Vehicle Break-ins; Shoplifters Arrested; Attempted Auto Theft

Multiple vehicle break-ins, thefts

Bloomfield Township police urge residents to keep their vehicles locked and to take their valuables indoors even when parked on residential property after a rash of vehicle break-ins earlier this week.

Officers responded to the multiple residences off Dell Rose Drive, Kemp Street, and East Hammond Lake Road on Monday for auto larceny reports. Each vehicle was parked in a driveway on private property when their windows were smashed to gain entry, reports said. Items stolen include four laptops, three GPS units, i-Pods, an i-Pad, several credit cards, wallets and clothing. All the items were left in plain view, making them easy targets for thieves, police said.

Officers nab shoplifters

Bloomfield Township police arrested two people who tried to shoplift items from separate stores in the past week, reports said.

Wayne Vernier of Bloomfield Township was arraigned Monday for second-degree retail fraud after police caught him with four bottles of stolen vodka, reports said

Vernier, 28, allegedly took the bottles of Grey Goose from the Kroger at 3600 W. Maple Rd. at about 2:30 p.m. June 18 and led responding officers on a brief foot chase. Bond was set at $5,000.

Officers also arrested a woman who allegedly stuffed two bathing suits and two pair of sandals in her bag and tried to leave the Kmart at 2101 Telegraph Rd., about 8 p.m. Wednesday, reports said. She was confronted by the store’s security as she attempted to leave and was detained until officers arrived.

Attempted auto theft

A bus patron found a vehicle window smashed in what police called an attempted auto theft at a Park and Ride commuter lot Monday, police said.

Bloomfield Township police officers responded to the lot off of Adams Road after the motorist found a window on a 2005 Jeep shattered about 2:30 p.m., reports said. There also was damage to the steering column. The crime occurred sometime between 5:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Also in this week’s police reports:

• An attempted burglary at an office suite at 43907 Woodward Ave. on June 16. Cleaning crews discovered the side door to the suite was damaged in an apparent attempt to get inside, reports said. No entry was gained and surveillance video shows someone enter the building through the back hallway of the second floor, where the suite is located.
• A patron at the L.A. Fitness, at 2050 Telegraph Rd., reported that a lock was removed from his locker and cash was taken from his wallet on Tuesday, according to reports. The theft occurred sometime between 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. No credit cards were taken, but the victim told officers he believed they were removed and possibly “scanned.”

Anyone with information about theses incidents is encouraged to call the detective bureau at 248-433-7752.

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