During a traffic stop for speeding near Woodward Avenue and Manor Road the night of Friday, June 26, Birmingham police officers found a bag of cocaine on a driver actively being arrested for warrants out of Troy. According to the police report, the officers pulled the 28-year-old over for speeding and discovered the warrants during the traffic stop. They said he was placed under arrest and transferred to the Troy Police Department.

A Birmingham woman’s credit card was stolen from her car and used shortly after in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 28, after parking her car in her driveway in the 700 block of Chesterfield. The woman told Birmingham police officers that she parked her car the afternoon before and went inside without locking it. She noticed in the morning that her credit card had been used at a gas station around 3 a.m., which would align with witness statements that police reported.

A 26-year-old Detroit man was arrested during a traffic stop near E. 14 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue in Birmingham the night of Tuesday, June 23, after failing to give police his driver’s license. Birmingham police reported that he had been stopped for running a red light and said he didn’t have his ID on him when asked but gave officers a fake name, phone number and date of birth. Police said he was arrested for obstructing police and failure to provide a valid driver’s l

Bloomfield Township police were dispatched to Kroger, located at 4099 Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud in progress on Sunday, July 5, and a suspect was arrested. Officers arrived on scene at approximately 8 p.m. and located the suspect and the stolen merchandise in the adjacent gas station parking lot. The recovered merchandise included 33 different food items totaling $307.77. Ebony Monea-Evette Haden, 35-year-old female, was placed under arrest for retail fraud first degr

On Thursday, July 2, at approximately 5 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department was dispatched to Aldi, located at 1962 South Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud in progress. Officers were advised that the suspect had pushed a shopping cart of unpaid groceries out of the front door of the store. Officers searched the area but were unable to locate the suspect or groceries, according to the police report. The suspect is described as a black male, medium build, wearing d

Michigan state Senator Mallory McMorrow (D- Royal Oak) announced this afternoon (Sunday, July 5) that she was formally suspending her campaign for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate seat now held by Democrat Gary Peters who announced last year he would not be seeking reelection. She first took office in the Michigan Senate in January of 2019 and gained statewide and national attention in April of 2022 when she responded from the Senate floor to accusations by another l

During a staff report on short-term rentals given at the end of the Monday, June 22, Birmingham City Commission meeting, city staff said they were actively looking into software to assist in the regulation of rental properties.

Italian deli and cafe La Pecora Nera, located at 135 Pierce Street in Birmingham, got the green light from the city’s planning board during the Wednesday, June 24, meeting for a proposed outdoor dining deck to be placed on the street outside their business.

A contract for sewer rehabilitation work through Birmingham’s 2026 sewer rehabilitation program was awarded during the Monday, June 22, meeting, moving the project forward through the consent agenda. The item was not pulled for separate discussion by any commissioner and was approved with the consent agenda in a 6-0 vote.

As part of a nationwide commemoration, there will be a public reading of the Declaration of Independence on the steps of the Birmingham City Hall on Wednesday, July 8, marking the 250th anniversary of the document’s first public reading in 1776. The free 40-minute event starts at 5:50 p.m., with the public reading beginning at 6 p.m. at 151 Martin Street. Six local community representatives will each read a section of the declaration, including Birmingham Mayor Clinton Baller