Thursday, May 2, 2013
The Bloomfield Township Police Department urges residents to use official U.S. Postal Service boxes for outgoing mail.
Updated 4 p.m. with general location of thefts. Officials with the Bloomfield Township Police Department continue to warn residents about the safety of their incoming and outgoing mail following another report of mail tampering and theft last week. A warning on the department's Facebook page said officers received a number of reports and made it clear the target is outgoing checks. They offer easy access to a victim's bank accounts and can be used to make fraudulent checks payable to other people. "Whenever possible, place your outgoing checks in U.S. Postal Service mailboxes located around the Township, or at the U.S. Post Office. Alternatively, consider setting up electronic bill payment with those payees. It's fast and safe," the …
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Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A Miguel Cabrera Triple Crown drawstring backpack and other items geared for young fans were taken in nearby West Bloomfield, police said.
Professional baseball is here, but one young Bloomfield-area fan will have to start the season without their Detroit Tigers Kids Club activity and souvenir kit after the items were stolen from a porch over the weekend. Officers with the West Bloomfield Township Police Department responded to 4000 block of Thorntree Drive Saturday afternoon for a mail tampering report and encountered the homeowner with a mailed package box. The resident said they joined the 2013 Detroit Tigers Kids Club, but several items, including an exclusive Cabrera drawstring backpack, were removed, reports said. The items were reportedly taken sometime that morning or early afternoon. No suspect information was available. Mail thefts have been a problem in several …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
This information was provided by the Bloomfield Township Police Department. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
The Bloomfield Township Police Department continues to investigate the series of mail thefts from local residences that prompted last week's alert. Though no updates were available Thursday, the department did announce an arrest on an older theft case that led to felony fraud charges. Lacorsica Adkins, of Inkster, was arraigned Wednesday at 48th District Court on one count of uttering and publishing stemming from a theft reported in 2011, reports said. Adkins, 21, turned herself in to authorities on Wednesday after a warrant was issued for her arrest amid a long-term fraud investigation. Reports indicate Adkins allegedly cashed a check belonging to a township resident fraudulently at a Comerica Bank in Warren in August. The theft from …
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Monday, December 24, 2012
The Bloomfield Township Police Department urges residents not to send outgoing mail from home due to surge in mailbox larcenies.
Officials with the Bloomfield Township Police Department recently warned residents not to use their home mailboxes for paying bills due to a persistent problem with outgoing mail thefts. "Due to the recent increase in residential mail theft, resulting in eventual check fraud, the Bloomfield Township Police would like to encourage their residents to drop any mail containing checks into a public mailbox," a warning on the department's Facebook page reads. The warning followed another report of stolen mail from a township residence, at least the sixth similar incident since March. A resident in the 4000 block of Coachmaker told police on Dec. 11 that someone stole his mail that included checks used to pay utility bills, reports said. The …
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Racer Boy
5:57 pm on Saturday, May 4, 2013
If the Township cops were not spending so much time confiscating BB guns, maybe they coud catch REAL criminals. more ›