, March 23 for the weekend, and when he returned Monday morning discovered that someone had been inside. He called police, and reported the theft of a $300 television, a $100 video game console, and a $150 laptop computer.

Riverview
Cell phone thief arrested
A 27-year-old Lincoln Park man allegedly broke into his former girlfriend’s house in the 18000 block of Hilltop March 25 and stole her cell phone.

About 3 a.m. that day, the woman and her daughter were asleep in the woman’s bedroom when they awoke to the light being turned on. The man yelled at the woman for changing the code to the garage door. The man was in the process of moving out after the woman asked him to leave.

He took his clothes and a $500 cell phone she owned.

He was arrested for larceny and an outstanding warrant from Southgate.

Southgate
Harley stripped of gear
The owner of a Harley Davidson motorcycle told police that the bike’s two side compartments were stolen in the early morning hours of March 25.

Police were called to the parking lot of Maple Village apartments, 15805 Goddard, where the motorcycle was parked on a trailer. The owner said that shortly after noon he noticed the two side compartments missing, and a loose cotter pin on the ground. The owner said that the compartments, valued at $2,400, contained about $1,000 worth of tools and accessories.

Taylor
Thief strikes at mall kiosk
Taylor Police are investigating the theft of an estimated $12,000 worth of phones from a T-Mobile kiosk at Southland Mall, 23000 Eureka Rd., that took place Saturday night or early Sunday, March 25.

The kiosk manager told police that the merchandise and displays were secured when he closed shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday. When he returned Sunday, he discovered that someone had broken into the kiosk and forced open several locked drawers containing phones. Police are investigating.

Neighbors hit by same-day burglaries
Police were twice called to the 24800 block of Orchard Avenue March 23 by victims of home invasion burglaries and the loss of thousands of dollars worth of electronics and jewelry.

Police were first called at about 1:30 p.m. by a woman who said she returned home after a few hours’ absence and found several bedrooms ransacked. Among the valuables reported as stolen were 30 pairs of earrings with a total value of $1,000, two diamond rings each valued at more than $1,000, antique watches, necklaces and other items.

Police said that entry was likely gained through a rear door wall. A call was made from a neighboring house at about 4 p.m., when a woman returned home to find a side entry to her garage was kicked in, and entry to the attached house was made through an unlocked door. The woman said her house was also ransacked, and that a $1,500 Dell laptop computer and assorted jewelry were missing.

Police spoke with other neighbors, and are investigating crimes believed committed by two young, white men, both about 6 feet tall and thin.

Break-in bags TVs, laptops
An apartment resident in the 12200 block of Pine Street called police at about 8:30 a.m. March 22, to report the theft of two Hewlett-Packard laptop computers, with a total value of $1,400, two 32-inch televisions each worth $700, an Apple iPod valued at $500 and assorted items.

The woman said she left her apartment the day before at about 3 p.m., and returned to discover her door kicked in and the apartment ransacked. Police are investigating.

Trenton
Bikes, tools stolen from unlocked garage
Sometime between midnight and 9:30 a.m. March 25, a resident in the 200 block of Harrison told police that one or more burglars took two valuable bicycles and an estimated $1,000 worth of tools.

According to police reports, the homeowner said that a BMX bicycle valued at $250 and a mountain bike worth $400 were taken, along with tools including a $350 paint sprayer.

Police said that it appeared the burglars rolled some of the heavier equipment across the lawn and out a gate at the north side of the yard.

The homeowner said the garage was closed, but not locked.

Wyandotte
Firefighter gear stolen
Thousands of dollars in firefighter equipment were stolen from a 2012 Ford Flex parked in an alley behind the 500 block of Vinewood about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday.

The owner, a resident and Detroit firefighter, said someone must have entered the vehicle through its unlocked hatchback.

Missing items included a turnout coat valued at $1,300, turnout pants valued at $750, a helmet valued at $365, boots and gloves valued together at $300 and a self contained breathing apparatus mask valued at $6,000.

Man arrested after alley squat
A 48-year-old Riverview man was arrested about 10:30 a.m. March 19 after allegedly defecating in an alley.

The man was arrested for disorderly person after officers spotted him stumbling and slurring his speech in the alley near 23rd and Fort streets. A Bridge card was found in his pocket with a woman’s name on it, whom he said was his friend, and he was also charged with welfare fraud.

