Vineyards Liquor Store, 24692 Outer Drive in Melvindale, was robbed last Sunday night by a regular customer, police said. The employee on duty received a minor stab wound allegedly from the suspect’s knife. The attacker’s actions appear on surveillance video. Freddie Lee Smith, 52, of Melvindale, was identified by the victim and a customer witness. Smith was arraigned Tuesday in 24th District Court. He is being held without bond in the Wayne County jail awaiting a preliminary hearing at 9 a.m. on May 3 in the 24th District Court. … [Read more...] about Vineyards Liquor Store
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Allen Park Snowblower swiped A snowblower was early Monday from an unsecured garage in the 6800 block of Robinson. When the resident turned on a porch light to check out a dragging sound in the alley, he saw a white minivan with a ladder rack leave the scene via the alley behind his house. A second snowblower was left in the middle of the back yard. The resident said the van looked like one he had seen a local scrap dealer using. Car keyed A vehicle on Monday was keyed along the entire passenger side and on … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park Fishing gear gets away A man’s weekend started out badly at 2 p.m. April 9 when he discovered fishing tackle valued at $400 and rods collectively valued at $200 missing from his apartment building storage unit in the 4500 block of Willow Cove. The unit last was seen secured at 4 p.m. April 4; its lock had been pried off. Tools stolen from fixer-upper Power and hand tools worth over $1,400 were stolen from a locked house in the 15000 block of Regina between 5 p.m. April 10 and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. It … [Read more...] about Police blotter
Grant money will buy new police car video systems
One of the new vehicle digital video systems will be placed in the new Mustang, which was purchased with drug forfeiture money. By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – Police will receive five in-car video equipment systems as the result of two grants and drug forfeiture money. City Council members voted Wednesday to approve the purchase. The total system cost is $32,000, which includes five mobile digital video packaged systems with two cameras each. Police Chief Rick Cadez said the money will come from … [Read more...] about Grant money will buy new police car video systems
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Allen Park Pomeranian puppy-napped An 8-week-old male Pomeranian puppy valued at $450 was reported missing about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Allen Park Critter Shop, 19309 Ecorse Road. The owner suspected that contractors working late on the roof may have entered the shop through the ceiling. However, officers noted that the ceiling hole was too small to accommodate a person’s passage, and the inside of the shop was not wet from an earlier heavy rain. The scene and case were turned over to detectives. Flak jacket … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park ID fraud used to get health care A medically uninsured 45-year-old Plymouth woman was arraigned in 24th District Court and released Monday for impersonation and prescription fraud. Police said Denise Marie Watkins had used another person’s identification and health insurance card to seek medical care at Park Urgent Care, 15101 Southfield Road, on three or more prior occasions. She had paid the $20 office visit co-pay each time. When arrested March 27, Watkins said she used another person’s ID because … [Read more...] about Police blotter
Auction of artists’ boards to help fund skate park
By SUE SUCHYTA Sunday Times Newspapers MELVINDALE – The Melvindale Parks Project officials are hoping Thursday’s auction of artistically unique skate boards will help the city complete funding for a skate board park. Ironically, the boards helping to make the park a reality probably will never come in contact with concrete or wheels. Project officials plan to use money raised from their sale to launch the 20 percent matching fund needed to take advantage of a $60,000 grant from a Wayne County Parks millage, which will provided the … [Read more...] about Auction of artists’ boards to help fund skate park
Drug forfeiture money used by new police vehicles
A drug forfeiture windfall allowed Melvindale police to purchase a new Ford Mustang (left) and a Chevy Tahoe. A new Ford Exhibition, which is currently unmarked, will be used by the detective bureau. Last July a semi truck full of money was seized following a traffic stop. After a predetermined period of time passed, the Police Department was able to claim its share of the money with the caveat that it be used for drug enforcement activities. MELVINDALE – The Police Department has purchased three new vehicles recently using drug … [Read more...] about Drug forfeiture money used by new police vehicles
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Allen Park Mystery man wakes up in wrong house A resident in the 15000 block of Jonas woke up to find a disoriented stranger in his house Sunday morning who thought he was where he was supposed to be. The 37-year-old Royal Oak man exited hastily, leaving behind a shoe, cash, credit cards and a driver’s license. Nothing in the house appeared to have been taken. Church lawn damaged Five hundred feet of ruts were left across the front lawn of Angelica Lutheran Church, 8400 Park Avenue, between the night of Feb. 12 and the early … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park Calculated risk A calculator valued at $150 was stolen from a teacher’s desk Allen Park Community School, 14700 Moore, March 3 by a student who stayed in a classroom during a schoolwide assembly in the gym. When school officials announced a search for the calculator over the intercom, the student was observed by classmates tossing an item out the window. The student’s mother, when called later, found the calculator in her son’s bedroom. The boy then admitted to taking and retrieving it because he … [Read more...] about Police blotter