Thursday, May 16, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
A Farmington Hills Police officer used an app on his smart phone Monday to help track a stolen iPhone. According to the report, a woman at a bar on Eight Mile Road told police she went outside to smoke a cigarette and realized that she left her phone inside. When she returned, the phone was gone. The woman was able to track the phone through an iPad app, but eventually lost service. The officer who responded was able to pick up the iPhone's trail on his phone and continued tracking it west of the bar. The report did not indicate whether the phone was recovered. A 27-year-old Garden City man faces a charge of intent to sell marijuana, after police found him passed out late Monday night, in a car parked at a business lot in the Eight Mile …
42.51379
-83.35937
Orchard Lake Rd & W 13 Mile Rd, Farmington, MI
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42.4411
-83.35588
W 8 Mile Rd & Orchard Lake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.4867
-83.32208
Westcott Crescent Cir & Hystone Dr, Farmington Hills, MI
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Wednesday, May 15, 2013
In Farmington Hills, cash and cigarettes are taken from a gas station and a convenience store.
Alarms went off at two Farmington Hills businesses early Tuesday morning, after their front doors were smashed open. According to reports, businesses at Grand River and Drake in Farmington and Newburgh and Five Mile Road in Livonia also reported break-ins. The reports indicated that Farmington Hills officers responded to alarms at a convenience store on Farmington Road north of Eight Mile, and a gas station at Middlebelt and Grand River, between 1:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m. At the store, police found a pack of Newport cigarettes near the front door, and the business owner confirmed an unknown number of Newport packs were stolen, according to the report. A video surveillance camera caught what happened at the gas station, where $300 in cash …
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-83.336625
Grand River Ave & Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.44502
-83.375485
Farmington Rd & Flanders St, Farmington Hills, MI
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
Residents living in two Farmington Hills apartments told police they returned home Monday evening to find items taken. According to the Farmington Hills Police report, both residents said they locked their door, including the deadbolt, before leaving their homes in the 24000 block of Madison Court. In both apartments, sliding patio doors were found open, with sticks that had been placed to secure them resting against the wall. The report indicated that the apartments were ransacked, and cash, jewelry, tools, a 50-inch television, a video game console and games were taken. A 23-year-old Bloomfield Hills woman faces a charge of drunken driving, after police stopped her vehicle for speeding and driving erratically early Tuesday morning at …
42.448195
-83.336625
Grand River Ave & Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.44158
-83.33648
Middlebelt Rd & W 8 Mile Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.4411
-83.35588
W 8 Mile Rd & Orchard Lake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.47329
-83.41566
Madison Ct & Independence Dr, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.44361
-83.324705
Grand River Ave & Botsford Dr, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.46837
-83.42038
Sinacola Ct & Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Police say the men taken into custody late Monday night may also be connected with crimes in other communities.
Two men arrested late Monday night in Farmington Hills may be responsible for at least a dozen crimes in Farmington Hills and Farmington, according to Farmington Hills Police. Commander Matt Koehn said he expects the men to be arraigned Wednesday or Thursday. Details of the local investigation were sent Wednesday to authorities in other cities. "It looks like they were going into construction trailers and trucks and removing tools," Koehn said. According to the Farmington Hills Police report, investigators suspected a red van was connected to a series of break-ins, and officers spotted it Monday night parked at a construction site near Nine Mile Road and Tuck. Officers watched as two men moved items between a white van on the property …
42.4558
-83.34672
W 9 Mile Rd & Tuck Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
An 18-year-old Farmington Hills man with a medical marijuana card faces charges after police found him in possession of the drug early Sunday morning while in a vehicle with a 16-year-old girl from Redford. According to the Farmington Hills Police report, officers spotted the vehicle parked in a hotel lot in the area of Grand River and Halsted shortly before 1 a.m. While talking with the driver, a 17-year-old from Farmington Hills, police noticed the odor of marijuana, and a search of the driver and 18-year-old passenger turned up marijuana cigarettes. The 18-year-old also had a small bag of marijuana, the report indicated. When the 18-year-old showed his medical marijuana card, police informed him that smoking was still not allowed in a …
42.46826
-83.41871
Grand River Ave & Halsted Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Men from Newberry, MI and Windsor, ON report their vehicles stolen from Farmington Hills parking lots over the past week.
