By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON — Reports of a driver who might be attempting to drive his vehicle into the river channel near Elizabeth Park the night of April 11 drew police officers to the scene, where they found an unoccupied black 2003 Ford Crown Victoria stuck in the mud west of the footbridge, on the south end of Riverside Drive. After an initial search of the area, the driver returned to the scene, disoriented and not knowing where he was or how his vehicle became stuck in the mud near the … [Read more...] about Crown Vic stuck in mud near river
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Fire at former power plant
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TRENTON — Police officers and firefighters responded to the former DTE Trenton Channel power plant the night of April 18 following reports of a fire near the coal feeder on the northeast side of the property. A DTE senior field supply operator who first saw the smoke cloud and initiated the fire alarm said that no one should be in the building, which was not in use. Brownstown Township firefighters helped extinguish the blaze. … [Read more...] about Fire at former power plant
Senior’s storage yard burglarized
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TAYLOR — A 65-year-old Taylor man reported a larceny April 16 at his fenced-in storage yard in the 20300 block of Eureka Road. He said a locked pole barn was broken into, and a safe he had bought used but had never been able to open was pried open, with its missing contents unknown. Miscellaneous items stored in the yard had been shifted around, and two enclosed storage trailers were broken into, and a scrap battery stolen. … [Read more...] about Senior’s storage yard burglarized
Police officers given patient’s heroin
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TAYLOR — Beaumont Hospital, Taylor, contacted police officers April 15 to take possession of suspected heroin, which they found in the wallet of a patient, a 26-year-old Allen Park man. The medical staff provided a bottle, into which they had secured a short straw with a whitish-brown substance, either heroin or fentanyl. Because of the weight of the bottle, a weight for the narcotic, which was taken into evidence, was not immediately determined. … [Read more...] about Police officers given patient’s heroin
Rental truck stolen by friend
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers TAYLOR — A man whose friend absconded with his rental box truck April 16 following a move from Detroit to Taylor said that U-Haul indicated that he must file a police report documenting the theft if his acquaintance refuses to return the vehicle, so he won’t continue to be charged for the rental. The victim said he did not give his friend permission to take off with the U-Haul, which was entered into the Law Enforcement Information Network as stolen. … [Read more...] about Rental truck stolen by friend
Con artist uses download to defraud
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers SOUTHGATE — A Southgate man said that what he thought was a call from an Amazon account representative trying to refund money to him on March 12 led to an application being downloaded to his smart phone, which allowed the fraudster to siphon nearly $500 from the victim’s bank account. The victim said the con artist attempted three Zelle app transactions before he successfully stole money on April 14 from his account. The victim filed a police report a week after the theft occurred. … [Read more...] about Con artist uses download to defraud
Drunken driver cited
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers RIVERVIEW — A 43-year-old Southgate driver was arrested at 12:14 a.m. April 22 for operating while under the influence of liquor. The woman was drifting over the double yellow line and disregarded a red light, which resulted in a traffic stop. Her eyes were glossy and bloodshot, she slurred her words, smelled of intoxicants and admitted to drinking Bacardi rum. She failed multiple standard field sobriety tests. A preliminary breath test was administered, and the woman had a … [Read more...] about Drunken driver cited
Suspended license driver living in car
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers RIVERVIEW — A 58-year-old Southgate woman who said she was down on her luck and living in her car had her vehicle impounded and towed April 20 for driving with a revoked license, after having been warned in the past. The woman, who was driving an older model Oldmobile Eighty-Eight, had an expired license plate and no insurance. She said she was working at a coney island and was trying to get back on her feet again. She was allowed to remove her personal possessions from the car … [Read more...] about Suspended license driver living in car
Drive-through drunken driver
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers RIVERVIEW — The drive-through employee at a Riverview restaurant called police officers about 3 a.m. April 19 when they came in contact with a drunken driver at their customer window. The driver, a 32-year-old Southgate man in a silver sport utility vehicle, reportedly drove over parking blocks after exiting the restaurant drive-through to enter the nearby gas station parking lot. A police officer spotted the driver traveling south in the northbound lanes of Fort Street to re-enter … [Read more...] about Drive-through drunken driver
Apartment ignores identity theft
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE — Gale Gardens Apartments’ leasing agent and property management company has reportedly been unresponsive to a Utah woman, who filed a verbal report with the Melvindale Police Department April 22 about an identity thief who has used her name, Social Security number and credit history to rent an apartment at Gale Gardens. The woman asked the police officer to go to the apartment to find out who has rented an apartment in her name, because the leasing agent and property … [Read more...] about Apartment ignores identity theft