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Friday, January 4, 2013

Birmingham Police Arrest 2 Drunk Drivers; Troy Man Arrested for Marijuana Possession

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Birmingham police arrested two drivers earlier this week on drunk driving charges, both of which were driving on Woodward. According to police reports, officers first responded to the scene of a fender-bender near Woodward and Lincoln a little after midnight on Sunday, Dec. 30. Police discovered that the driver who had rear-ended the other vehicle, a 25-year-old man from Ypsilanti, had a BAC twice over the legal limit. He was arrested for second degree operating while intoxciated. A little later that night, around 4 a.m., officers pulled over another vehicle on Woodwar near Wimbleton for driving erractically. The driver, a 26-year-old man from Lake Orion, was arrested for …

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Birmingham Police Department and Roeper School - Middle/Upper School Campus

Friday, December 28, 2012

Detroit Men Arrested in Birmingham With Car Full of Drugs, Alcohol and Knives, and More

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Police are looking for two suspects after CVS employees said a man and woman tried to steal a shopping cart full of Red Bull energy drinks from the drugstore Wednesday. According to store employees, the couple were both approximately 30-40 years old. As the couple tried to wheel the shopping cart out the rear door of CVS around 2 p.m., police reports say the manager confronted them and asked for a receipt. According to police, they then left the store and drove away in an older model silver Grand Am, with a possible license plate of CUM6972. Two Detroit men were arrested early Saturday morning after they were found driving around Birmingham in a car full of illegal drugs, …

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Birmingham Police Department, CVS, and Pierce Street Parking Structure

bobber jobber

6:55 pm on Saturday, February 2, 2013

its a long way to the top if you wanna rockin roll^^ [0]   more ›

With New Year's Approaching, How Many Drinks Will Get You A DUI?

Here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record, plus the latest drunk driving stats from the Birmingham Police Department.

New Year's is almost here, which means one thing: a lot of people will be drinking and they'll need some way to get home. Every year, downtown Birmingham expects thousands of holiday-makers ready to ring in the new year. If you're one of those heading out to party, however, do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunk driving violation? When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Michigan's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01…

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Detroit Men Arrested in Birmingham With Car Full of Drugs, Alcohol and Knives, and More, Woman Driving Wrong Way Nabbed for Drunk Driving, Decorative Fence 'Decapitated', Recent Drunk Driving Arrest, Wrong-Way Crash on Woodward Fit National Trend, and 2 more ›

Lori T. Williams

8:26 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

Very useful information. I'm going to add this information in the comment section of the blog I wrote on this subject earlier this week.   more ›

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Recent Drunk Driving Arrest, Wrong-Way Crash on Woodward Fit National Trend

Two alcohol-related incidents in the past week demonstrate what a new national study found about wrong-way crashes.

  • PUBLIC SAFETY
  • Art Aisner
  • Thursday, December 20, 2012

Two incidents on Woodward Avenue in Bloomfield Hills and Birmingham during the past week are local examples of what a new national study concluded about wrong-way crashes.  On average, 360 people die each year in wrong-way collisions, researchers with the National Transportation Safety Board found. And the majority of those crashes, nearly 60 percent, involve alcohol. The study analyzed data from more than 1,500 crashes between 2004 and 2009. In 59 percent of the accidents, wrong-way drivers had blood alcohol levels more than twice the legal limit, researchers said. In another 10 percent of the crashes, drivers had alcohol levels between .08 and .14. The limit in most instances is .08. Officials with the Bloomfield Hills Department of …

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Bloomfield Hills Public Safety Department (in Bloomfield-Bloomfield Hills Patch), Two Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on Woodward in Bloomfield Hills (in Bloomfield-Bloomfield Hills Patch), and Woman Driving Wrong Way Nabbed for Drunk Driving, Decorative Fence 'Decapitated'

Friday, December 14, 2012

Woman Driving Wrong Way Nabbed for Drunk Driving, Decorative Fence 'Decapitated'

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Birmingham Police arrested several drivers in Birmingham over the past week for drunk driving, including: A fence-full of decorative horse heads was decapitated sometime last week, Birmingham police report. According to police reports, a resident on the 1800 block of Redding said a decorative fence in his front yard had been damaged. The fence consisted of 20 white poles topped with horse heads connected by chains, reports state. At 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, police officers found several poles had been pulled out of the ground and thrown around the front yard, along with several horse heads and the chains. Approximately 15 of the 20 horse heads could not be found. Police …

