Police Blotter: Drunken Driver Hits Motorist, Smashes Business Window

police arrested a 52-year-old resident Aug. 6 for drunken driving after police say she struck another motorist on Mack Avenue, struck and broke one of the front windows of , struck and knocked down a yield sign and continued back onto the other side of Mack Avenue before coming to a stop in the median. The other motorist was not injured. Police said the woman had a preliminary breath test with a 0.20 percent blood alcohol content. The woman was driving a Ford Windstar on Huntington and drove across Mack, which is when the first of the crashes happened. She continued driving each time until she came to a stop in the median of Mack Avenue. Police said the woman smelled of alcohol and had red, watery, sleepy eyes. She admitted to police officers to drinking wine, according to a report. 

In an unrelated case, police arrested a 32-year-old Warren man Aug. 10 after stopping him for speeding on Webber Road. When the officer approached, he found a bottle of vodka on the floor of the car and the man smelled of alcohol. The man passed all field sobriety tests administered and refused to take a Breathalyzer. He was arrested for possession of open intoxicants in the car, no proof of insurance, speeding, no operator's license and no vehicle registration, according to a report. 

Children Ride Unrestrained

Grosse Pointe Shores police issued four violations to a 28-year-old Eastpointe woman Aug. 7 shortly before 3 p.m. for not using child restraints for four children ranging in age from 1 to 6 years old. The woman was stopped on Lake Shore Road near Stratton for not wearing a seat belt. The officer discovered there were seven children in the car and only three of them were properly restrained, according to a report. The older children, ages 8, 9 and 11, were restrained. The woman told the officer the child safety seats were at home. She was issued a violation for each child not restrained properly, according to a report. 

Alarm Scares Off Would-be Burglar

Grosse Pointe Woods police are investigating an attempted burglary of a home in the 1100 block of South Oxford in which an alarm likely scared off the would-be burglar. The homeowner woke to the alarm about 3:30 a.m. Aug. 12 and when he went downstairs to investigate, found a screen had been removed from a window. The man told police he leaves the window slightly cracked to get fresh air in the house while running a house fan and that a magnet helps trick his alarm, but the magnet was knocked off during the attempted burglary. Nothing was taken and the man told police the person did not enter his home, according to a report. 

N.C. Investment Company Calls Woods Police

Grosse Pointe Woods police surrounded a house this week after an investment company in North Carolina contacted them to report a 58-year-old resident made death threats against himself, the investment company employee and police. Police said the man told the investment company employee during a telephone conversation Aug. 8 that he wanted to end his life and it would have been easier if his daughter hadn't taken away his 9mm handgun. Officers surrounded the house while a dispatcher contacted the man via telephone. Police said she convinced him to come to the door and when he did so, he was holding a knife, which he refused to drop. Eventually he agreed to put it away and put it in his pocket. An officer made him lift his shirt to ensure he was not armed with other weapons and then approached. The officer used a Taser on the man, but he backed away from the door and cut off the Taser wires and refused to come out—prompting the officers on scene to request the Special Response Team to respond. Then an officer got the man on the telephone. He told the officer he was afraid to come out because he feared he would be injured. He was convinced to come outside and taken into custody by Public Safety Director Andrew Pazuchowski. The SRT team searched the home to ensure no others were inside and to make sure no other weapons were inside. The officers found the house in poor condition with many cats, smelling of urine, animal feces and with only a path to move room to room among all of the things inside. The man was taken to St. John Hospital and his family was contacted, according to a report.

Argument Leads to Request

A Grosse Pointe Woods resident requested police give her house special attention following an argument she had with a home contractor. The woman, who lives in the 1200 block of Aline, reported that she began discussing with the contractor what other contractors had told her about what work was necessary and the contractor began yelling at her and pointing in her face. She told police she felt threatened by the contractor and asked that special attention be given to her home. The contractor was told to stay away from the home and both parties were told not to have contact with each other, according to a report.

Police Dispose of Unloaded Gun 

Grosse Pointe Shores police disposed of an unloaded gun found by a new resident inside a house in the 70 block of Shoreham Road. The new resident believed the gun was loaded and called police Aug. 10 but when an officer arrived, it was discovered that it was not loaded, according to a report. 

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