Category Archives: Crime Beat

Turkey crashes through window TRAVERSE CITY – The noise that Chuck Ritter heard while sitting in his living room was a turkey that crashed through a third-story bedroom window. The 83-year-old Ritter was relaxing Saturday when the uninvited guest arrived. … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas! Ann Arbor police said they arrested a 22-year-old University of Michigan student who assaulted her roommates and destroyed Christmas decorations during a drunken rampage early this morning. Officers responded to a disturbance call to a home in the … Continue reading →

Lovers’ spat turns into assault case A lovers’ quarrel escalated into a dog-napping and assault complaint in Ann Arbor early Sunday morning, city police said. Officers responded to a fight call in the 100 block of South Fourth Avenue at … Continue reading →

2 parents arrested in separate DUIs A Northville couple ended up in jail, both facing drunken driving charges, after Ypsilanti Police first pulled over the husband, who was driving with his young son in the car, and then arrested the … Continue reading →

Woman catches fire while smoking A 90-year-old Ypsilanti woman remains in critical condition at the University of Michigan Health System after she was injured Thursday when he oxygen system caught on fire while she was smoking. U-M spokeswoman Carolyn Brink … Continue reading →

Thirsty Intruder helps self to juice An Ann Arbor couple told police they returned home Wednesday evening and found that someone had helped themselves to juice from their refrigerator. A 39-year-old man called police after he and his wife returned … Continue reading →

  Terror plot on the Turnpike? Well, not exactly Suspicious activity that placed the toll road on alert turns out to be two men taking pictures for a prospective bidder Wednesday, September 26, 2007 By Joe Grata, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette State … Continue reading →

  Loser of foot race says winner hit him An Ypsilanti man told police he was assaulted by a man in Ann Arbor after losing a foot race at about 2 a.m. Sunday morning. Ann Arbor Police reported they went … Continue reading →

CRIME BEAT   It Happens Jennifer Kukla turned to look at her sobbing sister, shrugged and mouthed, "It happens." That was the 30-year-old Macomb Township woman’s reaction Wednesday to learning she is to spend the rest of her life in … Continue reading →

Unattended salad prompts courthouse alert Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By Gabrielle Banks, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A salad left unattended in a bag under a restroom sink prompted the closing of the Grant Street entrance to the Allegheny County Courthouse and the … Continue reading →