Pittsfield Township police nab suspected burglar after he crashed vehicle into snow bank
A 30-year-old Detroit man was arrested this morning shortly after he fled from a burglary at a Wellesley Lane home and crashed a vehicle into a snow bank on nearby West Michigan Avenue, Pittsfield Township police said.
Officers responded at 11:36 a.m. to a report of a burglary in the 5600 block of Wellesley Lane, a police news release said.
A caller reported returning home, finding the door had been forced open and a man was inside, the release said. Officer Mark Haddow responded and saw a man exit the home with a stolen laptop computer and jewelry, police said. The man got into a vehicle and drove off, failing to yield to Haddow, the release said.
According to police, the man crashed his vehicle into a snow bank on West Michigan Avenue, then ran. Haddow and other officers caught up with him and took him into custody, police said. The man was taken to the Washtenaw County Jail.
Charges are pending.
Comments
Joe Citizen
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 : 4:07 p.m.
Good Job Pittsfield Officers!!! It's great to hear stories like this one but it would be even better if we could always hear what happens to the arrested man in court. Does he go to prison? Does he get a deal? Does he get probation? Like I said it is great to hear these stories but we want to know how the courts follow up and if they are trying to protect us as hard as these officers are. We sometimes get a trial story but never seem to hear the real sentence only the possible sentence they face. They would surely be short articles with links to the original story but it might put some pressure on the elected officials in the court system to do their jobs a little harder too.
RJA
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 : 5:15 a.m.
I think the snow has helped officers several times in the last week or so to make some good catches. Gotta love the foot prints in the snow too. I do!
Ann English
Tue, Feb 15, 2011 : 1:06 a.m.
First time I've read of the snow helping to stop a crime this way, and it happened despite the snowmelt. The big piles of plowed snow aren't gone, just smaller. Trust that the laptop computer and jewelry were recovered.
jmac
Mon, Feb 14, 2011 : 8:26 p.m.
Happy the police nabbed this guy. Guess the snow comes in handy sometimes...