Friday, May 18, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following is a roundup of recent Birmingham Police reports: Two 17-year-old boys from Birmingham were arrested early Sunday morning for breaking into several cars on the 300 block of Fairfax. According to police reports, a resident on that block watched a young man enter his vehicle around 1:25 a.m. Sunday. The man appeared to remove items while another young man waited near the sidewalk, the resident reported. The resident then watched the first young man go across the street and enter another vehicle. The responding officers apprehended both boys while one was in the process of taking items from a vehicle. Both were taken into custody and charged with larceny from auto, then turned over to their parents with a court appearance date. …
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Market Square
1964 Southfield Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Leo's Coney Island
154 S Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI
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-83.234269
300 Fairfax St, Birmingham, MI
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42.54346
-83.21108
S Old Woodward Ave & Hazel St, Birmingham, MI
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42.532775
-83.20363
1300 Bird Ave, Birmingham, MI
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42.54171
-83.237539
600 Westchester Way, Birmingham, MI
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42.54977
-83.238909
500 N Glenhurst Dr, Birmingham, MI
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-83.198273
1800 Graefield Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sean Combs, 18, was arrested in downtown Birmingham April 13 after he was found openly carrying a loaded rifle.
Sean Combs, the 18-year-old Troy High School senior who was arrested by Birmingham Police last month while walking through downtown Birmingham with a rifle slung over his shoulder, is set to attend an evidentiary hearing in three weeks after attending a pre-trial hearing Tuesday afternoon in front of Judge Marc Barron in 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills. Combs pleaded not guilty May 1 on charges of brandishing a firearm, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer – all misdemeanor offenses that each carry a maximum 93-day sentence and $500 fine. Combs' attorney, Jim Makowski, said he plans to file a motion to dismiss the case entirely within the next couple weeks, saying Birmingham Police violated Combs' rights when they stopped …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following is a roundup of recent Birmingham Police reports: Police arrested a 24-year-old Troy man early Sunday morning after he pushed over a cash register at the Hamilton Room in Birmingham. According to police reports, the man was leaving the nightclub around 2:05 a.m. when he pushed over a cash register, telephone and touch-screen computer on the hostess counter. The man attempted to flee the business, reports state, but he was soon after taken into custody by officers standing outside the bar. The man was charged with malicious destruction of property and released with a court date. Birmingham police responded to several incidents of larceny last weekend, including: Anyone with information about any of these incidents can call …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Crystal Ann White, 28, was charged with reckless discharge of a firearm Tuesday during her arraignment at 48th District Court. White allegedly fired a handgun on South Old Woodward in early April.
The Redford woman who allegedly fired a handgun on South Old Woodward last month has pleaded not guilty to one charge of reckless discharge of a firearm. Crystal Ann White, 28, was arraigned Tuesday in 48th District Court in Bloomfield Hills. White's bond was set at $10,000 with a 10 percent cash surety, which she paid, and she was released Tuesday. A new court date had not yet been set, according to Birmingham Police Cmdr. Terry Kiernan. White's charge stems from a fight between her and another woman spilled out of South Bar around 2:30 a.m. April 2 and resulted in two shots fired into the air. No one was hurt during the incident. According to police reports, White and a 21-year-old woman from Southfield were arguing outside the downtown …
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S Old Woodward Ave & E Merrill St, Birmingham, MI
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Union president hopes the department can move forward on a long-delayed plan to offer ambulance services.
After almost two years of negotiations and arbitration, the Birmingham Firefighters Association has agreed to a stipulated contract through 2014 with the city of Birmingham. This makes the firefighters the final city group to shift its retirement plans to a money-saving defined contribution plan. "By having this last group come on board, we've significantly modified the city's retirement program to eliminate the legacy costs that we've had to deal with," Assistant City Manager Joe Valentine said. The previous contract with the 22-member Birmingham Firefighters Association Local 911 expired in July 2010. The new contract will last through July 2014. According to Valentine, the terms of the stipulated contract are similar to those of the …
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Birmingham Fire Department - Adams St. Station
572 S Adams Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Birmingham Fire Department - Chesterfield Station
1600 W Maple Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Police Chief Don Studt introduces the city's two newest officers to the Birmingham City Commission on Monday.
