West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Feb. 5-11 included 81 alarms, 21 crashes and 19 arrests. Among the highlights: West Bloomfield man arrested after dust-up in JCC locker room A shouting match between two men at the West Bloomfield Jewish Community Center Feb. 7 resulted in one arrest on a charge of misdemeanor assault and battery. Lt. Tim Diamond said that the man reporting the incident, a 74-year-old West Bloomfield resident, was sitting in a locker room lounge chair and put his feet up on an ottoman when the suspect, who had been sitting on the ottoman, took exception…

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Jan. 10-16 included 79 alarms, 22 crashes and 11 arrests. Among the highlights: Search comes up empty for iPhone robbery suspect West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond said that investigators lost track of a man suspected to have taken an iPhone from a 16-year-old West Bloomfield boy. Diamond continued that the two had met on Craigslist, where the two had reached an agreement for the boy to sell his iPhone 4 for $180 and met at Caribou Coffee at about 10 p.m. Jan. 11. Shortly after meeting the interested buyer, the boy let him inspect …

Among the highlights from recent West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports: Woman interrupts break-in at Park Ridge Sub home Police are looking for four men who were attempting to break in to a home on the 5100 block of Park Ridge Drive Tuesday around 2:30 p.m. Three of the men are described as thinly-built, in their late teens-to-early 20s, according to West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond. The fourth man, the driver of the vehicle that transported the men, is described as a heavier-built man in his late 20s-to-early 30s. Police received a tip from a neighborhood woman who was …

An officer with the Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety was on patrol checking on commercial businesses Saturday when he saw someone spray painting a wall at the Pulte Building at 100 Bloomfield Hills Parkway at about 4:30 p.m., reports said. The male suspect noticed the officer, quickly picked up a backpack and tried to leave. The officer called for back up and ordered the man to stop and come back toward him. Officers identified the teen and detained him at the scene. Inside the backpack were several cans of spray paint. Nearby, officers found a suspicious vehicle and a female teen…

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Dec. 11-17 included 43 alarms, 24 crashes and 10 arrests. Among the highlights: Temple Israel vandalized with anti-Israel message West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond said that investigators are working to find who graffitied an outside wall at Temple Israel overnight on Sunday. Diamond said that an unknown suspect or suspects wrote "End Zionism" in black paint. Police have no surveillance footage of the incident, Diamond added. Temple Israel Rabbi Paul Yedwab said that the message was taken down and that the community is "not …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Dec. 4-10 included 56 alarms, 57 crashes and 11 arrests. Among the highlights: Mother failed Breathalyzer after taking child to hospital Diamond said that a 48-year-old West Bloomfield mother was arrested after driving her three-year-old child to the hospital while under the influence of alcohol. The woman told Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital staff that she had brought her child to the hospital with stomach issues, however, upon arrival, staff suspected her to be under the influence, Diamond said. Reporting officers said that she …

