Keep An Eye On Your Cars: Numerous Thefts From Vehicles Reported
The following information was supplied by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Substation in Oakland Township.
There have been numerous thefts from vehicles this week in Oakland Township.
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There have been numerous incidents of damages to and thefts from vehicles recently in Oakland Township.
The Oakland Township Substation officers are actively working to find those responsible for damages. If you have any information about the following incidents, please call 248-652-4617.
Highlights from Oakland County Sheriff's Office - Oakland Township Substation reports from the past week:
Items stolen from vehicles
- An 18-year-old man had parked his vehicle in his driveway on the 2000 block of West Buell Road on Tuesday night, only to find the next morning that someone had entered his vehicle, which he believe he left unlocked, a police report stated. The report noted that $3,376 worth of valuables were stolen from his car. No damage to the car was reported. Property reported stolen included a laptop, Fossil watch, GPS, graphing calculator, radar detector and more.
- A 40-year-old Oakland Township woman reported that someone broke in to her family’s 2012 Jeep and stole her daughter’s backpack sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The woman reported her daughter had come home and parked the Jeep in the driveway, located on the 3000 block of Mountain Laurel Court around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday. She left her black North Face backpack, which contained school books and a calculator, in the car. The resident was unsure if the vehicle was locked, the report said.
- An Oakland Township man reported that his vehicle and his daughter’s vehicle, both of which had been parked in the driveway of their house on the 3000 block of South Century Oak Circle on Tuesday night, were broken into. According to the report, sometime between Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning a laptop computer and briefcase were stolen from the man’s Cadillac, while a portable DVD player and a wallet with $300 in cash along with credit cards and more had been stolen from his daughter’s vehicle. Both of the vehicles were reported to be unlocked and no damage was observed to either vehicle, the report stated.
- An Oakland Township woman contacted the Oakland Township Substation on Tuesday to report her 2004 silver Nissan Quest had been broken into. According to the report, the woman's car was parked in the Paint Creek Trail parking area at the corner of Gallagher and Orion roads. The woman noted she had parked her vehicle in the parking lot at 7:15 a.m., returning a half hour later to find that her front passenger side window had been shattered, the report said. According to the report, a rock was found on the front floorboard of her car. Her Coach purse, which contained a Coach wallet, a $1,500 pair of earrings, credit cards, driver's license and more, were stolen, said the report.
- Another incident on the 3000 block of Mountain Laurel Boulevard was reported Saturday by an Oakland Township resident. He noted that between Friday night and Saturday morning his 19-year-old daughter's car had been searched and her phone charging cord and a retail card had been stolen, a report said.
Damage to vehicles reported
- On Tuesday an Oakland Township resident reported that his 2002 tan Chevy Venture, which was parked in his driveway on the 1000 block of Rochawies Drive, was damaged sometime between Monday night and Tuesday morning. Though nothing was reported stolen, the resident showed the deputy that someone had attempted to pry open the driver’s door, the report stated, and the door no longer shuts properly. The deputy noted that there were numerous pry marks on the door.
- On Sunday a Utica woman reported that foul language was scratched into her 2011 blue Buick Regal while she was in Oakland Township. Her car was parked in a driveway on the 4000 block of Calumet, according to the report. Along with an inappropriate phrase scratched into the hood of the car, deep scratches were also found on the driver’s side headlight, the report said. The homeowner also reported some of his landscape lights had been torn out of the ground.
