Residents Retrieve Stolen Bicycle, Help Grosse Pointe Police

Three residents recovered a stolen bicycle shortly after 7 p.m. on Sunday when they followed the man who stole it from a garage in the 700 block of Loraine. 

The bicycle's owner saw the theft and her 37-year-old husband, along with two neighbors, followed the would-be thief in his car, according to police and an area resident.

When confronted, the 18-year-old Detroit man returned the stolen bicycle to the men and then ran away. The residents gave police, who had already been called, a description of the man and his direction of travel.

Police tracked him to a garage in the 1200 block of Yorkshire Road, according to the report. 

The teen hid on the ground of the garage behind several items and would not initially comply with verbal police orders. An officer used a Taser on the teen and finally got him up and out of the area, according to the report.

He was charged with larceny and obstructing police. He initially gave police a birth date that suggested he was much younger but police determined his real identity quickly, according to the report.