Novi Crime Report: Man Dines and Dashes from Denny's

A man was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after he dined and dashed from at 5 a.m. on June 4, according to a police report.

Police were dispatched to the area of Grand River Avenue and Novi Road after someone called to say the man had failed to pay his bill at Denny's and left in a black Chevrolet SUV in an unknown direction, the report said. The complainant reported that the man was intoxicated.

A police officer found the car near 10 Mile and Novi Roads, the report said. The officer saw the driver make a quick U-turn on 10 Mile and quickly accelerate on Novi Road, going approximately 60 mph in a 40 mph zone, the report said.

When the officer spoke to the man, he said he had just left Denny’s and was lost; he said was trying to get back to the Hilton, the report said. The man said he ordered a breakfast at Denny’s that he never received, but he agreed to return there and pay for meal if needed, the report said. 

The officer noted in the report that the man seemed disoriented and his conversation was disorganized. The man refused a Breathalyzer test, but the results of the other sobriety tests led the officer to arrest the man for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, the report said. According to the report, Denny's did not wish to press charges.

The report is being forwarded to Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office for review of all possible charges.

Bag stolen from gym locker

A woman reported that her Coach purse was stolen from her locker while she was working out at Lifetime Fitness on June 3, according to a police report. The woman said she put her black gym bag containing her wallet into locker 1416 or 1418 at around 10 a.m. and proceeded to her work out class, the report said. The woman had pinned her locker key on a towel while working out, the report said. The woman grabbed her towel and went back to the locker room around 11 a.m., the report said. The woman noticed they key on her towel was now for locker 246 and that someone had taken her towel with her key attached and removed her gym back from the locker, the report said. Locker 246 was found empty, the report said.

Surveillance video of the gym did not show any suspects, the report said. The woman’s iPhone was in the bag, so the police used GPS tracking to find it was located in the parking lot of High Point Plaza, the report said. However, police were unable to locate the phone despite several attempts, the report said.

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