A 16-year-old Detroit teen escaped Grosse Pointe Park police custody on Thursday afternoon after he was arrested for a home invasion in the Park.
At approximately 1 p.m. Thursday, police responded to a call about a home invasion and then set up a police perimeter as officers and the K-9 unit went house to house looking for the suspect.
During the search, police requested a lockdown for nearby Trombly Elementary School.
The search lasted for about 45 minutes until police found the suspect hiding in the garage of a home in the 800 block of Barrington and he was taken into custody, according to a report.
While at the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Office, the suspect escaped police custody and has not been located, Grosse Pointe Park Chief Dave Hiller said.
"We have spoken to his family and he will be arrested if and when he returns home," Hiller said.
Patch will update this story when more details become available.
Nice to know that our cop shop is secure.
See someone suspicious on your street? Don't second guess yourself, call the police! Better you prejudge than not call--you could possibly stop a crime!
How does this happen? Did he find Jane basharas missing clothes under the evidence locker dress up and walk out the door as a woman. You know he's bragging about to all his boys over on Newport right now...how embarrassing
NO alert to the community. I don't know where to start with any of that... jeeeez!
Also, Steve: they can keep a minor at the station and they do so for less serious reasons than this. Let's not forget this is the same department that sent a confessed killer back on the streets...and we all know that whole embarrassing story.
Stuff like this is unacceptable. This is a community full of highly motivated and successful people. When these types of thing happen we expect accountability in our professional and personal lives. So who is accountable and how is this being corrected?