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Birmingham Police Department, Church Volunteer's Wallet Stolen, Drunk Driver Arrested at Peabody Parking Garage, and Peabody's Restaurant

Friday, December 7, 2012

Church Volunteer's Wallet Stolen, Drunk Driver Arrested at Peabody Parking Garage

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Police are investigating after a voluneer at the First Baptist Church reported that her wallet was stolen while she was painting the church's nursery. According to police reports, the theft occurred around 10 a.m. Monday. Another volunteer said around that time, they saw a man with dirty blond hair go into the nursery. The wallet was later found at a psychiatrist's office on North Old Woodward with only $11 in cash missing. A drunk driver was arrested at the Peabody Street Parking Garage last Friday. According to police reports, an officer was dispatched to the garage around 2 a.m. Friday because a vehicle was having trouble getting out. The driver — a 45-year-old from …

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Birmingham Police Department, First Baptist Church, Peabody Street Parking Structure, and 1 more ›

Friday, November 30, 2012

Christmas Trees Stolen From Plant Station, Drunk Driver Arrested Near Roeper School

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Police are looking for one or more thieves who made off with 10 Christmas trees from The Plant Station last weekend. According to police reports, the incident occurred overnight Friday, Nov. 23, with employees discovering the missing trees around 9 a.m. Saturday. The trees had been stored in a fenced lot, police reports state. Employees and police believe the thief or thieves pitched the Christmas trees over the fence and carried them away in some type of vehicle. Police pulled over two drivers in Birmingham this week for drunk driving. The first incident occurred last Thursday, Nov. 22 around 3 a.m. near the intersection of Woodward and Lincoln. Officers pulled the driver…

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Birmingham Police Department, The Plant Station, Kroger Food and Pharmacy, and 2 more ›

Peter Griffin

11:56 am on Monday, December 10, 2012

Easy Alyssa --- Courteney didn't say JUST 20 somethings drink and drive; I think she said, "I still don't understand why THESE 20 somethings still drink & drive." I think she was referring to THESE 2 morons who are in their 20's. These 2 irresponsible morons have a lot of growing up to do.   more ›

Friday, November 16, 2012

Police: Drunk Driver Caught on Woodward, Man Ticketed for Urinating Outside Movie Theater

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Birmingham police arrested a 23-year-old Troy woman on a drunken driving charge last Saturday. According to police reports, officers observed the woman's car driving northbound on Woodward near South Adams at about 2 a.m. According to the officer, both the woman's front and rear passenger side tires were flat. When police pulled her over, the woman failed several sobriety tests and was taken into custody, reports state. The woman was held until sober, posted bond and was later released. Blood results are still pending a toxicology report from the Michigan State Police Crime Lab and police are still unsure what happened to the woman's tires. A 62-year-old Pontiac woman was …

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Birmingham Police Department, Kroger Food and Pharmacy, North Old Woodward Parking Structure, and 4 more ›

Margaret Betts

10:31 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012

That's probably you licking your chops, not our professional dispatchers.   more ›

Friday, November 2, 2012

Intoxicated Man Tries to Break Into Car; Police Arrest Drunk Driver at Parking Garage

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Police arrested a Plymouth man early on Halloween morning after witnesses say he tried to break into a car while intoxicated. According to police reports, a homeowner on the 1500 block of Ruffner had his vehicle parked on the street, locked and running. Upon leaving his house around 7:20 a.m., he saw the man trying to open his car door. The man then fled the area, witnesses say, heading north on Torry. The responding officer intercepted the man near Torry and Holland. The man — later determined to be a 30-year-old from Plymouth — tried to resist officers and appeared intoxicated, reports state. He was eventually taken into custody, charged with disorderly conduct, held …

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Birmingham Police Department and Park Street Parking Structure

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Man Caught Stealing Detroit Tigers Hats; Birmingham Woman Nabbed for Drunk Driving

The following information was supplied by the Birmingham Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Check out the latest reports from the Birmingham Police Department: Birmingham Police are investigating after five automotive battery cores worth $200 were stolen from Batteries Plus sometime between 11 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. According to police reports, this is the second battery core theft at Batteries Plus in a week. A man was arrested on theft charges last Friday afternoon after Varsity Shop employees told police they caught him stealing Detroit Tigers hats. According to police reports, employees saw the man place three ballcaps under his coat around 12:45 p.m. Friday at the downtown sports shop. Employees caught up with him outside and took the hats from him. The man then ran away, though police later found him at …

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Birmingham Police Department, Batteries Plus, The Varsity Shop, and 1 more ›

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