A Christmas party at White Palace restaurant turned into a late-night punch-out in the parking lot, according to West Bloomfield Police. Police were called to break up the "large-scale" fight at about 2:30 a.m. Dec. 9, according to Lt. Tim Diamond, which may have involved as many as 30 different people. Diamond said that pushing and shoving inside the restaurant had turned into a fight in the parking lot. Diamond continued that while some fled the scene when police arrived, others were taken to a local hospital for minor injuries. There were no formal arrests made, although police are …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Nov. 27-Dec. 3 included 73 alarms, 37 crashes and four arrests. Among the highlights:  Police investigating break-in at Sprint store Police have surveillance footage and are investigating a break-in and theft from the Sprint store at 6053 Haggerty Road, south of Maple. Lt. Tim Diamond said that at about 6:40 a.m. Dec. 1, police responded to an alarm at the store and found the front door had likely been pried open. Among items that owners of the store reported missing are $400 missing cash and phones, including four Apple iPhones and …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Nov. 21-26 included 60 alarms, 23 crashes and four arrests. Among the highlights:  Pumpkin vandalism, pumpkin theft on the rise Police are investigating two separate incidents of mailboxes destruction by pumpkin, in addition to the theft of a pumpkin from a resident's porch Nov. 21. Lt. Tim Diamond said that at about 9:30 p.m. that night, West Bloomfield residents on the 5400 block of Fox Ridge heard a loud "bang" noise and went outside to find their mailbox damaged, with no one to be found there. A similar incident was reported to have …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Nov. 15-20 included 42 alarms, 33 crashes and 18 arrests. Among the highlights:  Man arrested after fight at Library Pub West Bloomfield police arrested a man Nov. 18 for punching a staffer at the Library Sports Pub and Grill after he was kicked out for being disorderly, Lt. Tim Diamond said. The arrested man, a 35-year-old Canton resident, showed a blood alcohol content level "well over two times the legal limit" after a preliminary breath test, according to Diamond. He was charged with assault and battery and a disorderly person …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Nov. 7-14 included 69 alarms, 47 crashes and 10 arrests. Among the highlights:  Tires punctured on several cars parked at Odessa Police are still searching for who they believe to be more than one person damaging vehicles at several addresses over the past few weeks. Police Lt. Tim Diamond said that seven residents of Odessa Drive reported cars parked in the street or the driveway having their tires punctured during the overnight hours of Nov. 7. That same night, residents on Timber Ridge, Apple Grove, Auburndale, Pointview, Post, and …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Oct. 30-Nov. 6 included 77 alarms, 28 crashes and nine arrests. Among the highlights: Home invasion suspects arrested West Bloomfield Police arrested a couple, suspected of a mid-October home invasion on the 7000 block of Honeysuckle, on Nov. 5. According to Lt. Tim Diamond, Charles Wade Turner, 29, a resident of Walled Lake, and Christina Lynn Clanton, 30, a resident of West Bloomfield, were tracked to a trailer park in White Lake where they were arrested with little incident. Police from other municipalities have since questioned the …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Oct. 23-29 included 77 alarms, 28 crashes and nine arrests. Among the highlights: Wedding gifts stolen after reception An Oct. 4 wedding took a turn for the worse as residents of a home on the 7000 block of Windgate Circle reported gifts stolen, according to Lt. Tim Diamond. The three gifts — two cash envelopes and one envelope with a check made out to cash — totaled $2,200 for the couple, Diamond said. He continued that sometime in between 5 p.m. Oct. 4 and 12 p.m. Oct. 5, the gifts went missing from the home of the groom's mother. …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Oct. 15-22 included 94 alarms, 31 crashes and nine arrests. Among the highlights: Solar-powered light stolen from West Bloomfield Estates subdivision A solar-power light used to illuminate a sign at Meurdale and Drake roads for the West Bloomfield Estates subdivision was reported stolen Oct. 20, according to Lt. Tim Diamond. The president of the subdivision association reported the light, worth about $6, stolen after noticing a white van suspiciously parked near the sign in days prior and noting the license plate number, Diamond added. …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Oct. 3-8 included 56 alarms, 22 crashes and two arrests. Among the highlights: 'Car-hoppers' hit Long Lake Estates No. 2 subdivision Owners of eight homes on Barcroft, Strathdale, MacNichol, Shadydale, and Fife in the Long Lake Estates No. 2 subdivision reported items stolen from vehicles parked outside overnight Oct. 8. Several cars, some of which were parked in their respective driveways and others in the street, showed signs of forced entry including broken windows, said Lt. Tim Diamond, adding that several GPS units and personal …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Sept. 26-Oct. 1 included 67 alarms, 14 crashes and five arrests. Among the highlights: 'Car-hoppers' hit Woods of West Bloomfield subdivision Owners of five homes on Cherry Blossom, Alder, and Midchester in the Woods of West Bloomfield subdivision reported items stolen from vehicles parked outside overnight Sept. 30. Some cars were unlocked while others showed signs of forced entry including broken windows, said Lt. Tim Diamond, adding that thousands of dollars worth of electronics, and personal items such as purses and wallets were …

Among the highlights of recent West Bloomfield Township Police Department: CVS claims that former employee stole lottery tickets West Bloomfield Police are investigating a claim made by the CVS Pharmacy that a former employee embezzled $10,000 worth of lottery tickets, according to Lt. Tim Diamond. The employee, a 45-year-old man from West Bloomfield, has been fired from the store on Haggerty Road. "The suspect apparently had been playing the Daily 4 Michigan State Lottery without paying for the tickets at that location, as well as one in Belleville," Diamond said. CVS believes that $10,000 …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Aug. 28-Sept. 4 included the following highlight: Retired cop prevents jewelry store robbery, police say A retired West Bloomfield Police officer working as security at Tapper's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry Sept. 1 helped prevent a robbery which has lead to one arrest, according to police. Colby Jermel Whatley, 19, of West Bloomfield, was arrested after a possible attempt to break open a case in the store containing fine watches at about 1:40 p.m. Saturday, according to Lt. Curt Lawson. Whatley is lodged at Oakland County Jail on $5,000 …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Aug. 21-28 included 74 alarms, 20 crashes and 17 arrests. Among the highlights: Police report vandalism at former Eagle Elementary  Officers patrolling the site of Eagle Elementary School, which was closed by Farmington Public Schools in 2010, found a window broken on the west side of the building Aug. 22, according to Lt. Tim Diamond. A "small diameter projectile" caused the damage to the future home of the Muslim Cultural Center, a project of the Islamic Cultural Association of Franklin. There are no suspects. Shoplifting from Kohl's …

West Bloomfield Township Police Department reports from Aug. 15-20 included 80 alarms, 35 crashes and 21 arrests. Among the highlights: Dishwasher stolen from Sea Grille restaurant The good news, said Lt. Tim Diamond, is that the Sea Grille restaurant is under new ownership after being closed to all but private parties for some time. That new ownership reported a commercial-grade dishwasher stolen by unknown suspects believed to have gotten through the back door, Diamond continued. The incident, reported Aug. 18, may have occurred sometime within the month prior. Ownership reported the …