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Oakland County Sheriff's Office – Oakland Township Substation
4393 Collins Rd, Oakland Township, MI
jonathan
1:40 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
yeah - some kids are up to no good
be certain they will keep going until caught
confidence always wins them over
JM Landers
4:18 pm on Thursday, April 19, 2012
Oakland township is NOT where this stuff happens!!! If you are the one comitting these crimes remember that out here we RESPECT each others property and look out for our neighbors. You better be careful where you you steal because many people out here have the means to protect themselves and their property...ie..you're messing in the wrong area
jonathan
11:11 am on Friday, April 20, 2012
these are petty crimes
the "my rights" vengeful "gun waving" tone is stupidity in its finest form
please take my car, phone, wallet, whatever - nothing is worth destroying my life and going to prison away from family let alone taking a life I cannot return
some of us need to rethink our role in society - it most definitely is not God
JM Landers
6:28 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
Jonathon,you are making alot of assumptions I never said anything about "taking a life" It is not"stupid"if house alarm a dog or even knowledge of a firearm helps my family and property safe.These may be petty crimes but these punks need to know it is a crime or they will go on to bigger things if unchecked. My role in society is to raise responsible, respectful children. I also have a role to be a good neighbor and respect others property and help people whenever I can. It is not vengeful to to expect others to follow a simple law of society which was given to us a long time ago "You shall not steal" We need to stop accepting selfish "instant gratification " type behavior from our kids and hold them accountable for their actions
donna
10:19 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
Jonathan....you call these petty crimes but to the person it happened to it is more than that: its an invasion of your safe place your home. If they find the car easy pickings what's to stop them from moving to the home? What will they find at my home? Take a guess....we protect what we work for
jonathan
11:00 pm on Friday, April 20, 2012
my resentment was purely towards the typical vengeful tone
I am not excited to see so much vengence on TV/Movies/video games while knowing my neighbors pack and are frustrated
all it takes is one second
that was my point
"many people out here have the means to protect themselves and their property...ie..you're messing in the wrong area"
as I said before if losing an IPAD or my DSLR to some "punk" is a trade off for not losing my temper and killing someone or accidentally someone I love its well worth losing those garbage electronics which I wont value in a couple years anyways
the police are here to serve and protect and ill very likely catch those with confidence
unload your gun and turn off that TV - now thats a good dad IMO
:D
JM Landers
11:15 pm on Saturday, April 21, 2012
My resentment is towards your ingorance of responsible gun owners. First my firearms are always unloaded and SAFELY in a gun cabinet. Also I would always call the police in an emergency and only use a gun if my life was DIRECTLY threatened. Stealing is not a kids game it is CRIME and those who take my family's sense of feeling safe in their home away deserve to feel threatened. Your condescending attitude is so "typical" of someone who gets their information media instead of looking at facts for themselves. PS I am a MOM not a dad!!
jonathan
10:34 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012
I did call you a dad
as for my facts of reality the last time I checked there are (2) new bullet holes in my garage from god knows where - have a smashed bullet from one of them
and I grew up with guns - my dad put one on the counter every day he came home from work
shotgun, rifle, hand, muzzle, etc,etc
saw what my stupid teen friends did to animals when I was growing up just east of here with their god given rights as you people call it
so my 'tude now is seeing how many stupids, that may not be yourself, are given the same regard as yourself, as regards conceal and carry
packing death for the everyday person is dumb - even trained police make mistakes and I dont trust the masses given their inability to operate a vehicle let alone a powerful weapon in a bad situation with innocent people around
sorry Landers but your generation is dying off and you are handing fire in a bottle to a bunch of kids who are growing up on rage/vengence/disregard to the tenth power
once your generation is done pissing away every last cent and blaming everyone but themselves for it what do you think all these gun owning people are going to do with a truly crashed economy, extreme debt to foreign nations, and no working government?
the world is passing and so is its desire
jonathan
10:44 pm on Sunday, April 22, 2012
and please dont get offended at my disgust
I dont wish to piss you off anymore than you already are
protecting ym family is still a priority - its my responsibility
but no guns in this house and no respect for the stupidity going on around me
for crying out loud I am so tired of all the beer drinking hill billies and just wont agree with tolerating their gun rights anymore
there are many more than you may realize
but hats off to you for trying to bridge the divide by at leastspekaing your mind
now thats a good neighbor
JM Landers
10:07 pm on Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Your dad came home and set guns on the counter! Oh my !that is unfortunate. I am beginning to understand way you may feel the way you do. I am a Mom of 5 children I am a huge advocate of raising responsible children-proud to say that my youngest is graduating as a "top scholar" from HighSchool this year and going to be a special education teacher. I am actually very active in speaking out against government wasteful spending and am furoius how muchtaxpayer $$ we spend overseas. I am fine with private citizens donating to causes they believe in. I totally respect our troops but would love to see them out of the middle east. I am 20 years away from medicare etc.. I expect to support myself and am teaching my kids to do the same. I do agree with you that guns in the hands of irresponsible people causes problems. just realize that criminals have guns whether responsible citizens are allowed to or not. The media highlights stories which ant-igun stance. I bet you didn't hear the story how a man resently saved a couple with a young baby by holding a a criminal ay bay with his gun until the police arrived? Anyway I am NOT an angry person any I have never used my gun to kill anything.I believe in our constitution and freedom and I don't want only criminals and government to have arms while law abiding are not allowed to You sound like a moral upstanding citizen I wish you knew how many ":normal" non-radical professional people around here own firearms and are responsible.