Crime & Safety
Teen Snatches Purse in Parking Lot, Thieves Target Tea Sets
The following information was supplied by the Royal Oak Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Highlights from Royal Oak Police Department reports from the past week:
Thieves Target Sterling Silver Tea Set
515 S. Lafayette (Delgiudice Antiques), Sept. 16: The business reported someone broke into the store and stole two sterling silver tea sets.
2000 block of N. Wilson, Sept. 17: A woman reported someone entered her unlocked garage and stole her blue Electra Townie bicycle.
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Teen snatches purse, construction site robbed
30991 Woodward (Kroger), Sept. 12: A woman reported a teen stole a purse from her shopping cart while she was loading groceries into her vehicle. The purse-snatcher was described as a black, 15 years old, short black hair wearing a multicolored T-shirt. He ran to a waiting white SUV and fled the area westbound on 13 Mile.
5150 Coolidge (Meijer), Sept. 12: A man reported someone stole his black Jamis Exile mountain bike he locked to a bicycle rack.
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100 S. Main (Cantina Diablo’s), Sept. 17: A man reported someone stole a pair of sunglasses he left at the business.
4100 block of W. Webster, Sept. 14: A man reported someone stole a General humidifier, dimensional lumber, condensation pump, wire mesh and miscellaneous materials from a construction site.
Thief attempts to steal Dodge Stratus
700 block of N. Stephenson, Sept. 14: A man reported someone attempted to steal his maroon 2004 Dodge Stratus.
Acts of vandalism
1621 Linwood (Shrine Elementary School), Sept. 15: The school reported someone broke the window out of an entry door on the west side of the school.
2700 block of N. Campbell, Sept. 14: A woman reported someone keyed her vehicle and wrote an obscenity on the rear hatch with a marker.
27900 block of Massoit, Sept. 14: A woman reported someone damaged a landscaping light pole in her front yard.
1100 block of N. Campbell, Sept. 17: A man reported someone slashed a tire and poured baby powder on his vehicle.
121 E. Hudson (Peggy Jo Studio), Sept. 19: The business reported someone damaged the landscaping in front.
If you have any information about any of these incidents, call Royal Oak Police at 248-246-3500. For questions about this blotter, email judy.davids@patch.com.
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