Police Beat

Stands stolen

HADLEY TWP. — A Lakeview Boulevard man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that thieves took his tree stand for the second time in as many weeks.

METAMORA — An East High Street woman told Metamora Township Police Nov. 1 that thieves made off with her hunting tree stand.

Bad puffing

IMLAY CITY — Imlay City Police cited a group of students with minor in possessesion Oct, 29 after spotting them smoking outside Venture Alternative High School on South Almont Avenue.

Missing man

MAYFIELD TWP. — A Daley Road man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that his nephew punched holes in his walls and then disappeared Oct. 26.

Mail tampering

ELBA TWP. — An Oglethorpe Drive man told the Michigan State Police Oct. 29 that someone cut open his mail and retaped it.

Watch for the cows in the yard

HADLEY TWP. — A Star Court woman told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that her neighbor’s cows keep getting out. She said she’s tried to be neighborly about it, but the cows have torn up some bushes, eaten some plants and broken some pottery. Animal Control was notified.

Cat shot

MAYFIELD TWP. — A Brookshire Drive woman told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that a teenage boy between 13- and 15-years-old shot her cat with a BB gun or pellet gun and then ran off.

DRYDEN TWP. — A Thornville Road man told Central Dispatch Oct. 31 that someone shot his cat.

Vehicle break-ins

IMLAY TWP. — A Church Road man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that thieves broke into two of his vehicles.

Go to the ’strip

DEERFIELD TWP. — A Burnside Road man told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that one of his neighbors was doing burnouts near his home with a gray half-ton Chevrolet Silverado pick-up and lost control earlier in the day. The man said he’s worried the neighbor is going to hit someone.

Take ’em with you

LAPEER — A caller told Lapeer City Police Oct. 29 that someone left a 6-to-8 year-old child in a van in the parking lot at the Walmart store on East Genesee Street. An asset protection employee at the store checked on the child’s welfare.

Bike broken

MAYFIELD TWP. — A Sherwood Lane woman told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that a couple of kids broke a child’s bicycle.

Threats logged

BURLINGTON TWP. — A Barnes Road woman told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that a fellow student has been threatening her 17-year-old son and 15-year-old daughter. She said the suspect has been calling her children at home and texting them.

Shredded carrots

ELBA TWP. — A motorist told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that someone dropped a large bag of carrots on westbound I-69 near mile marker 152. Michigan State Police said a semi hit the bag, scattering its contents along the side of the road. A second motorist calling saying they were worried it might attract deer to the road.

He dared her

MARATHON TWP. — A Piersonville Road woman told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that a man in a blue pickup dumped two bags of trash near her home. She said when she confronted him, he said, “Go ahead. Turn me in.” She gave sheriff’s deputies the man’s license plate number.

Unwanted texts

RICH TWP. — A Dodds Road woman told Michigan State Police Oct. 29 that someone used her personal information in a Craig’s List advertisement soliciting sex. She told police she’s received 20 text messages and 37 phone calls as a result.

Ex-boss threatened

BURNSIDE TWP. — A North Branch Road man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that a former employee threatened to kill him and burn his house down. The man said his wife and children had left the house and he was on his way home.

Converter theft

ELBA TWP. — A Macomb County man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 29 that thieves took the catalytic converter off his 1998 Chevrolet Lumina while it was parked at the Lake Nepessing Road Park-n-Ride lot. Bales missing

ELBA TWP. — An Oregon Township woman told Central Dispatch Oct. 29 that she had a falling out with a friend who boards her horse at the same Merwin Road stable she does. Now, the woman said, her hay and saddle are missing.

Prowler?

LAPEER — A Liberty Street woman told Lapeer City Police Oct. 30 that she was sitting in her living room chair when she heard her screen door open and the door knob move. Police found no one.

Tree down

DRYDEN TWP. — A Hosner Road man told Central Dispatch Oct. 30 that a large tree was blocking the southbound lane about a quarter-mile south of Casey Road. The Lapeer County Road Commission was notified.

Hit and runs

ELBA TWP. — A motorist told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 30 that another motorist hit their vehicle at the CMS gas station on Lake Nepessing Road and drove off.

ARCADIA TWP. — A North Lake Pleasant woman told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 31 that a northbound dark pickup hit her Ford Taurus as she was turning into her yard and kept going. The woman said the truck pulled into a driveway a short distance away from her home.

Paint vandals

DEERFIELD TWP. — A Fish Lake Road man told the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Dept. Oct. 30 that vandals spray painted his vehicles overnight.

No dumping

ALMONT TWP. — A Hough Road woman told Almont Police Oct. 30 that someone dumped tires on either side of the road near Grace Lane and a box spring on the south side of the road.

MARATHON TWP. — A June Road woman told Central Dispatch Nov. 1 that someone in a blue Chevrolet pickup dumped bags of trash along the side of the road. The woman gave sheriff’s deputies a license number.

Shoplifters stopped

ALMONT — The owner of the Almont Dollar Store turned two juveniles over to Almont Police Oct. 30 after he said he caught them shoplifting in his store. Police turned one youth over to his parents and held the other, waiting for his parents to arrive.