Crime & Safety

Vehicle Owners Report Thefts, Damage at Twelve Oaks in Novi

Catalytic converters were taken from several cars parked in the shopping mall lot.

The owner of a Jaguar parked in the Sears lot at Twelve Oaks shopping center in Novi called police after discovering someone had damaged the windshield of his vehicle by throwing a watch at it. 

According to the Novi Police Department report, the man told police he parked his vehicle at 6 a.m. and discovered the damage when he returned at 3:30 p.m. The watch, which was found on the car hood, caused a circular and a vertical crack in the windshield.

Catalytic converters stolen

Police investigated reports of catalytic converters taken from several vehicles in the Twelve Oaks parking lot on March 26. According to one report, a surveillance tape showed two men in a dark car near the vehicles. The men were described as wearing hoodies and dark pants. 

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