Visitors to Farmington Hills from Newberry, MI and Windsor, ONT called police over the past week to report their vehicles stolen. According to Farmington Hills Police reports, the Newberry man parked his gray, 2004 Dodge Intrepid in a lot at Botsford Hospital around 2:45 p.m. on Friday and returned a few hours later to find it missing. The Windsor owner of a green, 1996 Mercury Grand Marquis was visiting a friend in the 35000 block of Freedom Road over the weekend when his vehicle was taken from an apartment complex parking lot. Both thefts remain under investigation; police did not discover any evidence of broken glass or debris at either scene, the report indicated. The tires and rims were taken sometime over the weekend from three …
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Botsford General Hospital
28050 Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.47176
-83.43509
Haggerty Rd & Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.45968
-83.39573
Freedom Rd & Drake Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
Two Farmington Hills teens face drug-related charges, after at least one of them tried to eat marijuana that another was carrying during an April 19 traffic stop at Ontaga and Independence. According to the Farmington Hills Police report, police stopped the vehicle at around 9:15 p.m., because the left brake light wasn't working. Police noticed a strong smell of fresh marijuana, but the driver and a passenger said there was none in the vehicle. While talking with a 17-year-old passenger, police noticed he had balls of marijuana inside his mouth, which the teen then spit onto the street. The report indicated that when the 16-year-old passenger got out of the vehicle, a small bag of marijuana fell to the ground. The teen told police that …
42.49781
-83.339
Gateway Dr E & Middlebelt Rd, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.44923
-83.3196
Ontaga St & Independence St, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.46959
-83.4255
N Industrial Dr & Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI
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42.44682
-83.3327
Grand River Ave & Jacksonville St, Farmington Hills, MI
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
A Farmington Hills woman told police Tuesday that she believes a man she met on an Internet dating site stole her dog. According to a report filed with Farmington Hills Police, the 26-year-old woman met the 25-year-old man about two weeks ago, and they began "hanging out". She told police they were together at her house Monday night, and she fell asleep. The sound of a slamming door woke her at around 4:20 a.m. Tuesday, and she noticed both the dog and her Internet date were missing, the report indicated. The woman told police she did not know exactly where the man lives. Livonia and Farmington Hills police spoke with the man's father, who also did not know his son's exact address.
Monday, April 22, 2013
The Detroit police officer now faces six counts.
A Farmington Hills resident and Detroit police officer facing four counts of criminal sexual conduct was charged with two more counts Friday, according to an article in the Observer & Eccentric. According to the article, the charges were added to Geoffrey Townsend in connection with a second female, age 15. The original charges were based on the reported sexual assault of a 14-15-year-old female. Townsend, 43, is founder of Reality Check Detroit. According to the non-profit's website, he has been a police officer since 2000 and created the 501(c)3 nonprofit to correct negative behavior in young people ages 6 to 14. The program includes a 12-week physical "re-instruction program" consisting of "military based, high impact exercises". …
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Farmington Hills Police Department. Arrests and charges do not indicate a conviction.
Thieves took electronics, jewelry and more than $5,000 in cash from two Farmington Hills homes on April 11. According to Farmington Hills Police reports, a resident in the 31000 block of Carriage Hills Road called police at 5:24 p.m. that day, after finding $5,000 cash, $130 in coins and all of his wife's jewelry missing. The report indicated a sliding door that opened into the dining room was pried open to gain entry to the home. Shortly before 4 p.m. on the same day, a resident in the 27000 block of East Echo Valley called police after finding someone had pried open her front door. According to the report, a flat screen television set, Seiko watch and digital camera were taken. Police found parts of a deadbolt lock laying on the floor…
Michael Ritenour
4:51 pm on Wednesday, May 1, 2013
This may be a prime example of Darwin's theories in action, on a social level if not a biological one. more ›