Driver Admitted Using Drugs Before Mack Avenue Rollover Crash

Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department releases more details about Sunday's rollover crash that injured the driver and passenger of the car that caused the collision.

The 33-year-old Mount Clemens woman who crashed her vehicle into two parked cars Sunday on Mack Avenue on the Grosse Pointe Farms-Woods border admitted to using some narcotics before the crash. According to a report from Grosse Pointe Farms, the woman admitted using Celexa, soma and heroin before the crash. When responding officers arrived, she also admitted causing the crash but told them she wasn't sure how it happened. She was "disoriented, lethargic and slow to react and process information" when first responders approached her. She also showed at least one physical sign of being on drugs—eyelid fluttering. Officers sought a warrant for a sample of her blood for testing and field sobriety tests were not administered because of possible…

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Police Blotter: Heroin, Marijuana Confiscated in Traffic Stop

The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate conviction.

Grosse Pointe Farms police arrested two people Sept. 12 about 1:15 a.m. on drug charges following a traffic stop initiated for a traffic offense near Kerby and Lake Shore roads. The driver, a 32-year-old Tawas man, was discovered to have two outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions. The passenger, a 20-year-old Tawas woman, was asked to step from the vehicle for a search. Police said that during the search, they discovered she had five syringes in her purse and a baggie of heroin in the glove box. Officers also said they found marijuana joints that were later claimed by the driver. The woman admitted to being clean 11 days from a heroin addiction and said she took the syringes from her father's house so he wouldn't think she was using…

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Grosse Pointe Farms Mother Pleads Not Guilty at Arraignment

She is accused of allowing an open house party at her Hillcrest Street home July 8 with her teenage son and his friends.

A 40-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday in Grosse Pointe Farms court during her arraignment on an ordinance violation accusing her of allowing her son to have a party at her home. The woman is charged with violation of the open house party ordinance—a charge carrying a penalty of up to 90 days in jail and $500 in fines.  She told Judge Matthew Rumora that she was away from her home and had someone else watching over her son and the other kids but came home as soon as she was made aware of the situation. She also said she intends to hire an attorney and entered a plea of not guilty. Rumora scheduled her to return to court Aug. 24 for a pretrial hearing.  Farms police were called to a home in the 400 block of …

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Parents Set Their Children Up By Playing Loose With the Law

Parents need to remember that they are there to teach and mold their children, not be drinking buddies.

I am a firm believer that there are certain situations, where you can only guess how you will react--you can’t say for certain. Parenting is one of these areas. Before my husband and I had our son, I had my thoughts of what type of parent I would be. But reality--with its lack of sleep, a tighter time schedule and an unbelievable amount of love toward my son--changed a lot of it. I found myself leaving fun events early so that he could get home to his crib or bed and get a good sleep. I gave up a lot of things I loved doing so that I could be with him, and now that he is older (9) I am getting many of them back. My point is, parents usually do their best with what they know at the time. Unfortunately, when we become a mother or a father, …

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Grosse Pointe Farms Police Break Up Party, Confiscate Drug Paraphernalia

The homeowner and parent of the 16-year-old holding the party may be charged under the city's ordinance preventing parents from hosting underage drinking parties. The following information is gathered from the Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department.

For the second time in a matter of weeks, Grosse Pointe Farms police have submitted a case to the city's prosecutor for a violation of the open house party ordinance.  Officers were called to the 400 block of Hillcrest shortly after 2 a.m. Friday, July 8, for a loud party. Responding officers found several teens inside the house, which was dotted with drug paraphernalia and city street signs.  The 16-year-old boy who lives in the house told officers his mother was aware of his marijuana use and that his friends were at the house. Officers called her to the scene as she has a different address in Oxford Township and she was familiar with the drug paraphernalia littered throughout the house, according to a report.  There were six teens, all …

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