Dustin Nelson and Scott Grams are officially the two newest police officers at the Birmingham Police Department. The pair were sworn in Monday night during a ceremony at the Birmingham City Commission meeting at City Hall and will soon be going on patrol, Police Chief Don Studt said. Nelson, a Macomb Township resident and Oakland University graduate, had his new badge pinned to his uniform by his father, a retired detective from Warren. Grams, a former Grand Rapids resident and graduate of Grand Valley State University, had his badge pinned by his wife.
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Birmingham Police Department
151 Martin St, Birmingham, MI
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Police say an elderly woman from Bloomfield Hills drove into the East Maple Road salon a little before 11 a.m. Monday.
Updated 3:30 p.m.: Birmingham Police said no one was hurt during a mid-day Monday accident at Great Clips in which an elderly woman drove into the salon's storefront on East Maple Road. According to Birmingham Police Cmdr. Terry Kiernan, the 76-year-old woman from Bloomfield Hills was pulling into an angled parking spot in front of the salon, located in the shopping plaza with Kroger and Qdoba just east of Woodward Avenue. Kiernan said the woman told police her foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator as she was pulling in, and her 2011 red Buick Lacrosse jumped the curb and went through the Great Clips window, smashing brick, glass and the metal door frame. The accident sounded like an explosion, said Great Clips manager Lori Lienau…
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Great Clips
725 E Maple Rd, Birmingham, MI
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Friday, May 4, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following is a roundup of recent Birmingham Police reports: Police arrested a Birmingham man early Tuesday morning after a domestic dispute turned into a hit-and-run incident on Pierce Street. According to police reports, the man's wife was allegedly driving to the Birmingham police station around 3 a.m. from Southfield, where she claimed her 22-year-old husband assaulted her. While driving up Pierce Street from 14 Mile Road, however, the wife told police her husband hit her car while following her in his own vehicle. Officers later found and arrested the man at his home. Birmingham police arrested a 67-year-old man from Southfield for disorderly conduct last Saturday after he was discovered standing in the road and blocking traffic …
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Sav-On Birmingham Drugs
33877 Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI
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710831
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42.54482
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S Old Woodward Ave & E Brown St, Birmingham, MI
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South Bar
210 S Old Woodward Ave, Birmingham, MI
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1780323
/locations/6934763
42.536592
-83.208924
700 Bennaville Ave, Birmingham, MI
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Pierce St & E 14 Mile Rd, Birmingham, MI
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42.5482
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2100 Yorkshire Rd, Birmingham, MI
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-83.195102
2100 Buckingham Ave, Birmingham, MI
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-83.211849
400 E Frank St, Birmingham, MI
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
We're looking for community feedback on March and April's string of police incidents downtown.
Last week, we heard a lot of of thoughts on public safety in Birmingham as part of Patch's week-long series, A Community Discusses Public Safety in Downtown Birmingham. From outrage at various bars around town, to suggestions about teen curfews, Birmingham Patch readers had a lot to say about a string of recent police incidents downtown, including: But we don't want the conversation to end there. Downtown safety, especially as the weather warms, is on a lot of residents' minds these days, so we still want to hear what you have to say.' Check out what readers and residents had to say last week when we asked them about bars in downtown Birmingham, curfews and how safe they felt walking around at night. Paul Dorset, 29 Shauna Nicholson, 27 …
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Arraignment waived for the Troy 18-year-old who was arrested in downtown Birmingham April 13 after he was caught carrying a loaded rifle.
The case against Troy 18-year-old Sean Michael Combs, the teen caught carrying a loaded rifle in downtown Birmingham last month, moves forward with a pre-trial hearing set for May 15 in 48th District Court. A plea of not guilty was entered for Combs on charges of brandishing a firearm, disorderly conduct and obstructing an officer after Birmingham Police discovered him carrying the rifle near South Old Woodward and Merrill around 10:30 p.m. April 13. On the night of the arrest, officers asked for Combs' identification to determine whether he was 18 and therefore old enough to carry the rifle. However, according to police reports, Combs — who was with a group of friends at the time — refused. Police later determined the weapon, a M1-.30 …
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S Old Woodward Ave & E Merrill St, Birmingham, MI
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Cristian Teodoridis
12:54 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
Not sure who "babz" is referring to, but we definitely don't need this kind of racial thuggery in our conversation. I flagged her comment as inappropriate. more ›