Crime Report: Utility Trailer Stolen; Car Windows Damaged by Pellet Gun

Items Stolen

Eight incidents of larceny were reported to Novi police from July 9-18.

• A woman reported that the catalytic converter was stolen from her 2000 Chevrolet Venture while it was parked at as she worked July 13 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., according to a police report.
• A woman reported that her purse, driver’s license, Social Security card and credit card were stolen from her car on Wellington Drive sometime between 10 p.m. July 11 and 8 a.m. July 12. According to the police report, the woman locked her vehicle but left the driver's side window down an inch or two. 
• The owner of a business on Grand River Avenue reported that his 17-foot aluminum utility trailer was stolen from his premises sometime between July 9 and July 11, according to the police report.
• An antenna worth $100 was reported stolen from a 2006 Chevrolet Blazer parked in front of Westgate Boulevard near West Pontiac Trail sometime between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. on July 17, the police report said.
• A man reported his license plate was stolen from his car sometime between 9:45 a.m. and 4 p.m. July 16. The man noticed the plate was missing after leaving work at Best Buy but last remembered seeing the plate on his car at 1 a.m. July 16, according to the report. The report said it was not clear when or where the plate was stolen. 
• An employee at an auto service business on Grand River Avenue reported that 40 brake rotators with a scrap metal value of $1 each and one rear auto axle with a scrap metal value of $50 were stolen over the weekend of July 16-18. The employee said the same thing happened a couple of months ago, but he did not report it to police, the police report said.
• A man reported his Garmin GPS unit, worth $100, was stolen from his car while it was parked in front of his house on West Lake Drive near Rexton Street. The property was stolen sometime between 3:30 p.m. July 9 and 8 a.m. July 11, according to the police report. 
• A security employee at Post Bar reported that his helmet, worth $150, was stolen off his motorcycle when it was parked behind the bar the night of July 16. The man reported the theft to an officer who was checking on the Main Street area, according to the police report. The man stated he wanted to make a report in case he was pulled over for not wearing a helmet on the way home, the report said. 

Property Damaged

A man and his wife said they were sitting on their porch on Scenic Lane on July 17 at 12:23 a.m. when they saw a car drive down the street and stop near their car parked in the road. They heard a noise, and then the car drove out of the subdivision. The man went to find that the window on the driver’s side was broken, likely from a pellet gun, according to the man’s statement in the police report. After police responded to the man’s report, an officer checked more vehicles on the road for damage and found a Dodge truck parked in front of Scenic Lane with the driver’s side rear door window shattered but still in place in the frame. This was “presumably from the same suspect using a pellet gun,” said the police report.

A female employee at the Ironworkers Local Union Hall at 25130 Trans X Rd. reported that someone wrote graffiti on an electrical box on the Hall property between 5 p.m. July 15 and 7 a.m. July 18, according to the police report. The graffiti, done in permanent marker, read “THE ETERNAL STREET KING.” Police recommended the hall install a surveillance camera or possibly move the wall that conceals the area to prevent future incidents, the report said.

Two Arrested for Operating While Intoxicated

A man was arrested July 12 at 9:37 p.m. for operating while intoxicated. Another driver called police to report a possible drunken driver and followed the man from Grand River Avenue and Beck Road until he pulled into a driveway on Windridge Lane, the police report said. A police officer then arrived at the house, where the man admitted that he had just driven, according to the police report. The man had a blood-alcohol level of 0.158, according to his breathalyzer test in the report, which is over Michigan’s legal driving limit of 0.08.

Another man was arrested for operating while intoxicated at 1:13 a.m. on July 16 on Grand River Avenue and Novi Road, according to a police report.

If you have questions about this blotter, contact Editor Rebecca Jaskot at rebecca.jaskot@patch.com.