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

Bloomfield Township police were dispatched on Sunday, March 8, to the 5000 block of Windingwood Drive for a home invasion that occurred while the homeowners were out of town. Officers arrived on scene and determined that the homeowners had been out of town since the beginning of March. When the homeowners returned home they found the side window to the home pried open and a jewelry box was missing. I It appeared that other belongings in the residence were rummaged through as

Bloomfield Township police officers on Friday, March 6, responded to 2105 S Telegraph Road, Dick’s Sporting Goods, for a report of retail theft. Employees stated that a Black male wearing dark clothing left the store without paying for merchandise and drove away. According to the cashier, police said, the male inquired about applying for a store credit card and began to fill out an application. The cashier asked to see the suspects identification when he reached over the coun

A 98-year-old Birmingham resident living in the 1000 block of Larchlea was almost scammed of $15,000 by a caller posing as a Microsoft employee. The woman told Birmingham police officers that she called the number for computer help thinking it was Microsoft. She said a man answered her call and had her click a link to resolve the computer problem, then asked her to write over $22,000 from her bank. She reported that the bank refused, so the man had her withdraw over $15,000

A Bloomfield Hills man was arrested for operating while intoxicated and cocaine possession after Birmingham police pulled him over around 2 a.m. on Thursday, February 26, for speeding on Old Woodward. Birmingham police report that an officer saw the man speeding in a 25 mph zone on northbound Old Woodward near Euclid. The officer said they noticed signs of intoxication and confirmed it with a field sobriety test. After the driver was placed under arrest, the officer had the c

Items were taken from a vehicle in Bloomfield Township as the local resident was unloading groceries from the auto and taking them into his home. Bloomfield Township police on Wednesday, February 25, at about 7:30 p.m., responded to a larceny from automobile that just occurred in the 400 block of N. Foxhills Drive. The victim stated he had returned home from the grocery store and was carrying his groceries into his residence when he observed his vehicle’s rear driver side doo