Allen Park
I always feel like somebody’s watching me
While enjoying a quiet evening, an unmanned drone landed in a family’s back yard in the 14500 block of Angelique on Aug. 29.
The drone lit up and the propellers started spinning when the family went near it. They noticed it had a camera on it and called police. The officer determined it was a privately owned DJI Phantom Drone. The item was put in evidence at the police department.
Holding gun hostage
A man told police that his friend asked him for money and he gave her $60 and offered her a ride to where she was going Monday afternoon. He said the friend got in the car but he had to go back inside the house to get something and came back out and gave her a ride.
After he dropped off the 43-year-old woman, he discovered his Taurus .40-calibre gun was missing from his car. He drove back to the house to confront the woman and a man answered the door and said she wasn’t there.
The man then got a text saying,”I’m so sorry but i im 4 months pregnant an i new u wouldn’t give it 2 me 150 is what im short didn’t sell it just let some 1 hold it u can get it back.”
Police called the phone number the text came from and spoke with a man who said he didn’t know who sent the text.
Dearborn
Woman cited for no license
A 26-year-old Detroit woman was cited for driving without a license following a traffic stop near the intersection of Town Center Drive and Valley View Drive just before 11:30 a.m. Aug. 30.
An officer patrolling in the area observed a 2004 Pontiac Bonneville traveling on Town Center with several air fresheners hanging from the rearview mirror causing vision obstruction. The officer initiated a traffic stop and made contact with the woman, who provided a state identification card and said she recently had moved to Detroit from Louisiana and had not obtained a Michigan driver’s license yet.
A check of the identification showed that the woman’s license expired in January 2007. The woman was warned for the visual obstruction and cited for driving without a driver’s license and for no proof of insurance and advised to contact the 19th District Court within 14 days for further proceedings.
The woman was released at the scene and allowed to park the Pontiac in a legal area and wait for a validly licensed driver to respond to pick up the vehicle and her.
Man cited, released for reckless driving
A 20-year-old Dearborn man was cited and later released for reckless driving near the intersection of Ford Road and the Southfield Freeway at 8 p.m. Aug. 31.
An officer parked just east of Evergreen on Ford Road observed a 2014 Dodge Charger traveling toward him at an excessive rate of speed. The officer used his radar to determine that the vehicle was traveling 112 mph in a 50 mph zone. The officer pulled behind the Charger and initiated a traffic stop near Ford and Southfield.
After pulling over, the driver was removed from the vehicle and arrested for reckless driving and handcuffed, searched and placed in the patrol vehicle. The driver identified himself, apologized to the officer and said that he was driving fast because he had been racing another vehicle. He also said the Charger belonged to a brother who was away on vacation.
The vehicle was towed from the scene and impounded. The officer then transported the man to his residence and released him while advising him to notify the 19th District Court for the citation within 14 days.
Dearborn Heights
Home invaded
A resident called police after confronting a home invader in the 6400 block of Robindale at 9 p.m. Sep. 6.
The victim told police that as he was returning to the house he observed all of the lights inside his house illuminated and the side door ajar. He entered the house and observed a unknown male going through a dresser drawer in the main bedroom.
The victim tackled the offender but the man was able to get away and flee the residence through a window. The victim last observed the man running through neighboring back yards down Robindale.
The intruder was described as a black male, between 16 and 18 years old with a thin build, wearing a black shirt and hat.
Nothing was reported missing from the house.
Cash, tablet stolen from vehicle
Police were called to investigate the theft of $600 in cash from a vehicle parked in the 26200 block of Tennant Drive just before 8 a.m. Sep. 8.
The victim told police he parked his 2004 BMW 530i unlocked in the driveway overnight and upon leaving the house in the morning observed that the inside of the vehicle had been ransacked.
After searching the vehicle, the owner determined that $600 in cash that had been in the glove box and a computer tablet that was in the backseat were missing.
No signs of forced entry were discovered and the owner said he did not hear or see anything suspicious overnight. Nothing of evidentiary value was found at the scene.
Lincoln Park
Teen robbers snatch wallet, phone
Police are looking for two teenagers who robbed a man who was walking along Grant Street Tuesday evening.
According to police reports, a man was walking near the intersection of Grant and O’Connor shortly after 9 p.m. when he was approached by two teens on a bicycle — one pedaling the other seated on the handle bar. Both were described as black, 17 or 18 years old and wearing dark clothing.
