Police Blotter: Tools Stolen From Garage, Subdivision Entrance Damaged

A resident of East Gunn Road awoke late Saturday night to his dog "barking loudly at something outside." According to Oakland County Sheriff's reports, the resident went back to bed when he didn't see anything wrong outside.

The next morning, the resident checked his unattached garage and discovered that someone had pried open the locked door to the garage and taken a Clarke acetylene wire welder, oxygen tank, Stihl chainsaw, Craftsman toolbox full of assorted tools and gas cans containing gasoline.

No evidence was recovered at the scene.

Flag poles, lights damaged at entrance to Whitehall subdivision

A resident of the Whitehall subdivision reported damage to the area around the entrance of the subdivision Saturday after someone damaged a section of fence, two lights and flag poles, according to Oakland County Sheriff's Office reports.

The resident says the entrance to the subdivision has been damaged for the past four weekends, adding that there was "a lot of beer and vodka bottles left in the area after the damage." He said the problem has been ongoing for a year.