Medicinal Marijuana Stolen; Woman Victim of $800 Credit Card Fraud

A woman reported that her apartment was broken into and her medical marijuana was stolen on Sept. 20 around 6 p.m., according to a Novi police report. The woman said she was smoking the marijuana on her patio a few days before, when three men approached her, the report said. They began talking to her and when they noticed she was smoking, she told them she had a medical marijuana card.

A few days later, on Sept. 20, the men returned and knocked on her door, the report said. They asked her if she would give them a "blunt", or marijuana cigarette, and she told police she said no. She later left the apartment around 6 p.m. to go to the store for 10-15 minutes, the report said. When she returned, she saw one of the men coming out of her apartment door, the report said. He ran away, and she found that her bedroom window had been pushed in off the hinges. The report said the only thing missing was one large bottle of medicinal marijuana. The woman told the police the men's names and where she believed they lived; the police are currently trying to track them down, the report said. 

Credit card fraud reported

A woman reported a case of credit card fraud after her purse was stolen from her car sometime between 8 p.m. on Sept. 18 and 11 a.m. on Sept. 19, according to a police report. The woman told police she parked her car in the garage and left her purse between the front seat and passenger seat. The car may not have been locked, the report said, and the garage door was left open overnight. The woman also left her purse in her car while at the Sports Club of Novi, the report said. She later discovered her purse was missing and found that more than $800 had been charged to her credit cards at various locations in Okemos, the report said.  

Items stolen from cars

• A man reported that the catalytic converter was stolen from his car while it was parked on Fountain Park Drive between 6 p.m. on Sept. 24 and 9:30 a.m. on Sept. 25, according to a police report. The converter had been cut off with an unknown object, the report said.
• A woman reported that her car was broken into while parked in her apartment complex on Peachtree sometime between 6 p.m. on Sept. 21 and 7 p.m. on Sept. 23, according to a police report. The woman told police she put her briefcase containing her work laptop in the trunk of her car on Friday and locked the car. She then discovered the briefcase was missing on Sunday, the report said. She told police she did not hear or see any suspicious activity in the area. No damage was found on the car, the report said.

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