Police Blotter: Battery, Drunken Driving and Vandalism

Grosse Pointe Farms police are investigating the alleged battery of a 50-year-old Detroit cab driver who said he was assaulted by a 39-year-old Detroit woman who was his passenger. The cab driver told police that woman asked him to drive her to the Grosse Pointe Post Office, demanded he park in a metered spot and then began yelling at him, using foul language. He said she tried to leave without paying for the ride and then punched him in the head when he asked about payment, according to a report.

Men Arrested on Drunken-Driving Charges

On April 25, Farms officers arrested a 45-year-old St. Clair Shores man who had a 0.33 percent blood alcohol content and was driving near Lake Shore and Provencal roads. Police dispatchers received a call telling police that a red pickup truck had driven through a red light without slowing at Moross and Chalfonte roads. Responding officers said the man in the truck swerved on the road, hit the curb and failed to stop when officers tried to initiate a traffic stop. He stopped once, but drove away when officers approached on foot. He stopped the truck again a short time later and officers took him into custody. He was unable to stand on his own, had slurred speech and had urinated on himself, according to police reports. Michigan's legal limit is 0.08 percent, meaning the driver's blood-alcohol content was more than four times the legal limit. 

On April 23, Farms police arrested a 58-year-old Detroit man who had a 0.14-percent blood alcohol content. Police said the man was in a minivan parked near Roland and Mack Avenue and appeared to be sleeping. When officers approached, they said they observed that the man had two plastic cups in his hands and seven open 24-ounce cans of beer were all over the van. The man was legally parked and the minivan was running. 

Both men arrested by Farm police were charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The first man was also charged with fleeing police. Police said both men failed field sobriety tests.

Home, Car Damaged; Stop Sign Hit

An 81-year-old Farms woman reported finding two BB holes in the siding of her Kerby Road home. The woman told police she had 21 holes repaired last fall following damage done the previous spring and she wanted the new damage to be on file, according to police report.

Grosse Pointe Shores police are looking for a vehicle that struck a stop sign at Lake Shore Road and Shore Crest Circle. An officer discovered the damage April 24 and it appeared to be fresh, according to a report. The sign was damaged as well as sod from a tire. The vehicle likely has front-end damage and may have damage to an oil pan, according to the report.

A 54-year-old Grosse Pointe Woods man reported that his 2008 Jeep Commander was broken into between 2:30 and 3 p.m. April 26 while parked in the 19800 block of Mack Avenue. A window was smashed out and pry marks on the dashboard led officers to believe the thief was likely trying to steal a navigation system, according to a report.

Suspicious Men Taking Photographs Reported

A Hunt Club Drive resident reported two suspicious men were photographing a neighboring house April 26. Officers tracked the men down and they provided documentation showing they were hired to photograph the home, which is going into foreclosure. The men were told to alert local police departments when doing such work so the fears of concerned neighbors could be address if they are reported, according to a report.