U-M student arrested, suspected of punching out rear windshields of cars in Ann Arbor
A University of Michigan student was arrested this morning, suspected of punching out the rear windshields of 4 cars in Ann Arbor while he was heavily intoxicated, authorities said.
Ann Arbor police officers arrested the 19-year-old man about 3 a.m. near the intersection of East University Avenue and Hill Street, where police responded to a report that a man threw a barbecue grill at a car, police spokeswoman Lt. Renee Bush said.
Bush said the grill didn't hit the car, but officers noticed that the man's hands were bleeding and there were pieces of glass in his knuckles. Officers had responded 2 hours earlier to the 800 block of South Forest Avenue, where rear windshields of 4 cars had been smashed out and blood was found on the cars, Bush said. The man is believed to be responsible for vandalizing those cars, Bush said.
Bush said the man was taken by ambulance to University of Michigan Hospital to be treated for his injuries. Police did not have a damage estimate.
Charges are pending.
Lee Higgins covers crime and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached by phone at (734) 623-2527 and email at leehiggins@annarbor.com.
Comments
JRW
Fri, Jun 1, 2012 : 5:46 p.m.
How about a name and photo. Just because it's a UM student doesn't exempt them from public information about the crime.
YpsiGreen
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 12:21 p.m.
Gee, and we haven't even lost a football game yet.
Elaine F. Owsley
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:55 a.m.
Does this mean there is likely an opening in the Freshman ranks for a student who obeys the law and knows why he is at Michigan? Wouldn't you like to have been a fly on the wall when his folks heard about what he had done with their tuition and room money and classes haven't even begun!!
Doug
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:18 a.m.
When I read this I think of the many deserving students who didn't get accepted the the U of M.
KJMClark
Thu, Sep 1, 2011 : 11:08 a.m.
Looks like he was greeting the new school year with beer! He's going to have one heck of a hangover. I wouldn't expect the legal system to come down too hard, though. In the end, he'll have to pay for the four windshields and probably get some community service. After all, it's just property damage, and pretty minor property damage at that.
Chris 8 - YPSI PRIDE
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 11:54 p.m.
If he was as out of control as stated here he is lucky the owners of one of these vehicles didn't catch him red handed. My car is my biggest expense every month other then food and a home. Most importantly, I rely on it to get me two and from work. I also worked very hard to have the money to afford to buy it and I like it nice and shiny and with all of the glass in place. If one of these vehicles were mine the police would have been called about a barbeque grill being thrown. I would have picked up the nearest one and have thrown him in it behind first with the gas on and a match in my hand. I sure hope the owners dont get screwed out of a few hundred bucks a piece to have their windows replaced. I for one would be at his sentencing demanding restitution which the owners can do and the court will enforce. Forget about the university throwing him out. I have already seen enough examples of them picking and choosing what criminals come and go. Eg : the football player who has multiple DUI's and is being given a 4th chance. Yes DUI is a criminal offense. Just ask a few people who have been mamimed by one, or the families of a victim who was killed by one. His importance to the appearance of the university will determine his fate, not the crimes he is alleged to have committed.
Macabre Sunset
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 7:24 p.m.
He'll be fine. No ducklings were harmed in the rampage.
RJA
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 5:44 p.m.
Sad, sad! If this boy was my son, I would allow the Ann Arbor Police, courts, do what they have to do. If he were to knock on Mom's door, the door would BE opened to TOUGH LOVE! He would not go back to school on my DIME.
Grimey
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 7:25 p.m.
Do you think that the legal / court / prison system would be able to raise this boy better than his parents (or you, if it was your son) could? Jus' sayin'.
jj
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 5:42 p.m.
Expulsion???
RTFM
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:22 p.m.
Ann Arbor ranks No. 2 on most-educated cities list [because] U-M student arrested, suspected of punching out rear windshields of cars in Ann Arbor.
Chase Ingersoll
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:29 p.m.
