Finalizing a plan of action and next steps for the Bloomfield Township Police Department space needs continued at the board of trustees meeting on Monday, July 27, with treasurer Michael Schostak bringing adjusted proposals and estimated operations costs to the board.

Discussions around Bloomfield Township’s financial position began to get heated before the board even presented anything, with residents expressing their thoughts during the public comment section of the board of trustees’ meeting on Monday, July 27.

Multiple fights reportedly broke out in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 19, both inside and outside a Birmingham bar, located at the 200 block of S. Old Woodward. According to the police report, a man from Dearborn Heights was being escorted out of the nearby bar after fighting with different people inside. The man allegedly started fighting other people outside the bar once he had been kicked out, which, per the police report, was confirmed by witnesses. Birmingham

Bloomfield Township police on Friday, July 24, were dispatched at about 7 p.m. to Target, located at 2400 S. Telegraph Road, for a man masturbating while seated in his vehicle. Officers arrived on scene and quickly located the suspect, later identified as James Brian Walsh, a 59-year-old Bloomfield Township resident, inside his vehicle. During their investigation, officers observed lotion on Walsh's hands and steering wheel, as well as a container of lotion within the vehicl

Two men allegedly assaulted another man after he walked into a bar in the 100 block of Willits Street around 1 a.m. on Sunday, July 19, leading him to head to the police department to file a report. The victim claimed he knew one of the men and had ongoing issues with him. He said as soon as he walked into the bar, the man hit his drink out of his hand and restrained him while a man he didn’t know punched him. Birmingham police report an investigation is ongoing. The name o

A heavily intoxicated man was reported and caught urinating on a tree in the 100 block of Willits the night of Saturday, July 18, leading to his arrest. Birmingham police reported that a woman at a restaurant nearby saw the man urinating and called it in. They report the man was heavily intoxicated when they found him and incoherent, unable to answer the officers’ questions. He was reportedly placed under arrest and cited for urinating in public.

Three individuals were arrested by Detroit Police the evening of Tuesday, July 13, after allegedly stealing several items from a Birmingham grocery store located on the 600 block of E. Maple. The theft was reported to Birmingham police by an individual who claimed a man walked into the store, put several bottles of alcohol into his cart along with other items, then left the store without paying. Later on, Detroit police were making a traffic stop when they found the man with

Birmingham police are currently investigating the alleged theft of a package containing about $35 worth of merchandise which was taken from the home of a Birmingham resident. The resident reported the incident at the police station on Monday, July 13, but the report did not indicate which area of the city the resident lived in. The report indicated that witnesses saw a female walking away from the home with the package.

On Friday, July 24, at approximately 5 a.m. the Bloomfield Township Police Department took a report for larceny from automobile from the 27000 Block of 14 Mile Road which involved several suspects. The reporting party stated that three suspects exited a truck that had been parked on 14 Mile Road and ran into her driveway. The suspects entered her unlocked Range Rover and stole approximately $70 in cash from the center console, police said. A Mercedes-Benz parked in the drivew

After being caught red-handed by Birmingham police officers, a 22-year-old Canton man was cited on Sunday, July 19, for having an open intoxicant in a public space around 2 a.m. The police report said the man was carrying an open bottle of liquor, which he said he found at a bar near S. Old Woodward and E. Brown, when the officers spotted him and noticed the smell of alcohol on him.