Police Blotter

Allen Park Illinois vehicle purchaser uses former Michigan plate to avoid tolls A woman reported the afternoon of Nov. 2 that an Illinois man who purchased a 2014 Mercedes from her on April 25 mistakenly received a Michigan license plate registered in her name in the trunk of the car. The purchaser failed to return the plate to her, so on May 8 she canceled the plate with the Michigan Secretary of State. The woman recently received a bill from the Illinois Tollway stating that she owed more than $1,200 in unpaid tolls, which … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 11-18-2018

Allen Park Dress for criminal success? A loss prevention officer at Old Navy, 3260 Fairlane Drive, reported that a woman entered the store the evening of Oct. 30 with an empty shopping bag, and partially filled the bag with baby clothes before moving on to the women's section, concealing items under her gray pullover shirt and inside the black pants that she was wearing. As the woman tried to leave the store, she was confronted by loss prevention personnel, but managed to evade them by throwing some of the stolen clothing at … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 11-11-2018

Allen Park Shoplifter tries to hide cell phone case under her arm A 25-year-old Detroit woman who had more than $400 cash with her was taken in custody the evening of Oct. 12 for attempting to shoplift a $35 cell phone case from Target, 3100 Fairlane Drive, by concealing the item under her arm. Her vehicle, a 2016 Ford, was impounded and towed. She was charged with retail fraud and released on bond. Tag switcher arrested for retail fraud A 35-year-old Detroit woman was arrested the afternoon of Oct. 13 for attempting to … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 10-28-2018

Allen Park Flat tire foils drunken driver A flat tire that may have been caused by a drunken driver repeatedly hitting a curb during the early morning hours of Oct. 8 may have enabled patrol officers to get the impaired driver, a 48-year-old Melvindale woman, off the road. A witness calling on a cell phone, who had been following the driver on the southbound Southfield Freeway since the Warren Road area, said she was in an older model Chevy Malibu, and that she was swerving between lanes and driving at an inconsistent speed. … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 10-14-2018

Allen Park Bronx man arrested for fraud at local electronics store A 25-year-old Bronx man was arrested and taken into custody after he tried to use false identification to open a store credit card account at Best Buy, 3349 Fairlane Drive, to purchase a cell phone and several televisions. The store manager met police officers outside of the store after Citi-Bank told him the identification documents the man offered were fraudulent. He said the man also was reading information off his cell phone to answer questions pertaining to … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 10-7-2018

Allen Park Police impound vehicle of reckless driver A young woman driving a 2005 blue Subaru Forester may have a difficult time explaining why it was impounded after she ditched it the night of Sept. 18 and made a run for it. A resident said he had ridden his bike to Shell 23000 W. Outer Drive to purchase a beverage, and was riding his bike south on Larme near Euclid when the driver of the Subaru drove through the intersection at a high rate of speed, ignoring the stop sign, then continued to speed through the subdivision, … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 9-30-2018

Allen Park Illegal U-turn nets drunken driver A 35-year-old Roseville woman was taken into custody for operating while impaired the night of Aug. 21 when a police officer saw her make an illegal U-turn near Southfield Road and Roosevelt and conducted a traffic stop. When the officer approached her, her speech was slurred, she smelled heavily of intoxicants, and she had bloodshot, glassy eyes. She said she could not find her proof of insurance paperwork. She admitted to drinking a liter of wine earlier, and the officer … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 9-9-2018

Allen Park Drunken driver falls asleep in roadway A 40-year-old Caledonia woman fell asleep on Robinson Avenue north of Ecorse Road about an hour before dawn Aug. 25, with her vehicle running and in neutral. After blocking the woman's vehicle nose-to-nose with a police vehicle, the officers attempted to awaken the woman. She opened her eyes, looked at the officers, shook her head, closed her eyes and fell back to sleep. The officers awoke her again, issuing loud verbal commands to open the car door. Instead, the woman placed … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 9-2-2018

Allen Park Breaking up by breaking up A man who tore and wrote “cheating whore” on his girlfriend's clothes started throwing objects at her when she woke him up, screaming her displeasure about the destruction of her wardrobe. The woman, who called police officers with her cell phone from the apartment building parking lot in the 6300 block of Pelham the morning of Aug. 14, said he was inside the apartment with the couple's children. She said when she was getting ready to go to work, she discovered the destruction of her … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 8-26-2018

Allen Park Police use Narcan to revive man Police officers responding to Meijer, 3565 Fairlane Drive, the night of Aug. 7 based on a report of a man attempting to enter vehicles arrived to find the man passed out in the parking lot, unresponsive. Officers noted that the man was pale and clammy. A sternum rub, the application of painful stimulus to the center of the chest with the knuckles of a closed fist, was applied, to no avail. A dose of Narcan, a nasal spray to counteract an opiod overdose, was applied. The man did not … [Read more...] about Police Blotter 8-19-2018