Officers attempted to contact the cardholder but she was not at home.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

The manager noticed the parts missing off of a 2012 white Chevrolet Equinox. The license plate was out of Ohio.

The police officers were unable to inform any driver because no one who owned or drove the vehicle reported the crime.

Motorcycle stolen from parking lot
A man noticed his motorcycle was stolen after leaving for work around 10 a.m. March 20, in the 3000 block of South Miller. The man went to work at 3 a.m. according to police reports and the vehicle was last seen around 5 a.m. by the victim’s co-worker.

Copper plumbing stolen from house
A house in the 7000 block of Freda Street was the latest in a string of copper plumbing thefts. Between noon March 11 to 3 P.M. March 18, copper piping was stripped out of a house that was remodeled from top to bottom after being put on the market a few weeks ago.

A Dearborn police officer went to the location after a friend checking on the house noticed all of its copper was stolen. The officer noticed the screen window to some areas of the house were pushed up and several partial prints were on the glass. The basement copper piping was cut and taken.

The house was last seen intact about noon on March 1. Neighbors saw nothing suspicious, according to the report.

Dearborn Heights
Restaurant damaged in breaking and entering
Dorians Restaurant, 15401 S. Telegraph Road, experienced some damage at 12:30 a.m. March 12 12:29 a.m.

An officer responded about that time to an alarm at the restaurant. At the restaurant the officer noticed the rear glass door to the restaurant to be broken out and the door ajar. The officer checked the immediate area for evidence and found none. The officer cleared the building with a K-9 chase and found no one inside. The owner reports nothing was taken.

Car damaged with possible BB gun
An unidentified car was damaged with a possible BB gun between 8 p.m March 13 to 6 a.m. March 14 in the 20000 block of Tireman, according to police reports. A Dearborn Heights Police officer went to the location where the vehicle was parked curbside on Bern Street and was unable to retrieve any evidence. The person fled in an unknown direction by unknown means, according to the report, possibly in a gray pickup truck.

Residents victim of robbery at home
A Dearborn Heights man was sitting at home with his mother and younger sibling about 11:40 p.m. March 15 in the 2000 block of Stanford when he heard a knock on his door. The resident headed for the unlocked door when it was opened by two black men with handguns.

The alleged robbers demanded money from the victim, while asking who else was in the house. The man said he had no money and only his mother and sibling were at home.

Upon hearing the commotion, the victim’s mother and sibling came into the room, where the suspects stood in the foyer of the house, while one of them dug in the victim’s pocket, pulling out $50 in cash and left on foot. They were last seen heading west on Stanford.

A K-9 tracked them on West Stanford, South Beech Daly and East Lehigh Street in Inkster where the track ended.

Lincoln Park
Stolen van recovered
A Lincoln Park man’s 2002 Chrysler Voyager, valued at $5,000, was stolen between 3 and 4 a.m. March 17 from the 1400 block of Montie Road, and located by police in a vacant Detroit lot shortly before midnight.

The man told police the locked Voyager was stolen from his driveway, and that he had both keys. The vehicle’s description was entered into the Law Enforcement Information Network, and was identified later that night in the 2400 block of Vinewood Street, Detroit. Officers who recovered the vehicle noted that the ignition had been punched in, and the vehicle was towed for pick-up by the owner.

Broken door invites theft
An estimated $1,400 worth of electronics were stolen from a house in the 1300 block of Ethel Avenue sometime Sunday, March 18.

A 20-year-old woman called police at about 8 p.m., and said she left at about 1 p.m. and returned to discover the theft of a 46-inch plasma TV valued at $1,000, a PlayStation 3 video game system and assorted games.

The woman told police that the front door had been damaged the previous night during a party she hosted, and that she was unable to lock the door that afternoon. She told police there was no additional damage done during the theft.

Police advised the woman to visit local pawn shops and provide information regarding the items.

Melvindale
Traffic stop yields drugs
A traffic stop on Oakwood and Harman Avenue Monday resulted in an arrest when drug paraphernalia was found on the driver, a 25-year-old Dearborn man.

About 12:30 p.m. that day, officers stopped the vehicle, details about which were not listed, for driving 45 mph in a 40 mph zone, when they smelled an odor of marijuana and asked to search the man’s vehicle, a request he denied.

A K-9 search turned up a single-use marijuana cigarette.

