Careful Cop Stops Potential Theft from Troy Discount Tire and More

The following information was obtained from the Troy Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Larceny

• A Detroit man was arrested outside of Discount Tire (1125 E. 14 Mile Rd., Troy) on Saturday and faces charges of breaking and entering. An officer noted that an unoccupied van was parked there after the store had closed, about 7:58 p.m. and went to investigate a storage locker in the back of an adjacent business. When the officer did, according to the report, he or she saw someone throw a tire out of the trailer, onto a pile of other tires. When that person saw the officer, he ran, heading east.
  
  The officer found the man, who police said is 55 years old and has a lengthy criminal history, hiding behind a utility box in the parking lot. A representative of Discount Tire confirmed to police that the trailer had been locked when the business closed and no tires had been left outside of it. The man was charged with breaking and entering to steal between $200 and $1,000, while police were unable to locate the second suspect despite a K-9 search.

Assaults

• A man filed a police report on Saturday after an altercation at a gas station, which he said ended with assault. The man told Troy Police that at 1:08 p.m., a customer at Shell (2039 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy) became upset with his choice of fuel pumps. That man later admitted that there had been an altercation, but what happened next is in dispute. The man who filed the report said that the second man put out a lit cigarette on his jacket, burning through past his shirt, but not causing injuries. The other man denies burning his jacket. The incident is being reviewed by the Troy City attorney.

Auto/Vehicle Thefts

• Troy Police reports that a Dodge Caravan was stolen from the parking lot of Bath & Body Works (838 E. Big Beaver Rd., Troy) on Sunday, between 3:50-4:25 p.m.  
• A Troy resident living on Mary Ann filed a report on Friday at 4:30 a.m. after she said that her debit card information was used by someone else to make a purchase at a Florida gas station.  

Larcenies from Autos

• Police reported two break-ins and thefts from two separate cars parked at Petruzzellos's (6950 Rochester Rd., Troy) on Friday night, including a credit card which was later used to make purchases by someone else. Police said that between 7:30-11:30 p.m., a window was broken on both a GMC Acadia and a Chevrolet Suburban. Thieves are believed to have made off with a driver's license from one of the owners, credit cards, keys, purses, and an Apple iPad. Police added that one of the credit cards was later used by someone else to make a purchase in Eastpointe.
• A Troy resident living on Forge filed a report after they claim that the license plate had been stolen from their Accura Integra sometime between 11 p.m. Feb. 1 and 10 a.m. Feb. 3.

Retail Fraud

• A 27-year-old Detroit woman was arrested Friday after police said that she shoplifted an $84 bottle of cologne from Sephora (2800 W. Big Beaver Rd., Troy) at about 4:14 that afternoon. The woman, who police said has an outstanding arrest warrant stemming from a shoplifting incident in Troy last year and eight other outstanding misdemeanor warrants, was charged with retail fraud and possession of narcotic paraphernalia after police said they found that in her purse.
• Police said that two 17-year-old boys, from Troy and Royal Oak respectively, shoplifted a combined $222 worth of clothing from Kohl's (500 John R Rd., Troy) on Friday at about 4:22 p.m. Police detained the pair and gave them citations.
• Police said that a mother from Sterling Heights had her child with her as she shoplifted 30 articles of clothing worth $983.33 from Macy's (2750 W. Big Beaver Rd., Troy) on Saturday at 5:57 p.m. The woman, 37, was issued a citation for retail fraud.
• Police said that a man from Richmond, 43, received credit to JCPenney (700 W. 14 Mile Rd., Troy) from a sales clerk after swiping a vacuum cleaner from a store shelf. The man, who police said is a parolee with a lengthy criminal history, was arrested and charged with retail fraud. Police said that he told the sales clerk that he had purchased the vacuum, worth $100, but did not have the receipt.

Indecent exposure

• Police issued citations to a man and a woman found naked from the waist down, having sex inside a car parked at a business on the 900 block of big Beave Road on Sunday at 6:34 p.m., and released them on the scene. The man, 29, of Pontiac, was issued a citation for indecent exposure as well as possession of marijuana and possession of narcotic paraphernalia after police said that they found both in the vehicle. The woman, 29, of Waterford, was charged with indecent exposure.

Call Troy Police at 248-524-3447 if you have any information about these incidents. For questions about this report, email local editor Tim Rath at tim.rath@patch.com.