An OnStar vehicle security system led Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies to a stolen car Sunday night, and two teenagers found inside were arrested, police said. Sometime between 9 p.m. and 11:45 p.m., someone opened an unlocked door of a vehicle parked in the 500 block of Pinewood Street in Ypsilanti ...
Northfield Township police are investigating two possibly related car thefts that occurred over a two-day span late last month. The first vehicle was reported stolen Nov. 27 from the 300 block of Diamond Circle. The keys were left in the ignition, said Northfield Township police Lt. Tim Greene.
Pittsfield Township police are investigating a car theft and attempted car theft on the same day on Washtenaw Avenue, reports said. Police say a 2000 Honda CRV was stolen from the 4700 block of Washtenaw Avenue on Friday. Also that day, the steering column was damaged during an attempt to ...
An Ann Arbor man was convicted of assault and vehicle theft charges for attacking his roommate while a teenager was bound in their basement last year. Following two days of testimony, Jerome Jopila Powell, 33, was convicted Wednesday of assault with a dangerous weapon, domestic violence and unlawfully driving away an ...
Ann Arbor police say a car thief swiped a vehicle near a busy downtown intersection early today while the owner was nearby, but the thief was arrested 30 minutes later. The victim's GMC vehicle was parked and unlocked near the intersection of Main and William streets at about 7:53 a.m. ...
Authorities believe four teenagers stole several vehicles and broke into many others in Washtenaw and Monroe counties over the last 24 hours. Police are still investigating whether other individuals were involved and how long the group may have been committing crimes.
Northfield Township police are investigating a break-in, an attempted break-in and a car theft that occurred recently, township police said today. The burglary occurred July 16 in the 2000 block of Five Mile Road. Police said someone kicked in the side door of his garage and stole items that were ...
Reported vehicle theft has fallen to a 20-year low, even as the number of vehicles on the road has doubled, as manufacturers install sophisticated anti-theft technology in cars and police target organized car-theft rings, USA Today reports today. That trend also bears out locally, as reported car thefts to the ...
A 2009 Chevrolet Tahoe was stolen from a car dealership in Dexter sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning, a Washtenaw County Sheriff's Department incident summary said. The theft occurred in the 7000 block of Dexter-Ann Arbor Road and was reported about 4 p.m. Tuesday, the summary said. Investigators are ...
A man walked out of a convenience store at a BP gas station on Washtenaw Avenue Thursday to discover his car had been stolen, an Ypsilanti police incident log said. The man left his car running about 7:37 a.m. as he went inside the store in the road's 1600 block ...