Siding swiped
Several feet of aluminum siding were discovered missing from a house in the 2700 block of Corbin Avenue about 9 a.m. Monday.

The owner, who had moved out 10 days prior, said he checked on the house every day but recently noticed 90 square feet of siding ripped off the west side of the house, an area he had not checked regularly.

Attempted theft stopped
A man in the 18000 block of Robert Avenue thwarted a theft from his neighbor’s house about 11 a.m. Tuesday.

He was sitting on the back porch when he said a Hispanic man about 5 feet 9 inches tall, husky and bald, attempted to open the neighbor’s garage door. The witness said the man was carrying a bike and a tool box. The neighbor yelled at the man, and he left in a black Chevrolet Silverado.

Nothing was missing from the garage.

Southgate
Warehouse raided overnight
More than $5,000 worth of merchandise was stolen from a warehouse not long after training sessions were held there.

Police were called to a warehouse used by Jackson Dawson Communications, 127000 Reeck Road, shortly after 9:30 a.m. Monday, two days after the theft was discovered. The manager told police that a training session attended by an unknown number of employees was held March 16, and the warehouse was secured at 6 p.m.

Saturday morning, the manager discovered a broken window and the theft of several thousand dollars worth of car-lock cable sets, and a 32-inch flat screen TV. It was believed that the thief was familiar with the building, as they avoided the motion sensors which would have activated the alarm.

Police observed broken glass on the outside of the building, but were unable to collect further evidence as the broken window was boarded and any damage inside was cleared.

Smash-and-grab thief lifts wallet
A security guard working in the 14000 block of Dix-Toledo reported the theft of his wallet and cell phone from his parked, locked 2007 Chevy Cobalt.

Police were called at about 2:30 a.m. March 18, by a man who said he locked his car at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. His car window was smashed, resulting in an estimated $500 worth of damage, and his wallet and phone were missing along with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Taylor
Dog trapped during burglary
A teenage girl returned home to the 6700 block of Hipp after school at about 2:30 p.m. March 15, to find the family dog locked in the bathroom. When her father arrived three hours later, he discovered the theft of an estimated $550 in cash from a hallway dresser.

The man told police that bedrooms were ransacked, but that the cash was all that was taken. It was possible, he said, that the thief was someone known, as the dog would not likely have been willingly locked in the bathroom by a stranger.

Taylor police took note of the scene, and are investigating.

Trenton
Would be thief held on warrants
An alert patrol officer may have prevented the theft of or damage to a large crane shovel at a construction site on West Jefferson.

A Trenton police officer cruising on Sibley near Jefferson heard a loud banging noise at about 1 p.m. March 18, and saw a man walking away from the likely source of the noise, a large metal crane shovel.

After turning around, the officer lost sight of the suspect. Near the construction equipment, he found a cordless drill stamped with initials, a broken drill bit and gouge marks on a metal locking pin connected to the shovel.

At the station, the officer removed the drill’s battery, and saw a name written on the casing. The name matched an address near where the shovel stood, and a Law Enforcement Information Network search revealed outstanding warrants and a suspended license.

The suspect was arrested at his home, and charges are pending related to the warrants.

Wyandotte
Thief strikes museum
Someone allegedly attempted to steal an air conditioning unit from a city-owned museum property about 7 p.m. March 19.

A city employee called about that time to report she saw a black man, about 50 years old, “messing” with the air conditioning unit. When she asked him what he was doing, he said he was working on it. She called her supervisor, who told her no one was scheduled to repair the unit that day, and when she came back to the area, the man fled in a green Chevrolet S-10 south on Biddle.

The power cord and a copper pipe had been cut.

Man arrested after brawl
A 31-year-old Riverview man was arrested after a fight in front of a house in the 2800 block of Third Tuesday.

According to the report, about 3 p.m. that day, officers responded to the area after the fight broke out between a 32-year-old resident of the block, a 31-year-old Flat Rock man, and the Riverview man, a former brother-in-law of the resident.

The resident said the two men drove by his house and started a fight about the man’s former wife, when the Riverview man reportedly punched the resident in the face. He had redness around his right eye and declined medical treatment.

The Riverview man allegedly yelled and threatened the resident during the police interview and was arrested for disorderly conduct.

