Police Blotter: Foil Used to Steal Gas, Soda Pop

detectives are investigating the theft of gas and a pop from a Mack Avenue gas station. A gas station employee called police June 4 after a man pretended to prepay for gasoline with a gift card. The man began pumping gas and then the computers at the station alerted the clerk that the network was down. The clerk went outside to check the satellite dish used for service to find it was covered in foil. Upon taking the foil off, the network came back up but the man drove from the gas station in the 17500 block of Mack Ave. He got 3.3 gallons of gas and a pop. The employee told police the man's crimes were likely caught on video surveillance tapes, according to the report.

Arrest

The City of Grosse Pointe police arrested a woman June 5 for drunken driving. The woman was driving 49 mph in a 35-mph zone and an officer stopped her for speeding near Bishop and Jefferson roads about 2:50 a.m. The woman smelled of alcohol and was off-balance while trying to complete field sobriety tests. She had a 0.20 blood alcohol content—more than double the state's legal limit of 0.08 percent, according to a report.

Theft

police are investigating a few thefts from garages. In one case, a resident in the 200 block of Moran Road reported a lawnmower stolen from an open garage June 8 from 9 to 9:30 a.m. In the other case, a resident in the 200 block of Stephens Road reported a leaf blower stolen from the garage June 5 between 1 and 11 p.m. The resident was unsure whether the garage had been left open, according to reports.

Neighbor Dispute

A 57-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms man reported an ongoing problem with his neighbor to the police June 6. The man told officers that his neighbors have a lacrosse net in their backyard and a young man practices out there but repeatedly misses the net, hitting his house. He told officers it's been going on for about a year. He has talked with the parents but nothing changes and he simply wants the net moved so his house is not behind it when the young man practices, according to a report.