Crime & Safety
Crime Report: Intoxicated Teen Found Passed Out at Millpond Park
The following arrest information was supplied by the Fenton Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Police ticketed a Fenton male for underage drinking after police found the 17-year-old unconscious at around 6:45 p.m. on Oct. 4.
Chief Rick Aro said officers were able to help him regain consciousness. The man told officers he had drank a large quantity of vodka and didn’t know where he was.
A preliminary breath test revealed a blood/alcohol content of .15, almost twice the legal limit of .08, but Aro it was a poor sample because the man had trouble blowing into the device.
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Aro said officers called the man’s parents who requested he be taken to Genesys Regional Medical Center for treatment. His father agreed to come into the police department and pick up his son’s citation for underage drinking and notice to appear in court.
Stolen steel
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Police are investigating the theft of a 425-pound piece of steel, worth $1,800, from a Fenton business on the 3000 block of Copper Avenue.
The piece of metal was reported missing to Fenton police at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 5
Police have no suspects.
Salon theft
Police are investigating a break-in at salon that employees reported at 9:35 a.m. Oct. 6.
Employees reported someone had stolen an undetermined amount of money and ransacked the business sometime between 8 p.m. Oct. 5 and 8 a.m. Oct. 6, Aro said.
Employees told police that many cabinets and storage lockers had been forced open and the vending machines had been broken into. Aro said police determined the suspect(s) gained entry from the back door by prying it open.
Police have no suspects.
Possible scam
Fenton Police are warning citizens about a possible scam going around.
Aro said a resident reported that many seniors had recently been purchasing Green Dot credit cards from the Fenton to send to an address for a prize.
Aro said it’s a common scam to ask for the Green Dot credit cards to be sent because they are untraceable.
“We warn all residents not to send cash or cards to collect a prize,” he said.
For questions about this blotter, email Jason Alexander.
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