Alcohol removes the inhibitions that restrain people from acting on on underlying, or even suppressed emotions, and in this case aggression. If handled correctly, an incident like this can be the turning point that sends the kid in the right direction rather than the direction he was in before he got drunk and smashed windows. We see the irrationality of the drunken behavior, but what we don't see is the irrationality that led up to the drunkenness.
tommy_t
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:17 p.m.
He should now be reward with the title of the fastest ex UM student - thrown out before his college career has started if he is a new freshman.
West of Main
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:09 p.m.
Like that'll happen.
81wolverine
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:13 p.m.
Sounds like he had more than a large amount of alcohol. That kind of violent, destructive behavior sounds more like he may have been taking some serious drugs too.
Hmm
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:17 p.m.
Alcohol IS a serious drug in my opinion. But you see it advertised on tv and people drink it at parties so it's no big deal but I think it very much is a serious drug when you look at all the negative consequences that it has on our society.
West of Main
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:04 p.m.
Alcohol consumption alone is sufficient to evoke this kind of violent behavior. If he was on sherm (PCP) or more "serious drugs," he probably would have been tasered, bro.
smokeblwr
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:49 p.m.
As long as this is not a football player and not my windshield it is not relevant to my interests.
bunnyabbot
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:32 p.m.
I have met plenty of people who smoked weed and did stupid stuff while high, including driving, so saying he would have ordered a pizza and gone to bed is silly. He got hammered and did something stupid, chances are he would have done something stupid while stoned. Young people seem to think it is some sort of right of passage to binge drink, a lot of students that go to the U are spoiled when they get there. Let him sit in the pokey for a night or two and give him lots of community service. Maybe having all his free time monopolized by giving back will get him to rethink his stupidity. Students that are convicted of crimes should also be put on probation with the university, that is mess up too many times with the law get kicked out of school. Binge drinking/doing something stupid should cramp someones style for the majority of their time which would have been spent sociallizing. Perhaps the university should require all students for thier first two years have to sit through one or two orientation lectures about bidge drinking/drinking/drugs, sexual assaults/other crimes and STDS. Perhaps hearing stories about peoples personal expierience along with statistics will make some of them think. Maybe they could also then mention "thou shall not jaywalk" (and the PD actually enforce it by ticketing!)
bunnyabbot
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 5:35 p.m.
at grimmk, well students aren't necessarily ann arborites anyway.
bunnyabbot
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 5:32 p.m.
@hmm, I suppose there are plenty of passive stoners just as there are passive drunks. We know a lot of drunks cause trouble so lets assume some stoners do as well instead of thinking that cannibis does not make people angry or violent, people who are wacko that are self medicating themselves with pot are still wacko when they are stoned.
Hmm
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:12 p.m.
" He got hammered and did something stupid, chances are he would have done something stupid while stoned." The effects of alcohol and cannabis are completely different. Taking cannabis does not make a person angry and violent, which is a common side effect for alcohol consumption.
grimmk
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:38 p.m.
You aren't a true Ann Arborite if you don't jay walk.
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:07 p.m.
You can't use one drug to demonize others. And you can't prove a negative. He was drunk and violent. He might spend one night in the drunk tank for this violent and anti social act, but if he was caught with marijuana he could be sentenced to many years, at taxpayers expense, in prison.
pbehjatnia
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:04 p.m.
1. sounds like somebody needs some alcohol and aggression counseling as well as a few days of community service and a boot in the backside from the U. 2. @students at ross: if you want news coverage, maybe you should think like a business person(yep, just a thought) and contact the local news outlets (yes, there are several) and have a packet ready for them to look through and report on your fundraising activities (like when you are going to have an event and what it's for, etc, etc.). otherwise with comments like the one you posted you just sound like a clueless "but, i'm a businesssss student" whiner and i kinda guess that is not what the ross school of bidnezz is about, right?
drut_ferguson
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:01 p.m.
Hmmm, so what I got from the article is that apparently the Incredible Hulk got accepted to Michigan, went out and had a few cocktails to celebrate, and then HULK SMASH!
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:57 p.m.
Why don't we read about incidents involving marijuana and violent anti social behavior? Because there are none. Yet alcohol is legal and socially acceptable and pot is classified as a Class 1 narcotic.
