Police Report Guns at Center of Multiple Crimes in Clinton Township This Week

Warrant requested for convicted felon found in possession of firearms

Police intend to charge a 54-year-old man with felon in possession of a firearm following an incident at a Clinton Township home Oct. 5.

Officers were dispatched to the 23000 block of South Keystone Way shortly after 9 p.m. Oct. 5 for a report of an attempted suicide.

Arriving at the home, police met the suspect’s brother who said his sibling was suicidal and had two shotguns along with a box of shells in his possession, according to the police report. The suspect fired two shots, with one hitting the ceiling of the home, police say.

Officers found the suspect sitting in the home with a large sword across his lap and the shotguns on the floor, according to the police report.

He was taken to McLaren Macomb Hospital to be evaluated.

The suspect has prior felony convictions for concealed weapons and assault with a dangerous weapon as well as a murder conviction out of Grand Rapids, according to police. Per his parole, he should not have been in possession of any guns, police say. 

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Teens trade handgun at AMC Star Gratiot theater

Police arrested two 17-year-olds shortly before 10 p.m. Oct. 5 for carrying a concealed weapon into the AMC Star Gratiot theater.

Police had responded to the theater for the report of a fight. Upon arrival, a manager told police some of the subjects involved in the fight had already left, but witnesses had told him they saw one of the teens give another a handgun, according to the police report.

Witnesses confirmed to police that the male teen had taken a handgun out of the waistband of his pants and given it to the female to put in her purse.

Entering the theater, police ordered both teens to the ground. Both said they had no knowledge of the gun, but police found a Glock 9mm in the female’s purse, according to the report. The weapon was registered to a Detroit man.

The pair were arrested for carrying a concealed weapon and will be charged as adults.

Police pursue charges for woman who cried wolf on gun threat

Police have requested a warrant for a woman living in the 24000 block of Hickory Lane who made a false report Oct. 9 in which she told a 911 dispatcher that her boyfriend, with whom she was arguing at the time, had a gun.

Arriving at the residence around 8:15 p.m., officers were met at the door by the woman and her mother. Seeing the boyfriend at the top of the stairs with his hands behind his back, officers ordered him to the ground but found no weapon on him, according to the police report.

The woman later told officers that she made up the part about the gun because “in Detroit the police come faster if you say there is a gun involved,” the report says.

Between the woman and her boyfriend, three different names were given to officers for the boyfriend, who was arrested Oct. 9 for disguising with intent to hinder arrest, according to the police report.

Det. Capt. Richard Maierle said police plan to charge the woman with providing false information to dispatch with the intention of misleading a police officer, a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in prison and a $1,000 fine.

Handgun reported missing from apartment on South Grange

A resident in the 24000 block of South Grange reported to police that sometime between Sept. 26 and Oct. 7, someone stole his handgun from a friend's apartment.

The man told police he had kept the handgun in a case under the couch on which he had been sleeping at his friend's apartment. When he returned to pick up the gun, after having moved to his own apartment, he found the gun missing, according to the police report. 

The weapon was a Ruger .45 cal BSA 8-shot. There are no suspects in this case.

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