Police Blotter

Allen Park Driver switches seats to avoid tickets A Brownstown Township man was arrested after switching seats with the passenger in an attempt to avoid being caught speeding and possessing drugs during a traffic stop. At 10:52 p.m. Sunday, officers clocked a vehicle traveling 53 miles per hour near the intersection of Enterprise and Southfield Road, 13 miles per hour above the posted speed limit. An officer observed a 20-year-old man in the driver’s seat as the car turned southbound onto Norwood from Southfield. Before … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Washing machines’ coin slots cleaned out A total of $677 in quarters allegedly was stolen from six washing machines at an apartment complex in the 1900 block of Wick sometime between Saturday night and 8:20 Sunday morning. The tops of the machines had been cut off and a dryer had been stolen. The building’s manager told police each machine typically holds approximately $150 in quarters. Thieves reach through glass for register A cash register containing approximately $200 apparently was stolen from Opa … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Window awning taken from front yard A $2,300 red-and-white-striped window awning was discovered stolen about 6 a.m. Wednesday in the 14800 block of Champaign. The resident said she had taken it down Monday and placed it on the ground under a tree in her front yard. Locker stolen from employee break room An employee’s locker at Staples, 23035 Outer Drive, was broken into sometime before 4:15 p.m. Oct. 31. The locker room is in the rear of the store and not easily accessible to the public. The … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Teenager takes uncle’s pistol A 24-year-old resident of the 15000 block of Champaign reported Tuesday that his 17-year-old nephew recently stole a loaded chrome revolver from him. The resident said his nephew stayed with him Oct. 19, and that the gun had been placed inside a sport shooting bag in his bedroom closet Oct. 16 and 17. The resident discovered the gun missing after the nephew left. The man said his nephew, a Monroe resident, has a troubled past and is believed to abuse narcotics, and that he is … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Man steals games with threat of gun A 25-year-old Dearborn man told employees at Meijer, 3565 Fairlane Drive, that he had a gun after they saw him take seven video games ($143 value) out of the packaging and attempt to exit the store with them concealed in his jacket. About 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, loss prevention officers observed the theft and attempted to stop the man as he left and got into his silver 1991 Chrysler New Yorker, which had a Kentucky license plate. The man said, “Leave me alone, I don’t have … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Resident’s gold stash ransacked Several gold jewelry items and a whiskey wrapper bag filled with $4,000 in $100 bills were stolen Monday from a house in the 9900 block of Hubert. The resident had left for work about 6:15 a.m. and returned at 4:30 p.m. to find his video game console off the stand and on the couch. In his bedroom, all of the drawers were open and rummaged through. Some items from the drawers were on his bed, but several were missing, including a gold necklace; two gold charms; three gold-toned … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Patio furniture stolen A patio umbrella, two metal flower pots and two lawn chairs were stolen from a backyard in the 9700 block of Becker between 11 p.m. Oct. 3 and 7:50 a.m. Monday. The resident said he woke up and noticed the side gate was open, and that the property was missing. He said he had closed the gate the before going to bed. Bar tab goes unpaid A credit card was declined and a bar tab was left unpaid at Caper’s Bar, 23120 Outer Drive, after more than a week of grace time was given by the … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Beer run witnessed About 5:15 p.m. Monday, a white man with blondish hair approached the counter at the Party Shop, 7235 Allen Road, to ask about the price of a case of Bud Light. The clerk said the man appeared to be between 18 and 20 years old, so he could not purchase the alcohol. The man then ran out the front door of the store with the beer and around to the back of the building. A witness in the parking lot said the man with the beer and another man jumped into a 1997 Ford Escort driven by a woman, and … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park Man kicks down ex’s door A 23-year-old resident called police about 1 a.m. Tuesday to report that her ex-boyfriend, a 30-year-old River Rouge man, was in the process of breaking into her apartment in the 19300 block of Wick Road. She said she was sleeping when he knocked on her door. She told him to leave and refused to open it, at which point he kicked the door open and tried to take her phone as she was calling 911. He fled toward Pelham Road when she began talking to police. The woman is pregnant with the … [Read more...] about Police Blotter

Allen Park $25k in construction equipment taken from site About $25,000 in equipment was stolen from a construction site at on the southwestern corner of I-94 and Southfield Freeway about 9:30 a.m. Monday. The stolen equipment was dragged through the site, across the eastbound I-94 ramp to Pelham Road, over the dirt embankment and through a hole in a chain-link fence, where an unknown vehicle was waiting near Cortland and Van Born Road. Stolen items included about 1,500 feet of copper electrical cable that had been cut … [Read more...] about Police Blotter