Category Archives: Crime Beat

  Miffed customer wrecks store display A drunken customer dissatisfied with a return policy damaged a display at an Ypsilanti Township Halloween specialty store, police said. The man entered the Spirit Halloween at 2375 Ellsworth Road on Wednesday at about … Continue reading →

  Wanted man dons ape suit, gets police attention An Altoona man who went to buy cigarettes in a gorilla suit to win a bet with his girlfriend is now being accused of receiving stolen property. Altoona police say they … Continue reading →

  4 family members held in break-ins   A Whitmore Lake area family of four has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into vehicles parked in church lots during Sunday services over the last month in four counties. On Sunday, … Continue reading →

  Police use Taser in bizarre incident Ypsilanti Police used a Taser to subdue a 24-year-old Ypsilanti man who grabbed a woman during a bizarre incident early this morning in the 600 block of Armstrong Court. Ypsilanti Police Sgt. Deric … Continue reading →

  Smoking chicken brings firefighters   Several apartment residents were evacuated from their homes Sunday morning when another tenant left chicken cooking on the stove. Ypsilanti firefighters said they were called to the 100 block of South Grove Road just … Continue reading →

  Disturbing headline of the week: Fertilizer fumes used to hurt man   Disturbing quote of the week: "Washtenaw is a hot county for wild pigs right now," said Kristine Brown of Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources.  

  A man who showed up at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital with a gunshot wound to the shoulder said he was injured early Sunday when someone at a large party yelled, "Welcome to Ypsilanti," and fired a gun.    

  Here are the CRIME BEAT headlines of the month, both of them sadly involving worse for wear critters:     Troopers with Taser forced to kill emu on turnpike   Teen who sodomized dead cat gets 9 months   … Continue reading →

  KEELER TOWNSHIP Man is charged with throwing dog at girlfriend A man has been charged after Van Buren County authorities say he threw a pregnant Chihuahua at his girlfriend.  

    Someone poured large bags of sand into the Thomas Cooley Memorial Fountain at 875 N. University Ave. Sunday night, police reports said. A witness called University of Michigan police after seeing a person put what they thought were … Continue reading →