Stolen Prescription Pad Under Investigation in Grosse Pointe Farms

Grosse Pointe Farms police are investigating the fraudulent use of a prescription pad by two people trying to obtain drugs from a pharmacy. A pharmacy employee reported that the prescriptions were not legitimate and police interviewed people from the doctor's office. The doctor said the people trying to obtain the drugs were not his patients. One is from Canton and one is from Ann Arbor. They reported to a pharmacy employee that the prescription pad had been given to them by the doctor's son. The doctor said it wouldn't surprise him because he had previously gotten in trouble for such an offense that was expunged from his record. The script pad was old and the doctor believes his son may have gotten a hold of it when he moved recently. His office now primarily uses an electronic prescription system, according to a report filed May 2. 

Man Arrested for Robbery

Grosse Pointe Farms police arrested an 18-year-old Detroit man April 29 after he stole his girlfriend's purse from her following a dispute inside Wendy's on Mack Avenue. The woman had offered to pay for his food but then told him he couldn't order what he had ordered because it was too expensive. The man called her a name using foul language and they began to argue. He took her food and she chased after him. He threw a pop on her, snatched her purse and ran from the fast food restaurant. Officers found him in the area and recovered the purse along with its contents in a garbage can. After taking pictures, the items were returned to the woman. The man was arrested and charged with robbery, according to a report.  

Handgun Stolen in 1970 Recovered

Grosse Pointe Farms police recently recovered a handgun reported stolen in 1970. A man cleaning out his parent's home found two weapons and gave them to an attorney with whom he works. The weapons were turned over to police, which is when one of them was discovered to have been stolen from a woman in May 1970 in Detroit. Farms police were alerting Detroit police of the discovery, according to a report. 

Drunk Driver Arrested

Grosse Pointe Farms police arrested a 32-year-old woman April 30 for drunk driving after she was spotted driving erratically. She was stopped in the 500 block of Lake Shore Road about 3 a.m. She had slurred speech and failed all of the field sobriety tests administered to her. She also misidentified to the officer where she was in the Pointes. An initial test showed she had a 0.17 percent blood alcohol content and a formal test given at the police department showed she had a 0.19 percent blood alcohol content, according to a report.