The following is gathered from the Department of Public Safety of the City of Grosse Pointe. Arrest does not indicate conviction.
The City of Grosse Pointe arrested a 61-year-old Grosse Pointe Woods resident Tuesday for drunken driving and failure to stop at the scene of an accident after he drove through a stop sign at Kercheval and Washington, crashed into another motorist and drove away. Tuesday's arrest is the man's third drunken driving arrest, which means it will likely be a felony rather than a misdemeanor offense. The other motorist called police and said the man ran the stop sign, crashed into her car, then drove up on a sidewalk, through a fence, sideswiped a tree and continued driving north on Washington. A responding officer put an alert out with the description of the vehicle—a red Mercedes Benz convertible. While gathering information from the victim, …
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The veteran officer is facing a single count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated stemming from a crash in November in Madison Heights in his personal vehicle.
A pre-trial hearing scheduled for Tuesday in 43rd District Court in Madison Heights has been adjourned until a date that has yet to be determined for Grosse Pointe Park Police Lt. John C. Kretzschmar. Kretzschmar is charged with a single count of operating a vehicle while intoxicated stemming from his arrest Nov. 16 in Madison Heights. Kretzschmar was scheduled to have a pre-trial conference Tuesday but by agreement of the attorneys—the prosecutor and Kretzschmar's defense attorney—the hearing was adjourned. A new hearing date has not yet been determined but will be within a few days, a district court employee said. According to the police report obtained by Patch regarding his arrest, another motorist called police on Kretzschmar after he…
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The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Department of the City of Grosse Pointe. An arrest does not indicate conviction.
A 38-year-old Grosse Pointe Farms man arrested earlier this week for drunken driving entered an initial plea of not guilty in the City of Grosse Pointe court and will enter an inpatient rehabilitation center. The man was pointed out by several women to a City of Grosse Pointe patrol officer after exiting Village Grill Tuesday. They yelled to the officer that the man was intoxicated and was trying to drive away, according to a report. As the officer was looking for the man to whom they were referring, he saw a vehicle backing out of parking space on Kercheval Place, pull into the Charter One bank parking lot and then exit onto Notre Dame. The driver, who turned out to be the man to whom the women were referring, made a wide turn out of the…
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The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A Grosse Pointe Woods resident reported early on Aug. 22 that he found damage to his vehicle that apparently happened overnight. The man found his car, which was parked in his driveway in the 1900 block of Littlestone Road, with a broken rear driver's side window, a broken gear shift and damage to the center console that holds a navigation system. Blood was also found in the car, leading police to believe the would-be thief cut him or herself during the attempted crime, according to a report. Drunk Driving Arrest Grosse Pointe Woods police arrested a person Aug. 20 near Mack and Vernier for drunken driving after the driver began driving erratically about 2:30 a.m. According to a report, the driver pulled up next to a police officer at a …
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The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Grosse Pointe Farms police are investigating the theft of a 1993 Chevrolet Caprice from the 200 block of Ridgemont Road about 5 a.m. Aug. 14. The 21-year-old owner told police he saw a man driving his car east on Beaupre and told officers he had several items inside the car when it was stolen, including birth certificates and tattoo equipment valued at $300. He also gave police a detailed description of the car–which has a marijuana leaf on the steering wheel, a dent on the driver's side rear door and a back passenger window stuck in the down position. A patrol officer searched the area for the car but could not find it immediately, according to a report. In another unrelated case, Grosse Pointe Park police are investigating the theft of …
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The following information is gathered from the Public Safety Departments of Grosse Pointe Shores and Grosse Pointe Woods. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Grosse Pointe Woods police arrested a 52-year-old resident Aug. 6 for drunken driving after police say she struck another motorist on Mack Avenue, struck and broke one of the front windows of Better Health, struck and knocked down a yield sign and continued back onto the other side of Mack Avenue before coming to a stop in the median. The other motorist was not injured. Police said the woman had a preliminary breath test with a 0.20 percent blood alcohol content. The woman was driving a Ford Windstar on Huntington and drove across Mack, which is when the first of the crashes happened. She continued driving each time until she came to a stop in the median of Mack Avenue. Police said the woman smelled of alcohol and had red, watery, sleepy …
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The following information is gathered from the public safety departments of the Grosse Pointes. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
City of Grosse Pointe patrol officers found three children–ages 2, 5, and 8–sitting in a parked car in the lot of an office supply store on Mack Avenue July 23 about 1:25 p.m. during the recent heat wave. The temperature was 88 with a heat index of 96 and a passerby who saw the officer checking out the car–parked in a handicap space without proper permits–voiced concern about the children. The car was not running and the passerby told the officer he was concerned about the health of the children considering the weather. The owner of the vehicle came outside but did not understand the concern of the officer, in part due to the owner's broken English that was likely a language barrier. He told the officer the children had been alone in the …
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The following information is gathered from the City of Grosse Pointe Public Safety department. Arrests do not indicate conviction.
City of Grosse Pointe detectives are investigating the theft of two vehicles that happened within 24 hours. In the first case, a 76-year-old woman reported that her 2001 Dodge Caravan was stolen between 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. June 19 in the 700 block of University Place. In the second case, a 35-year-old man reported that his 2009 Jeep was stolen between 11:30 p.m. June 19 and 9:30 a.m. June 20 from his driveway in the 800 block of Lakeland. The man walked out of his house June 20 to discover his SUV missing. Inside the Jeep, the man had a portable GPS unit, an iPod, a child safety seat, a set of golf clubs and miscellaneous clothing and books, according to a report. Patch is awaiting more information about whether police believe the …
The following information is gathered from the Grosse Pointe Woods Public Safety Department and arrests do not indicate conviction.
Grosse Pointe Woods police are investigating the possession of alcohol by two 12-year-old girls after one was taken to an area hospital foaming at the mouth and vomiting blood. Officers were called to the 700 block of Vernier Road June 4 about 8:45 p.m. where they found the girls. Emergency medical technicians took the incapacitated girl to the emergency room and officers gathered some information from the other girl but it was difficult because of her level of intoxication. She blew 0.12 percent alcohol on a breathalyzer and repeatedly changed the story of how she and her friend obtained the alcohol. At fist she told officers they were given it at a park by five men they didn't know and they drank the liquid not knowing it was alcohol …
A Grosse Pointe Shores police officer was recognized for assisting a woman this week, plus other reports from the Pointes.
Grosse Pointe Shores Public Safety Director Stephen Poloni recognized an officer's efforts this week before the City Council. The officer spent two hours with a 51-year-old woman at the edge of Lake St. Clair on May 12. The woman, whose husband had reported her to police as being in a concerning state, was spotted near the break-wall near Lake Shore Road and Fontana Lane. She was sitting in the grass with two prescription bottles sitting near her when the officer approached her. The woman admitted she was suffering from depression and having problems. The officer convinced her to go to the hospital for help, and contacted her husband to retrieve her car, according to a police report. Child Support Arrest City of Grosse Pointe police …
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Kathy R
10:06 pm on Monday, September 5, 2011
It was during the day, but this is quite the norm unfortunatley for Grosse Pointe mothers, fathers, and children. I have lived here my whole life and have never seen so many Mothers and Fathers with drug and alcohol addictions. Of course, everybody wants to pretend this doesn't happen here and acts shocked to hear this story. more ›