Man Overdoses On Heroin As Police Arrest In Shelby Twp. Theft: Police

SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI — A man began overdosing on heroin Thursday as officers arrested him in connection to a theft from a Shelby Township store, police said.

The 42-year-old Clinton Township man is facing charges of possession of fentanyl, possession of burglary tools, and carrying a concealed weapon.

Due to a recent string of thefts from cars in the area, officers watched two suspicious men wearing backpacks at 7:45 p.m. Thursday, June 1, in the parking lot of Panera Bread on Hall Road, police said.

Officers watched the two men walk into the restaurant, and noticed one of them walk out of the restaurant wearing a different shirt, police said.

The man then walked to a nearby discount store and spent roughly 20 minutes inside, police said.

When the man walked out of the discount store, officers spoke to him and found several stolen items poking out from his waistband under the shirt, police said.

Officers also found other stolen items in his possession, including fentanyl, several used syringes, tools and a large hunting knife in the backpack, police said.

As officers were walking him over to their patrol car, the man started showing signs of an overdose, police said.

Officers said the man told them he had just ingested heroin while they approached him outside the discount store.

Officers took the man to a nearby hospital for treatment, police said. Once he was medically cleared from the hospital, officers took him to the Shelby Township Police Department.