Police Blotter: Police Investigate Cigarette Thief

Family trouble

Police responded to a home in the 22000 block of 13 Mile Wednesday for a report of a family trouble between a father and son. Police said the argument became physical with the father striking his 18-year-old son. The 38-year-old father was arrested for domestic assault. Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

Job argument

Officers were called to a house in the 27000 block of Rockwood Wednesday night for a reported domestic assault and battery. Police were called to the house after an argument over bills allegedly turned violent. The 45-year-old boyfriend allegedly struck his 38-year-old girlfriend. The boyfriend was arrested for domestic assault and battery. Police continue to investigate the incident.

Video game system stolen

A family in the 21000 block of Arrowhead called police Wednesday afternoon after their home was allegedly burglarized. The family returned home to find that a Playstation, two games, two controllers and an Xbox controller was taken from the house. There was no sign of forced entry.

Cigarettes swiped

Officers were called to the Rite Aid Wednesday afternoon for an alleged theft of cigarettes. A police report stated that a male entered the store and tried to purchase a carton of cigarettes. He swiped a card on the credit-card reader that he said was a debit card, but was actually a department store card. When it did not work, the man, who was about 30-35 years old with short hair, glasses and black coat, allegedly pulled the carton from the clerk and fled the store.

Adjournment request

The attorney for a 29-year-old St. Clair Shores man accused of supplying a lethal dose of heroin to his estranged wife requested an adjournment to review new discovery and further plea negotiations. Attorney Steven Freers requested the adjournment Wednesday for a pretrial hearing for his client, Nicholas Barczi. He is arguing that his client did not cause the July 14 death of his estranged wife. Barczi will be back in court on March 3. Barczi is one of the first people to be charged in Macomb County with delivery of a controlled substance causing death, a life felony. Investigators allege that Barczi and his estranged wife drove to Detroit to purchase heroin before returning to his apartment on Little Mack, where his estranged wife took the fatal dose of heroin.