The teens dismounted from the bike, and one pointed a semi-automatic pistol at the man’s chest as they approached. They demanded money and — when the man didn’t respond quickly — threatened that they would shoot.
The man surrendered his wallet and cell phone. One of the teens took the items and the other punched the man on the back of his head. Both teens hit the man, who fell to the ground. They rode away on the bicycle, last seen headed east on O’Connor.
Responding officers checked the area for evidence and signs of the teens. The man said it was dark and he hadn’t gotten a good look at either suspect. Police are investigating.
Melvindale
What did the wall do to you?
Police were called to the 17000 block of Hanna Avenue Sunday morning when a man discovered the wall panel on his porch was kicked. Whoever did it left a smeared partial footprint on the damaged wall. He told officers he heard loud noises outside his house between 1:30 and 2 a.m. When he looked outside he saw a group of white males walking in the area.
Recovered frame
While on his way to get corn in Ohio on southbound I-75 Saturday night, a man saw a motorcycle frame on the overpass of Outer Drive.
On the way back from Ohio, the man noticed the frame was still there and called police. Police investigated the frame’s identification number and discovered it was stolen out of Romulus. Romulus police were informed of the recovered frame.
Southgate
Tailgate stolen from company truck
A man reported to police the theft of a truck’s rear gate that had been left unattended for about 10 minutes.
According to police reports, a man parked a company-owned Ford F-150 on the street in front of a house in the 12000 block of Agnes at 1:30 p.m. Sept. 4. He had removed the gate while taking supplies to the back yard. When he returned to the truck he noticed the $800 gate missing and contacted police.
A report was taken that included a description of the missing gate.
Taylor
Safe, laptop and DVDs taken from home
Police responded shortly after 6 p.m. Sept. 5 to reports of a burglary in the 15000 block of Jackson, where a man’s safe and other valuables were taken from a bedroom.
According to police reports the man had been away from home for about a half hour and returned to find a side door had been kicked in. Missing items included a small safe — inside of which were numerous documents and pieces of identification — a Toshiba laptop computer and a case containing more than 150 DVDs.
Responding officers noted the damaged door and ransacked rooms, checked the home for evidence and are investigating.
Trenton
Video games stolen during power outage
A woman who’d lost electricity in her home during recent storms returned from work Sept. 6 and discovered the theft of a TV, video game system and other valuables.
Police responded shortly before 11 p.m. to the 4800 block of Fort Street, where a woman said a 42-inch TV, PlayStation 3 and more than a dozen video games were stolen. The front door had been secured with a dead-bolt lock, she said, but a bedroom window had been left closed but unlocked.
Police noted fingerprints in the dirt outside of the windows, checked the area for further evidence and are investigating.
Traffic stop ends in warrant arrests
A routine traffic check resulted in both a driver and passenger in custody, each held on outstanding warrants.
About 9:10 p.m. Monday, a patrol officer noted a 2012 Dodge Avenger driving north on Fort Street near Van Horn. The license plate had been registered to a Ford vehicle, and police pulled the Dodge over for further investigation.
The driver — 29-year-old Trenton man — said he’d recently purchased the vehicle and that the dealer had provided the improper plates. Further investigation determined that the driver’s license had been suspended due to a drug charge in Wyandotte, and that three criminal bench warrants had been issued out of Riverview for marijuana and liquor violations and obstructing police.
The passenger — a 29-year-old also from Trenton — was asked for a license. He said he had one but didn’t want to show it to police. After providing his identification it was determined that two warrants had been issued for a traffic offense in Detroit and aggravated assault in Trenton.
The two were taken into custody and held pending processing on the warrants.
Wyandotte
Better than cookies
Police arrested a 22-year-old Detroit man who allegedly ate marijuana in an effort to hide it from police during a traffic stop at Goddard and Biddle Avenue about 9 p.m. Aug. 30.
The man was stopped for a defective passenger side taillight on the Ford Explorer he was driving. The officer reported the man stuffed a green substance into his mouth, but remnants of it were on his clothing. A test of the substance proved positive for marijuana.
The man didn’t show identification, said the name on the vehicle registration was his twin brothers and later confessed that he was indeed the person on the registration.
The man was arrested for violation of a controlled substance, driving with a suspended license and obstructing police.
(Compiled by James Mitchell, Tereasa Nims and Bob Oliver.)