Bloomfield Township police on February 17 were able to track down an indecent exposure suspect on February 17 who was reported by a teenage girl. Police were dispatched at 11:45 a.m. to the Bloomfield Plaza at the southwest corner of Maple Road and Telegraph Road for a male subject in a blue Ford F150 who exposed himself to the 14-year-old female. The male subject left the area heading southbound on Telegraph Road prior to the officers’ arrival. According to the 14-year-old

A man posing as a member of Apple Support was able to gain remote access to a Birmingham woman’s phone Friday, March 13, after calling the scam number she was prompted with.  According to the woman, she got a text message claiming to be from Apple Support that there was a charge on her account and to call the phone number provided. She said she called the number and spoke to the man who later sent a prompt to her phone that allowed him access to her bank account once she clic

While at a restaurant in the 200 block of S. Old Woodward the night of Saturday, March 21, a Bloomfield Hills woman had her $1,200 digital camera stolen from off her table. She reported the theft at the Birmingham police station the next evening, saying that it was taken between 11:30 p.m. and 2 a.m. Birmingham police report an investigation is ongoing. The name of local businesses are seldom provided by Birmingham police.

Bloomfield Township police on March18 at approximately 2:20 p.m. were dispatched to Kroger, located at 3600 W. Maple Road, to investigate a reckless driver and improper parking complaint when they discovered a cart full of stolen alcohol outside the store. Four 24-packs of Modelo Especial, four 12-packs of Tito’s mini shooters, and five bottles of Titos Handmade Vodka were recovered and confirmed stolen from the store less than an hour prior. Officers reviewed video surveilla

Employees of a local coffee shop, located in the 100 block of N. Old Woodward in Birmingham, ended their Thursday, March 12, shift empty-handed after someone took the tip jar off the shop counter.  An employee of the shop told Birmingham police officers that the jar was taken between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. that day. Police reported there are currently no suspects, but an investigation is ongoing.

An Eastpointe woman, who was reportedly staying in an Airbnb located inside an apartment building at the 2100 block of East Maple in Birmingham, was cited  the morning of Sunday, March 22, for malicious destruction of property and causing alarm. Birmingham police reported that a resident called on the woman, saying she was trying to force her way into the building. Officers found the woman next to the partially broken door when they arrived, and she told them she used a broom

Bloomfield Township police, in cooperation with the Oakland Sheriff’s Department Swat unit, were able Thursday, March 19, to resolve a barricaded gunman situation in the township as they took the suspect into custody around 10 p.m. The Bloomfield Township Police Department and the Oakland Sheriff’s Department issued public warnings earlier in the evening asking the public to stay clear of the area of Quarton Road between Telegraph and Inkster Road as they dealt with the gunma

Bloomfield Township police, working in conjunction with the Troy Police Department Special Investigations Unit, have arrested a suspect for a recent home invasion on Chisholm Trail in the township who was under investigation for a number of other home invasions. On Wednesday, March 11, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the Bloomfield Township Police Department responded to a home invasion in the 4300 block of Chisholm Trail in Bloomfield Township. The suspect, Theodore Goolsby, a 5

A local Birmingham minister was scammed out of roughly $600 after someone posing as a person affiliated with the church texted him asking for money.  The minister told Birmingham police that on Saturday, March 7, he got a text message asking him to purchase six $100 Apple gift cards for people in the hospital. He bought the gift cards and sent pictures of the cards, only to later realize the request was a scam.  Birmingham police say an investigation is ongoing.

The Bloomfield Township Police Department on Monday, March 9, responded to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a retail fraud that just occurred and shortly after arrested two suspects. Target advised that two males stole over $140 in Tequila, shirts, and socks then fled the store in a black Jeep, police said. Officers located the Jeep southbound on Telegraph Road and initiated a traffic stop. Both occupants of the vehicle were identified and the stolen merchandise