The fight happened as nearby Garfield Elementary School was letting students out for the day and many walked by the fight.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)

About 7:11 a.m. that day, a resident of the 6000 block of Norwood Avenue walked out to her unlocked vehicle and found it had been ransacked. The cover to the center console was broken off and two pairs of sunglasses, valued at $250 each were missing.

Car scratched overnight
Someone scratched obscenities onto the hood of a 1998 Oldsmobile parked in the 15000 block of Euclid overnight March 8.

The driver’s side, trunk and hood also were scratched. The owner’s daughter is the primary user of the vehicle.

Bar goers bail on bill
Three men allegedly left Scoreboard Lounge, 18713 Van Born, March 10 without paying their bill.

About 3:30 p.m. officers responded to the bar, where an employee said the three men ran out of the bar after asking for their $55 tab but failing to pay it.

The manager chased the men outside and copied down the license plate number of the black 2009 Ford Ranger they left in.

The of the men was described as white, 5 feet 8 inches tall and obese, and the other two were described as white, 6 feet 1 inch tall and slender.

Dearborn
Store victim of larceny
Two suspects allegedly stole two transmissions about 1:40 p.m. March 12 on 12800 Southern.

According to the report, one of the suspects described as a Hispanic man, pulled his vehicle with a trailer attached into the business’ southwest parking lot.

A witness noticed that after parking the car, the suspects loaded the transmissions into their trailer and took off. After the witness alerted the owner of the store, the owner spoke with an employee who was suspected to be involved. According to the report, the employee denied it.

Windows damaged at Woodworth School
Damage was reported to Woodworth School, 4591 Ternes, about 2:30 p.m March 10

The damage occurred on the southeast corner of the building to their 2×3 glass window. Two windows were found on the ground. Entry was not gained, but there was glass on top of a board used to break the window.

Property destroyed, costing owner $125
Three nail holes created on a business rooftop and a section of plastic polyvinyl chloride piping broken off from an air conditioning unit, cost a business owner $125 in repairs.

Between 2 p.m. March 8 and 8 a.m. March 10 in the 2000 block of Reuter Drive, it is suspected that neighborhood teens climbed the roof of the business overnight .

The report states a business next door has closed circuit television recording facing the victim’s business.

The name and address of the business were not in the report.

Dearborn Heights
BB or pellet damages living room window
A homeowner was a victim of a BB gun or pellet shooting around 2:30 p.m. March 8 in the 4000 block of McKinley. The homeowner was sitting in her living room with the blinds closed and a security system installed, when she heard a loud bang. The homeowner thought it was a bird hitting her living room window.

When she opened the blinds she saw her window busted with a BB or pellet hole at the top of her window. The unknown offender fled north on McKinley possibly in a vehicle, an older gray or silver Mercury Grand Marque.

Silver watch stolen off of porch
A witness taped a suspect stealing a package off of a nearby porch between noon and 12:30 March 2 in the 5000 block of Dacosta.

The witness video taped the suspect as the suspect stole the package that contained a designer silver ladies watch.

First-grader takes knife to school
A first grader at Crestwood School District’s Highview Elementary School, 25225 Richardson, allegedly brought a pocket knife to school March 9.

The student’s teacher, notified by other students, took him to the principal where she called the police. The officer on the scene met with the principal to discuss the child’s actions. It was noted in the police report that the principal had previous problems with the student. The student was suspended until the School Board reviews the issues. The principal contacted Child Protect Services to investigate.

Lincoln Park
Two held after hit-and-run spree
Lincoln Park police took two 21-year-old Wyandotte men into custody Sunday, March 11, after a car chase resulting in at least three hit-and-run collisions with parked vehicles.

Police were called at about 4 a.m. by a man who said three unknown men were running through backyards in his neighborhood near Fort Street and Emmons. Police were also advised that three cars were involved in a chase nearby, and that one of the vehicles was involved in a hit-and-run in Southgate. Early reports also indicated a possible felonious assault.

Responding officers identified two men on foot, who took off running when approached by police. One was quickly apprehended, the second was caught on Kings Highway.

Southgate police took custody of the vehicle believed driven by the two suspects, who were transported to the Lincoln Park Police Station where an arraignment is pending.

Three vehicles parked legally in front of residences in the 900 block of Emmons were struck by the vehicle driven by the suspects. Lincoln Park and Southgate police are investigating.