Hmm
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:09 p.m.
That's my point, thanks
Hmm
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:41 p.m.
Alcohol strikes again! And he was underage drinking on top of it, nice. Can someone explain to me how we allow people to buy alcohol but they can't smoke cannabis when you see stories like this almost every week? When was the last time you read a story about someone using cannabis and violently breaking car windows out in the middle of the night? Why don't we ever see those kinds of stories?
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:33 p.m.
I hope he gets time in lock up and plenty of community service cleaning up broken glass after football games. There goes the scholarship or mom and dad's tuition money. Won't they be proud of junior?
Hmm
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:41 p.m.
Definitely needs some jail time
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:27 p.m.
Drunk students and antisocial behavior. If he'd smoked pot, he would have ordered a pizza, watch some tv and gone to bed.
Ron Granger
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:51 p.m.
That's a myth. You don't catch Reefer Madness, it catches you.
smokeblwr
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:33 p.m.
Or caught Reefer Madness!
amazonwarrior
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:22 p.m.
"Ann Arbor ranks no. 2 on most educated cities list". This guy must not have read the article..........
Ron Granger
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:50 p.m.
Give him a couple of years in the social system at the U and he'll catch up; he'll be partying like a pro. He'll learn valuable skills like when not to break things, how to burn off aggression without breaking the law, where not to urinate in public, what drinks you can mix, what to wear under a graduation gown, etc. Advanced students may even get invited to my seminar "how to do close deals on a golf course while not seeming drunk". These are time honored lessons. Savor them. Just don't smash any windows, because then you'll get probabation. Nothing ever good happens on probation. Sheesh.
smokeblwr
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:14 p.m.
If I had a dollar for every time I saw this happen in my undergrad days I could afford to live in Ann Arbour proper. Boys will be boys.
drut_ferguson
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:03 p.m.
Oh well, yvan eht nioj!
smokeblwr
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:32 p.m.
The olde "ultra violence"?
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:32 p.m.
So let's encourage random acts of violence.
Mr Blue
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:29 p.m.
I guess you condone drinking and anti social behavior. The excuse of "boys will be boys" gives them the impression that rape is ok.
Roy Munson
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:06 p.m.
"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."
Students of Ross School of Business Section 4
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:01 p.m.
It annoys me that this makes the front page of AnnArbor.com, when my new classmates and I have spent the past 2 days raising money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Michigan. If you are interested in supporting the cause, please visit: <a href="http://friends.wish.org/022-000/page/Ross%20Impact-Challenge/Section--4.htm" rel='nofollow'>http://friends.wish.org/022-000/page/Ross%20Impact-Challenge/Section--4.htm</a>
buildergirl
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 5:39 p.m.
There is an article on this, posted August 30, 6:30 pm. I find complaining about attention you have received annoying. Students are clearly back and the center of the universe once again.
West of Main
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 4:14 p.m.
With more than 25,000 undergraduates and 15,000+ post-graduates, you're really going to argue that the majority of UM students are somehow less than respectable human beings? Absurd.
djm12652
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:02 p.m.
It annoys you? If I were a student, I would be embarrassed to see a fellow student allegedely wreaking such havoc. I also understand that there are some very fine respectable young women and men going to UM...but from what I witness all school year, they are in the minority.
leezee
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 12:51 p.m.
And so it begins.
PattyinYpsi
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 12:36 p.m.
Ahhhh.... Welcome back, students.,...
ferdcom
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 12:36 p.m.
"Rear windshield"?????
Tom Teague
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:51 p.m.
Heard Click and Clack, the Car Guys, call it a rear windshield a couple of weeks ago.
DBH
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 3:32 p.m.
Rear window also would work.
justwondering
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:08 p.m.
Technically, it's called a backlite.
trs80
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 2:05 p.m.
What else would one call it?
DBH
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:21 p.m.
Yeah, you know, when you're driving in reverse?
West of Main
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 : 1:11 p.m.
Yes, there is such a thing.