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May 19, 2005
Grosse Pointe News
Charged up
Police from three of the
Grosse Pointes teamed up to
catch a 35-year-old Detroit
man accused of shoplifting
four packages of batterieB
from a pharmacy in the City.
On Monday, May 9, at
J:50 «»,m., City police
learned the man had just
left the pharmacy in the
17100 block of Kercheval
and gotten into a white 1998
Pontiac Bonneville.
Officers from the City,
Park and Farms caught the
man on Bluehill in Detroit.
The four packages of batteries
cost $6.49 each for a
total of less than $26.
Police said the man was
wanted in Lansing for violating
parole.
Drunk speeds,
runs stop sign
On Sunday, May 15, at
12:16 a.m., a Grosse Pointe
Farms patrolman wasn't
swayed by a 50-year-old
Park man asking to be let go
for drunken driving,
"Come on," the man
officials sounded the weath­
reportedly pled. "I'm just
er siren in response to
severe thunderstorm warn­
trying to get home."
ings.
The patrolman reported
the man speeding 40 mph in
— Brad Lindherg
a white 1995 Dodge Ram on
westbound Chalfonte near
Touraine.
Police said the man ran a
stop sign and turned onto
westbound Beaupre.
"(He) nearly struck a
parked vehicle on the north
side of Beaupre," police said.
A Breathalyzer test
revealed the man's blood
alcohol level at .226 percent.
Wild dogs
Grosse Pointe Farms
police ruled that a male resident
on Windemere has
become the owner of tv/o formerly
wild dogs that had
been roaming the area.
Police said the strays have
been generating numerous
complaints from neighbors.
Officers have tried but failed
to capture the dogs.
As of Monday, May 9,
polite Wid the TWjisignt has