Police Blotter: Woman Reports Assault

A 57-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms woman reported being assaulted by a man she previously had sex with after he returned to her house on another day asking to have sex again. The woman reported the assault June 21 about 11:40 p.m., about half an hour after her husband found out about the assault. Detectives took pictures of the woman's arms, chest, legs and back. The assault happened days earlier. The woman told police she had sex with the man while he was doing work at her house and he returned several days later requesting to have sex again but she declined and he assaulted her. The woman did not have the name of the man or much identifying information for police, according to a report.

Teens Turned Over to Parents

Grosse Pointe Farms police took two 15-year-olds into custody and turned them over to their parents June 21 after they were reported hiding in the bushes in two different locations. In the first case, officers were called to the 200 block of Cloverly by a woman who spotted a teenage girl hiding in bushes and crying shortly before 9 p.m. The officer searched the area and found the girl, who said she had been drinking at her own home earlier in the evening. She had a 0.13 percent blood alcohol content. Her mother was called to pick her up from the police department.

In the second case, officers found two teenagers hiding in the bushes near Ridge and Cloverly roads about 11:30 p.m. June 20. The teens came out of the bushes after an officer shined a spotlight on them. A 15-year-old boy admitted to having alcohol and marijuana in his backpack and to drinking at a party at a nearby home. The girl who was with him met him from her own home and had not been drinking. She was sent on her way but the boy was taken to the police station and his parents were contacted. Both cases were referred to the department's youth officer, Detective John Walko. 

Arrests

Grosse Pointe Woods police arrested a 31-year-old Detroit man June 22 near Harper and Allard roads following a traffic stop for having a headlight out. The officer discovered the man had three misdemeanor warrants out of Detroit, a suspended driver's license and was driving an unregistered vehicle. During a search of him for the arrest, the officer found the man had six bags of marijuana wrapped in $1,267 in cash. The man told the officer he was planning to head to a nearby motel with the drugs and the cash was from a check he had cashed earlier in the day. He was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to sell and driving with a suspended license.

Grosse Pointe Farms police arrested a 54-year-old Grosse Pointe man June 19 for drunken driving at Mack and McKinley avenues. The man was driving without his headlights on at 2:30 a.m. and the officer discovered the man to be intoxicated when approaching the car. The man failed field sobriety tests and had a 0.12 percent blood alcohol content.

Thefts

Grosse Pointe Woods police are investigating the theft of jewelry from a home in the 1700 block of Hawthorne Road. Some of the jewelry was recovered by officers before the theft was reported because the 31-year-old man identified as the one who stole it was spotted staggering on Hawthorne near Goethe shortly before 8 p.m. The patrol officer stopped the man, whom he believed was intoxicated. The man had slurred speech and glossy eyes. The man told the officer he had a drug problem and asked to be taken to St. John Hospital, saying he needed help. During a search of the man, the officer found jewelry and the man said he retrieved it from the trash. Meanwhile, the homeowner arrived home shortly after 8 p.m. to discover her bedroom door open and dirty footprints near her dresser, from where jewelry was missing. She called police to report the theft. The man, she told police, had been painting her basement and was still painting when she left the house earlier in the evening. She also found some of the jewelry in the basement. Hospital officials said the man would not be released for quite some time because he had a blood alcohol content of 0.31 percent—just shy of four times the state's legal limit. The man was also possibly going to undergo a psychological evaluation, according to a report.

A 41-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms resident reported the theft of a mountain bike from his front porch June 20. The bike was stolen between 9:30 a.m. and 3:15 p.m. in the 400 block of Country Club Lane. 

Grosse Pointe Woods police are investigating the theft of two banners from the fence along Mack Avenue at Parcells Middle School. The banners from two businesses were removed in the area where the city displays the banners of the fireworks sponsors. The missing signs were reported to City Manager Al Fincham Thursday but it is not known when they were stolen. The signs were for Wide Open West and the Stevenson Group, according to a report. Officers have been instructed to give the area special attention until the completion of the fireworks Sunday. 

Gun Recovered

A gun recently willed to a 39-year-old Canton resident was discovered to have been stolen in 1988 during a home invasion on Tonnacour Place, according to Grosse Pointe Farms police. The resident inquired about registering the gun after receiving it from the executor of a will and when officers checked the serial number, they discovered its origin, according to a report. 

Kayaker Distress

Grosse Pointe Shores public safety officers assisted a Troy man in Lake St. Clair June 19 after a Shores called to report he saw a kayaker struggling in the water. Public safety officers responded to the lake near Renaud and Lake Shore about 7:30 p.m. and the man was found in the water. He was not injured but allowed officers to help him back to where he launched, which was out of Pier Park in Grosse Pointe Farms, according to a report.