Police Blotter: Another Metal Thief Strikes in Bloomfield Township

Following are highlights from recent Bloomfield Township Police Department reports:

Another water meter stolen

Officers with the Bloomfield Township Police Department are investigating the theft of a water meter and copper piping from a vacant building, police reports said.

Officers responded to the Penske Corp. building at 1819 Telegraph Rd. at about 12:15 p.m. April 30 after a caller reported seeing a man remove a backflow meter from the building. He was gone when police arrived. No physical description was available, but the man appeared to be about 50 years old, according to reports.

The case is similar to another taken from the outside of  sometime last month. Richard Campau, 51,  from Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Township and Troy investigating several recent metal thefts.

Sgt. Kurtis Dudek said Campau is a suspect in that theft, but was in custody at the time of Monday's incident. He remains at the Oakland County Jail and is charged with two counts of larceny and one count of possessing dangerous drugs — heroin, stemming from his arrest in Pontiac, court records show. Charges in the Bloomfield Township incident are pending.

Unlocked Vehicles Burglarized

Several unlocked vehicles parked in the driveways of multiple homes were broken into late last week, according to police reports.

• 1700 block of Squirrel Valley: A laptop computer and wallet were taken sometime overnight between April 27 and April 28. The items were recovered on April 28 in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, reports said.
• 2600 block of Bridle: Sunglasses and debit cards were reported missing from unlocked vehicles sometime between April 25 and April 26.
• 200 block of Woodedge: Debit cards were removed from multiple unlocked vehicles sometime between April 25 and April 26.
• 100 block of Dourdan: Four vehicles parked at two different residences were entered sometime between April 25 and April 26. Clothing, jewelry and an iPod were reported stolen.

Resident reports identity theft

A resident in the 1800 block of Pine Ridge Lane reported this week that his Discover credit card was fraudulently duplicated and then used to make multiple purchases. It was unclear when the card may have been duplicated, and no suspect information was available. 

Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to call the investigations division at 248-433-7752.

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