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TROY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Charles T. Craft, Chief of Police
500 W. Big Beaver, Troy, Michigan 48084
248-524-3443

Community Services Section
Lt. Gerard Scherlinck 524-3447
Sgt. Robert Kowalski 524-3448

DAILY MEDIA CRIME SHEET
May 16, 2008

These summaries are meant to provide general highlights of items of interest and do not necessarily reflect every incident responded to. Investigations of a nature or at a juncture where publicity may impair the outcome of a case are not generally listed.

Altercations/Disorderly Conduct:

Assaults:

Assist Other Department/Law Enforcement:

Auto/Vehicle Thefts:

Breaking and Entries:

D&D Gunshop, 363 E. Elmwood, 5/14-5/15, 2000-0700 hrs.
Garage door pried open at rear of property and three lawnmowers, an outboard motor, and torpedo heater stolen.  A storage trailer was opened, as well, and six chainsaws were stolen.  A toolbox located on another trailer was opened, however nothing stolen.  08-16920

Crash Investigations:

Credit, Check, Identity Theft, and other Fraud:

Three nonsufficient funds checks reports and one no account check reports were taken.

Domestics/Family Troubles:

Troy Officers responded to one incident involving a family trouble/domestic dispute where investigation revealed no assaults or other crimes occurred, therefore no formal enforcement action was taken.

Drugs/Narcotics:

Drunk/Intoxicated Driving Incidents of Interest:

Big Beaver near John R, 5/15, 0216 hrs.
Officer W/B on Big Beaver W/O Dequindre, which is a divided highway, noticed the headlights of a vehicle going east in the westbound lanes coming at him.  Other westbound traffic was taking evasive maneuvers to avoid the vehicle.  When the officer activated his emergency equipment, the ’96 Toyota Celica maneuvered over to the eastbound lanes via a median turn around lane and proceeded east.  The officer caught up and the vehicle pulled over into a parking lot.  The 27 year old male driver from Troy smelled strongly of intoxicants.  He stated he had three beers.  He claimed he did not know why he was being stopped.  He just smiled when advised he was driving on the wrong side of the road.  His speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet.  He did not cooperate with sobriety tests and was arrested.  He blew .21 on a breath test.
08-16900

Embezzlements:

Target, 5/4-5/15
LPO reported a 19 year old cashier from Sterling Hgts. had been ringing up and voiding items of merchandise over the past two weeks and then passing the unpaid merchandise to another person, who then left the store with the merchandise.  The person to whom he was passing the merchandise turned out to be a female employee from another Target store.  Additional investigation revealed the 19 year old also stole an MP3 player valued at $179.99 for himself.  Total merchandise voided and passed to second suspect:  $1704.88   The suspect admitted the embezzlement.  He was identified and released pending prosecution.  08-16970

Home Invasions:

Larcenies:

Somerset, 5/1-5/8
Apartment basement storage locker pried open and a plastic bin of DVD’s stolen.  08-16968

Kirts, 5/13-5/15, 1800-0830 hrs.
Apartment basement storage cage forced open and a bike seat and tire pump stolen.  08-16914

Larcenies from Autos:

Hyde Park, 5/13-5/14, 1500-0800 hrs.
Dashboard mounted GPS stolen from unlocked vehicle parked in drive.  08-16965

Malicious Destruction of Property:

Minors and Alcohol:

Neighbor Troubles:

Peace Officer/Civil:

Phone Calls/Harassment/Threats:

Two harassment/stalking/violation of PPO reports taken; one harassment/stalking report taken.

Retail Fraud:

Robberies:

Suspicious Incidents:

Traffic Altercations:

Vandalism:

Weapons Offenses:

Welfare Checks:

Special Events Information:

Miscellaneous Information:

Case Updates:

Arrest Summary:

In addition to those outlined above, the following arrests were also made during the period:

Retail Fraud:  1
Warrants:  2