Hills Police Blotter: Mom Arrives at School Intoxicated

The mother of a student was apparently intoxicated when she drove to pick up her son after school June 8.

According to a report, a custody order allowed the 53-year-old Waterford woman to pick her son up after school that day. When the 14-year-old got into her vehicle, he realized something was wrong and told his mother he needed to pick up a book he had forgotten. He went to the office to phone his father, and his mother followed.

When officers arrived, she was trying to get back into her car to leave. A portable breath test showed her blood-alcohol level was 0.248, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08. The woman was arrested for operating a vehicle while under the influence and child endangerment. Because she made suicidal threats, she was taken to for evaluation, the report said.

Girls accused of shoplifting

Two girls, ages 9 and 10, were accused of shoplifting around 3 p.m. Saturday at in Farmington Hills. According to the police report, a store employee watching security cameras saw the girls select purses and remove the tags. They then filled the bags with items including clothing, jewelry and cosmetics, and left the store without paying for them, the report said. The girls were stopped outside the store, and police were called.

According to the report, the girls told police they came to the store to steal and said the shoes they were wearing were also stolen. Between the two girls, they had more than $600 worth of merchandise, the report said. Both girls were released to the custody of their fathers, and the items were returned to the store.

School assault reported

A 15-year-old Farmington Hills boy was treated on June 9 for head injuries he said he received in an assault at . According to the police report, the boy came home from school that day and immediately went to bed, which his mother told police was unusual. When she went to wake him up, he became emotional, and she noticed injuries to his face and neck. While he was being driven to the hospital, the teen vomited several times, she said.

He told police he didn't know who his attacker was but that he remembered being pushed while walking to the bus after school. He fell to the ground and was kicked in the head four or five times, the police report said.

Marijuana possession

An officer patrolling at 4 p.m. June 6 on Grand River east of Middlebelt stopped a vehicle with tinted windows after a check of the vehicle registration showed that the owner had three current license suspensions.

The driver, a 19-year-old Detroit man, was arrested for driving on a suspended license and was ticketed for having tinted windows, according to the police report. His passenger, a also a 19-year-old Detroit man, first gave officers a false name, the report said. He then admitted to having marijuana in his pocket and in the vehicle, and he was arrested for marijuana possession and giving a false ID, the report said.

The driver was released at the scene; the passenger was taken to the Farmington Hills Police Department, where he was booked and jailed.

Police investigate liquor and flower theft

A man who visited two stores on June 10, including one in Farmington Hills, is being sought for taking beer and a flower bouquet from the Hills store. According to a police report, the man took the items and left the store without paying for them, and an employee got a license plate number as the man drove off.

Later, police learned that the man had tried to pass a bad check at Busch's in West Bloomfield. Employees there also got the same license plate number and identified it as a New Jersey license plate. The check the man attempted to pass had his name and a Farmington address. Police are continuing to investigate.

Man arrested on drunken driving, concealed weapon charges

A 35-year-old Detroit man was arrested on charges of drunken driving and possession of a concealed weapon while intoxicated after he was caught speeding at 2:30 a.m. Sunday near Grand River and Inkster.

According to the police report, an officer stopped the man's vehicle after watching it speed and drift in and out of lanes through a construction zone on Grand River. When the officer spoke to the man, who appeared intoxicated, he noticed a silver handgun in the open center console, the report said.

The driver was taken into custody after he refused a breath test, and the gun, a .45 Smith & Wesson, was secured and placed in the patrol car's trunk. At the police station, the man agreed to a breath test, which revealed a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, more than twice the 0.08 legal limit.

Stolen truck

A resident on Pimlico Court reported that his Ford F-350 truck, which was parked in a secondary driveway obscured from view, was stolen sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Saturday. According to the police report, the man's neighbor said he noticed the truck was gone Saturday morning. Officers found broken glass near where the truck had been parked.