Flasher caught at scene
When an employee discreetly called police to report a man exposing himself in a flower shop, a detective parked across the street detained the man within minutes.

Shortly before 10 a.m. March 11, a store clerk said a man entered Thrifty Flowers, 3421 Dix Ave., and asked about some flowers that were behind the register desk. The man had his hands down near his waistband, but she couldn’t see over the counter what he was doing. He then asked about items in the cooler, and she walked over to show him the plants.

When she turned from the cooler, the suspect was standing in front of her, his penis completely exposed.

The clerk said she calmly walked to the back room and called the police. She then returned to the front and pretended to take a call from another store; the man soon left.

An officer parked across the street took the call, and took the man in custody as he left the store. Police discovered several traffic warrants active for the 26-year-old Lincoln Park man, who was in custody pending arraignment.

Melvindale
House vandalized
A house in the 17100 block of Harman was spray painted with black paint twice in one day.

About 7:30 p.m. March 5, the resident called to report that someone had painted the back of the house with black spray paint and she had last seen it secure 15 minutes prior.

About three hours later, the resident called back to say that someone had spray painted with black paint again, this time with an obscene word. No one in the house saw anyone in the backyard, but according to the report a trespasser was removed from the yard several days prior. The homeowner said she has not been in arguments with anyone and has no suspects.

Teens take light
Three teen boys allegedly stole a garden light from a front yard in the 2300 block of Downing March 6.

The owners said they saw the boys take the light as they passed by the house about 7:30 p.m. and one of them chased the boys to find they had discarded the light. He asked them to help him find it, and when they did, he saw it was damaged.

Southgate
Car stolen during late night workout
A man told Southgate Police that his green 1995 Ford Mustang, valued at $10,000, was stolen while he exercised at Planet Fitness, 13591 Eureka.

Police responded to the call shortly before 3 a.m., and were told that the man parked and locked the Mustang at about 1 a.m. The vehicle keys were in a jacket pocket which was in an unsecured locker.

After he exercised, he discovered the jacket, keys and Mustang were missing. The vehicle’s description was entered into the Law Enforcement Information Network.

Topless bar burglary a bust
One or more would-be burglars fell short in an attempt to break into Henry VIII, 15480 Dix-Toledo.

Club staff called police shortly after noon Sunday, March 11, and said that sometime after 2:45 a.m. an attempt was made to break into a boarded-up door of the gentleman’s club. A sheet of plywood was ripped from the frame, and insulation was torn out to reveal a second, locked metal door.

Police took note of evidence at the scene, and are reviewing video surveillance images.

Taylor
Jersey thieves break in through wall
Merchandise with a retail value of an estimated $30,000 was stolen from Fanatic U, 16750 Allen Road, after burglars gained entry through a vacant adjoining building.

Police were called shortly before 1 p.m. March 11, by an employee of the sports apparel store who discovered a hole in the furnace room drywall, and an empty rack that held an estimated 120 authentic sports jerseys. Retail price on the merchandise ranged from $200 to $300 each.

Officers took note of the hole, and searched the vacant adjoining space, 16740 Allen Road, and found a box containing an undisclosed number of Detroit Tigers umbrellas.

The store employee told police that the motion detector had been activated several times in recent weeks, yet nothing was reported stolen.

Police are reviewing video surveillance footage.

Wyandotte
Drugs found on cyclist
A bicyclist who ran several stop signs March 11 was arrested after officers found 0.7 grams of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia on him.

The 43-year-old Wyandotte man allegedly ran three stop signs about 3 p.m. that day until officers stopped him at Ninth and Superior where he told police he had needles in his pockets. In addition to a needle with heroin residue, officers also found the marijuana, the stem of a crack cocaine pipe with crack cocaine residue and a prescription anti-anxiety pill.

Man arrested after hospital threats
A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly threatening security personnel at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital who declined to allow the drunken man to enter the facility.

The 45-year-old Wyandotte man, whose mother was a patient at the hospital, had been asked to leave two times the night prior and was driven home by police and told not to return at 5:30 a.m. that day. According to the report, about 7 a.m., he returned and told hospital security he would kill them if they did not allow him inside.

When he was told that police were on their way, the man fled across Biddle and ran through several backyards on Poplar between Biddle and First before officers stopped and arrested him.

(Compiled by Sherri Kolade, James Mitchell and Andrea Poteet.)