Articles tagged:auto break-in

Posted: Tue Oct 26 4:13 p.m. by AnnArbor.com Staff

A Pittsfield Township homeowner who spotted a stranger rifling through his car in his driveway pulled the man out of the vehicle, chased him and was punched as they wrestled, township police said. The homeowner told police he was asleep at 5:45 a.m. Saturday when he heard his car horn ...

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Posted: Mon Jun 21 3:19 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A laptop was stolen from a car Sunday morning in the 900 block of Lincoln Avenue, Ann Arbor police said. A rear window was smashed at about 1 a.m. while the car was parked in a driveway, police said. The break-in was reported about seven hours later, police said.

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Posted: Mon Mar 15 10:17 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Three people were arrested after Ann Arbor police said they broke into numerous cars Saturday night and Sunday at Boardwalk Drive hotels and stole GPS units. A 27-year-old Ypsilanti Township man, 17-year-old Van Buren Township man and 16-year-old boy were arrested Sunday morning, Ann Arbor police said.

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Posted: Fri Mar 12 9:45 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A GPS unit was reported stolen this morning from a car in the 100 block of East Cross Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said. A woman told police her car's front passenger-side window was broken between 8:30 p.m. Thursday and 1:20 a.m. today, the log said.

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Posted: Fri Mar 5 10:34 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A car window was smashed, and an iPod was taken this morning in the 200 block of Harbor Way off South Main Street, Ann Arbor police said. The car alarm went off about 4 a.m., scaring away the thief, who also attempted to remove the CD player, police spokeswoman Lt. ...

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Posted: Tue Mar 2 10:08 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Car break-in on Brookfield Drive under investigation, Ann Arbor police say

Ann Arbor police are investigating two car break-ins reported this morning in the 1400 block of Brookfield Drive, police spokeswoman Lt. Renee Bush said. The break-ins occurred between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., Bush said. In both cases, windows on the cars were broken, and GPS units left in plain ...

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Posted: Mon Feb 22 10:20 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A GPS unit and radar detector were taken during an auto break-in reported Sunday morning in the 2500 block of Packard Street, an Ann Arbor police report said.

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Posted: Mon Feb 8 9:10 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A bag containing a checkbook and flash drive was stolen from a car sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning on Pearl Street, an Ypsilanti police incident log said.

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Posted: Fri Feb 5 11:54 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

A purse was stolen from a pickup truck this morning on Pearl Street after a rock was thrown through a passenger-side window, an Ypsilanti police incident log said. A 21-year-old woman reported the theft in the street's 700 block at 2:22 a.m., the log said. The purse contained credit cards, ...

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Posted: Thu Jan 28 9:10 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating three car break-ins reported Wednesday morning on Cross Street, a police incident log said. The break-ins occurred between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m.

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Posted: Mon Jan 18 8:49 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating an auto break-in reported Sunday afternoon in the 600 block of West Cross Street, a police incident log said. A brick was thrown through a passenger side window of a 2001 Kia Sportage, and a purse containing $300 was taken, the log said.

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Posted: Tue Jan 12 9:30 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating a car break-in reported Monday in the 100 block of Perrin Street, a police incident log said. Two empty purses, a jacket and $300 were taken after the front passenger side window of a 2009 Ford Focus was broken, the log said.

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Posted: Mon Jan 11 10 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating a car break-in reported this morning on North Washington Street, a police incident log said. A man told police he returned to his car to find one of its windows was broken and his stereo was missing, according to the log.

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Posted: Fri Jan 8 9:13 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating three vehicle break-ins Wednesday night in which objects were thrown through passenger side windows. The incidents occurred between 11:30 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday in the 600 block of Emmet Street, 300 block of Washtenaw Avenue and 400 block of Florence Street, a police incident ...

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Posted: Tue Jan 5 10:03 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Ypsilanti police are investigating a car break-in reported this morning on North Summit Street, a police incident log said. A rock was thrown through the car's passenger side window in the street's 100 block, and a purse was stolen. It contained $200 cash, a debit card and check stubs, the ...

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