Lincoln Park Garage damaged, raided within hours A resident in the 1100 block of Fort Park locked his garage at 1 a.m. Monday and returned four hours later to find its front door damaged and several items missing. The door sustained $2,000 in damage by thieves, who made off with three power saws valued collectively at $680 and $200 worth of hand tools. Shopper chases, catches purse snatcher A 37-year-old resident was caught late Monday after snatching the purse of a woman at Meijer, 3710 … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Dearborn Worker’s car stolen at CSO site A black 1999 Dodge Stratus was stolen at the Rouge River retention basin construction site near Dearborn High School Aug. 31. The owner of the vehicle, a site worker, told police he parked in the construction zone and left the car unlocked with the keys under the driver’s-side floor mat. When he came back about an hour later, the car was gone. Electronics stolen from car More than $4,000 in car electronics were stolen early Sept. 2 from a 1999 … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Allen Park Employees’ cars broken into Two employee vehicle break-ins were reported at Fairlane Green Monday night. An in-dash stereo CD player and three bowling balls were taken from a red 2001 Pontiac Grand Am belonging to an employee of Best Buy, 3349 Fairlane Drive. A CD player and a backpack with art supplies and schoolbooks were taken from the 1993 Ford Explorer of an employee of Chili’s Grill and Bar, 3230 Fairlane Drive. Price switcher, shoplifter caught Just before at 8 … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Lincoln Park Sound equipment swiped from vehicles Two vehicles parked at a residence in the 1300 block of Applewood were broken into between 3:30 and 7:30 a.m. last Sunday. An AM-FM-radio/CD player valued at $75 was taken from a 1997 Chevrolet Blazer. Missing from a 2007 Dodge Nitro were two turntables valued collectively at $600, two monitor speakers ($800), a mixer ($100), headphones ($30), connective wiring ($40) and a case containing 75 CDs ($750). The thieves returned a key to one of the vehicles … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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DEARBORN Neighbors suspected in break-in A man believes some neighbors may be responsible for a burglary at his house in the 24600 block of Calvin Aug. 28 that left the victim without his newly purchased 42-inch TV and a $15,000 wristwatch. The man’s next-door neighbor told police he saw three white men pull into the driveway of the burglarized house in an older, blue Ford Escort shortly before the homeowner arrived. He said two of them jumped a privacy fence while the other stayed near the car. After the stolen items … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Armed robber enters house A woman and her mother-in-law were robbed at gunpoint inside their house in the 6200 block of Reuter about midnight Aug. 20. The robber made off with the women’s purses – which contained no cash, but did have credit cards and personal identifications – as well as a laptop and wall charger. The women told police they had been home only for about 10 minutes when they heard the side door open. The homeowner thought it was her husband and called out his name, but received no response. A couple … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Allen Park Business blasted A pellet from a BB gun pierced the glass front door of Tattoo Addicts, 5817 Allen Road, at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 27. The owner said he was unaware of any enemies or disgruntled customers. Guitar gone A guitar was stolen from an unlocked Chevy Camaro at Best Buy, 3349 Fairlane Drive, between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Three truck tailgates taken Three tailgates were removed from pickup trucks in the rear parking lot of Holiday Inn Express Hotel, 3600 … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Lincoln Park Would-be pharmacy robber gets nothing A man who walked into Lincoln Park Pharmacy, 2255 Fort St., at 12:45 p.m. Tuesday and demanded prescription medication ended up walking out empty-handed. A clerk said a white man in his 40s or 50s came up to the counter and handed her a note that read, “I want Lorcet. I have a gun. I know where you live.” She told police she never saw the gun, but told the man that she had to check with her boss about the medication. She said she then turned to her … [Read more...] about Police blotter
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Dearborn Thief apologizes while fleeing crime scene About 200 pounds of scrap metal was stolen Aug. 10 at Stout Middle School, 18500 Oakwood, as a contractor was working to remove the school’s old bleachers. The contractor told police he was loading some metal into a container when he noticed two Hispanic men in their mid-40s removing metal from the same container and putting it into the back of a red 1997 Dodge Ram. The contractor told the men to stop and put back what they already had taken, but one of them responded, … [Read more...] about Police Blotter
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Dearborn Heights Two guns stolen in break-in A burglary sometime between Aug. 21 and 22 in the 4100 block of Cornell netted two rifles and about $2,000 cash. A neighbor notified the homeowner of the break-in after noticing the rear door of the house was damaged. Except for the missing items, nothing else was amiss, which led the homeowner to believe someone he knows must have done it. … [Read more...] about Police Blotter