Category Archives: Crime Beat

    Man’s DVD player stolen out of spite   A 45-year-old Ann Arbor woman was arrested for breaking into an ex-boyfriend’s home Tuesday and stealing a DVD player in response to their recent break-up, police said. The 39-year-old homeowner … Continue reading →

  3 arrested after restaurant scuffle Three Ypsilanti women were arrested early Saturday morning after a scuffle between two groups of women in which the participants threw dinner ware and utensils at each other in an Ypsilanti restaurant, police said. … Continue reading →

  Mom charged with fatal DUI visits bar after son’s funeral   ERIE, Pa. — An Erie County woman charged in the drunk-driving death of her son went to a bar after his funeral instead of reporting back to jail, … Continue reading →

  This is the first Crime Beat item I’ve ever personally witnessed, and let me tell you it was not as interesting as it sounds…     Police called to aid screaming woman   Ann Arbor Police were called to … Continue reading →

Police mystified as 6th severed foot discovered              ASSOCIATED PRESS                  ___________ VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Another human foot was found Wednesday on a British Columbia shoreline, the second this week and the sixth within a year in a mystery that … Continue reading →

Panty thief strikes at 2 mobile homes A panty thief struck at two homes in the same manufactured home community in Pittsfield Township on consecutive days, police said. A woman reported her underwear was stolen sometime during the day Tuesday … Continue reading →

ACROSS THE REGION                       _____ Stolen Jesus statue found in alley Someone tried to sell it back to church _______________________________                   DETROIT ________________________________           By Naomi R. Patton          Free Press Staff Writer                   __________   They will now have to … Continue reading →

  POLICE BEAT _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ Naked man accused of towers break-in A naked Ann Arbor man is accused of breaking into a 10th floor downtown apartment from the high rise balcony this morning – but police don’t know how … Continue reading →

  Squirrel bites EMU student on toe A 17-year-old Eastern Michigan University student was bitten by a squirrel near Sherzer Hall at about 4 p.m. Wednesday, campus police said. The women said the squirrel approached her and she spoke to … Continue reading →

He, dressed as she, hits lingerie store Saying he was angry a lingerie store refused to hire him, a man dressed in women’s clothing drove his vehicle into a building – causing $3,000 in damage and resulting in felony charges, … Continue reading →