Birmingham police arrested a Detroit woman the afternoon of Thursday, August 13, at a grocery store in the 600 block of E. Maple after allegedly pushing a cart of stolen items into the parking lot and walking away towards Maple Road. The police report stated that officers found the woman and found drug paraphernalia and credit cards belonging to other people on her at the time. No charges were indicated in the report, but the woman was placed under arrest.

A Madison Heights woman was caught and cited for malicious destruction of property after taking a marker to another woman’s car the morning of Tuesday, August 11, inside the Park Street parking structure in Birmingham. The victim claimed that she parked her car in the structure and came back about an hour later to find someone had written on it. Witnesses were able to help Birmingham police officers find the suspected vandal, the Madison Heights woman, who said she was having

After stealing over $200 worth of liquor from a Birmingham grocery store in the 600 block of E. Maple the night of Tuesday, August 4, a man was arrested and handed off to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office on an outstanding warrant. The man was seen leaving the grocery store with a canvas bag full of liquor bottles, according to a customer, and was last seen at the bus stop near Woodward and Maple. When officers found the man, they also found the bag with five liquor bottles

After leaving her car unlocked and unattended for about a half hour, a Birmingham woman’s backpack with her laptop inside had been stolen from the interior of her car. The woman reportedly told Birmingham police officers that her car was parked in the parking lot of a Kroger grocery store the morning of Wednesday, August 12, when the theft took place. Birmingham police reported that, with the help of the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office, the laptop was found and recovered, but

An Oak Park woman driving through Birmingham the morning of Friday, August 7, was stopped for speeding and ultimately arrested after city police officers found she had an outstanding warrant from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Birmingham police reported that the woman was stopped after an officer caught her driving 60 mph in a 40 mph area while going north on Woodward near Wimbleton. The officer later found the outstanding warrant after checking her information. Birming

The Bloomfield Township Police Department at 4:51 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, was dispatched to a retail fraud in progress at Target, located at 2400 S Telegraph Road, and two people were arrested in the process. Two subjects, a white male and white female, were seen concealing items on their person. Officers arrived on scene and located the two suspects walking down the stairs past all points of purchase. The officers made contact with the suspects and discovered several pi

While being pulled over for a traffic stop, an Auburn Hills man was arrested in Birmingham the night of Monday, August 10, after officers found out he was driving under a restricted license and had active warrants for his arrest. Birmingham police report they pulled the man over in the area of Maple and Woodward, and the man had confessed to driving with a restricted license before officers confirmed the pending warrants.

An unlocked automobile in the 500 block of Wooddale Road in Bloomfield Township became a theft target during the overnight hours on Sunday, August 16. The victim told Bloomfield Township police that their vehicle had been gone through the night prior. They reported their wallet and keys had been stolen from inside. The vehicle was parked in the driveway, unlocked, with the key fob left inside. The victim’s credit card was used at a gas station out of the area. This case was t

The Birmingham Police Department has issued a statement that it is continuing to investigate a street brawl involving anywhere from 20-40 persons in the early morning hours on Sunday, August 9, in the area of Willits and Bates outside Sidecar Slider Bar but are lacking specific evidence of who was involved in the incident. The department’s statement was posted Thursday on social media and asks that "anyone ‘who witnessed the incident, was involved, was a victim of assault, ha

Bloomfield Township voters in the November 3 general election this year will be deciding the fate of a proposed bond issue for construction of a new police station and rebuilding fire station number 3 on Maple Road, bringing to a close discussions and study by township officials and contracted building experts since the fall of 2023 to address public safety needs in the township.