Thursday, May 16, 2013
Information for this crime brief was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests apply, they do not indicate convictions.
Two men were arrested Tuesday after one of them allegedly pointed a handgun at another driver during a road rage incident in Macomb Township, police said Thursday. At approximately 6:47 p.m., Macomb County Sheriff's deputies said they were called to the Hall and Hayes area after a motorist reported someone waved a handgun at him. They pulled over a 19-year-old Shelby Township man and his 20-year-old passenger from Virginia Beach, VA in the Hayes and 21 Mile area. When deputies approached the GMC Denali, they smelled marijuana. The men denied having a handgun. But when deputies searched the vehicle, they found a .40 caliber Smith and Wesson in the center console, the Sheriff's Office reports. The motorist who reported the incident told …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Macomb Township Patch recaps the news of this past week.
Miss the latest headlines in and around town? Here's a rundown of some of the top stories from this past week:
Friday, May 3, 2013
Information in this crime blotter was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests apply, they do not indicate convictions.
A road rage incident Wednesday quickly devolved into an attack with a baseball bat on one of the driver's vehicles in Macomb Township, according to a Macomb County Sheriff report. At approximately 3:40 p.m., a 29-year-old Macomb Township woman reported that she and a 30-year-old male, also from the township, exchanged insults and hand gestures while driving. The woman then followed the male driver to his home on Chevalier in Westbridge Manor Mobile Home Park, where he allegedly retrieved a baseball bat, according to the report. The woman told deputies that he pointed the bat at her face and then swung it at her car, causing damage. The man denied her accusations, telling deputies that he did not own a baseball bat. However, he was arrested…
Monday, April 29, 2013
Information in this crime blotter was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests apply, they don't indicate convictions.
A 64-year-old Harrison Township man was arrested the evening of April 25 after he allegedly shot out the tires of the car his son was driving, according to the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. The suspect and his 24-year-old son got into an argument at the 37000 block of Elm Lane. The father ordered him to leave but forbade him from taking the 2002 Chevy Malibu, the Sheriff's Office said. As the son started leaving the driveway in the Malibu, the father emerged from the home with a shotgun and "fired at least three rounds, flattening two tires on one side of the vehicle," the Sheriff's Office stated. The son drove the car with flattened tires to a gas station at Metropolitan Parkway and Jefferson and waited for deputies to arrive. Deputies …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Information in this crime blotter was supplied by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. Where arrests apply, they do not indicate convictions.
A 35-year-old Macomb Township woman contacted the Macomb County Sheriff's Office April 22 to report that her pet ferret was taken from her home during a party. According to a police report, pictures of the ferret and the name of a 17-year-old suspect were posted on Facebook following the party. Deputies confronted the suspect, and the kidnapped ferret was returned to the owner. The suspect told the deputies that someone gave her the ferret in the driveway after the party. Macomb County Sheriff's Office Detective Sgt. Jason Abro stated in a report posted on CBS Detroit that the case will be turned over to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office for review.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
The crash took place Tuesday in the 21 Mile and Garfield area.
A semi truck driver who crashed into a Macomb Township condominium complex Tuesday told deputies he blacked out before the accident, police said Wednesday. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said the Farmington Hills man was taken to the hospital to be treated after he told police at the scene of the medical episode. He was not believed to have suffered injuries in the crash. Two people inside the condo at the time were unharmed. The condos affected by the crash were evacuated because the structure was unstable, ClickonDetroit reported from the scene. The accident took place on Warwick Drive off Garfield between Hall Road and 21 Mile.
Monday, March 25, 2013
Police arrested Todd Lloyd Griffin in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan. He may be responsible for a pair of robberies in Macomb Township.
Updated: 6:59 p.m. Todd Lloyd Griffin, 44, was arrested Monday in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard held a press conference on Monday explaining that Griffin targeted homes that were awaiting estate sales or homes of families who were at funerals, earning him the nickname "funeral bandit." Just hours afterwards, Griffin, whose birthday also fell on Monday, was located by local authorities in Colorado at a pawn shop and taken in without incident at 4:30 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. Local authorities told them that Griffin was in possession of numerous jewelry items. "I can’t think of a better …
Police are looking for a man who has robbed 16 homes while residents were at funerals or the homes were awaiting estate sales.
Police call him the "funeral bandit" and he's wanted in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan, possibly including thefts from Macomb Township. According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said they are looking for the thief that targeted homes that were awaiting estate sales or homes of families who were at funerals. At a press conference Monday afternoon, Bouchard said they suspect Todd Lloyd Griffin, 44, who is on probation for larceny. When police searched Griffin's home in Pontiac, they found thousands of dollars worth of property, according to the Free Press. Police said that homes in Oakland, Livingston, Macomb, Genesee, and Shiawassee counties …
The incident took place in a suspected drug lab operation near Metro Parkway, according to police.
The Macomb County Sheriff's Office is investigating a Sunday apartment explosion that injured multiple individuals in Harrison Township. Although initially given a false story, investigators said Monday they determined the apartment was being used as a drug lab. "Through witness statements, interviews and a review of evidence at the scene, it was determined that the residents of the apartment were using a chemical process to extract THC from marijuana plants in the kitchen of the residence,'" according to the Macomb County Sheriff's Office. "A propane torch was introduced into the process and this ignited the flammable gasses causing the explosion." The explosion occurred at 3:24 p.m. Sunday at the 38000 block of Metro Villa Drive in the …
Macomb County seniors will be able to dispose of medication, and have documents shred, April 11 at Freedom Hill.
Seniors in Macomb County will have an opportunity April 11 to dispose of unwanted medication, and have personal documents shred for free, at Freedom Hill in Sterling Heights. Macomb County Senior Citizen Services and mobile shredding company, Absolute Shreds, will shred unwanted personal documents. Additionally, Health Department officials and a deputy from the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office assist seniors with the disposal of unwanted medications. Pills must be removed from bottles and placed in a plastic bag, according to Macomb County. Narcotic painkillers and stimulants will be accepted, but must be placed in a separate plastic bag, officials added. Macomb County seniors 60 years old and older can participate in this program from 9 a.…
John Nael
1:20 am on Saturday, May 18, 2013
Ya unfortunely I was the motorist who the gun was aimed at. This piece of shit could of ended my life over nothing. more ›