Man's Uncles Turn Him in to Ferndale Police For Stealing Car

(Posted Nov. 11, 2o16) FERNDALE, MI — A Sterling Heights man was turned in by his uncles after he allegedly fled from Ferndale police in a car reported stolen in Flint Township hours earlier, The Daily Tribune reported. The incident unfolded Wednesday morning when a Ferndale police officer ran the plates on the unoccupied car parked outside Motor City Pawn Shop, 771 E. Mile Road, and discovered it was stolen.

When officers approached the man, later identified as Steven D. Winston, 22, he got in the car and fled, police said. A chase was called off after speeds reached 80 mph, and police returned to the pawn shop, where an employee identified the suspect, then reportedly called his grandparents.

Ferndale Police Lt. William Wilson told The Daily Tribune that after Winston's relatives were notified, they brought him to the police station and told police where to find the stolen car in Detroit. “Officers at the station looked out and saw two men holding another man down,” Wilson told the newspaper.

Winston, 22, is scheduled to be arraigned Friday in Ferndale 43rd District Court, where he is expected to be arraigned on five-year felony charges of third-degree fleeing and eluding police, and receiving and concealing a stolen car.

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