Motorist high on meth falsely believes somebody following him
Royal Oak police had to talk down a motorist high on methamphetamine on Oct. 7 after he called them from the road to report what turned out to be an imaginary person following him.
“He called the station about 8:25 a.m.,” said Royal Oak police Lt. Richard Millard. “He was freaking out and having a drug-induced episode in his car.”
Police stayed on the phone with the man, and told him to drive to the police station if someone was following him.
Police said they gave the driver, 27, of Shelby Township directions, guiding him to the police department from 11 Mile and Campbell roads.
He pulled up in front of the station a short time later and officers were waiting for him.
“Officers noticed he was acting irrationally and was suspected of being under the influence of drugs,” Millard said.
Police said they found a glass pipe in the man’s car and suspect he used it to smoke meth.
The motorist eventually told police he had gone to Detroit the night before to buy the drug. After that the man suffered drug-induced paranoia, police said.
Fire department emergency responders ended up driving the man to a hospital for treatment.
Two men each jailed on $125,000 bond for theft, credit card fraud
Royal Oak police said they arrested two men after they saw them come out of L.A. Fitness, 25352 Woodward Ave., with a gym bag of stolen items and followed them.
It was about 10:45 a.m. Oct. 5 when officers saw the pair emerge from the gym and drive off in a 2017 Kia.
The two suspects drove to a Meijer store in Southfield.
At the store the two suspects tried to use credit cards that were stolen from the L.A. Fitness in Royal Oak, police said.
The men were arrested.
Royal Oak police said they were watching the suspects’ car that morning because they are believed to have been involved in similar thefts at other L.A. Fitness locations in other communities.
Police said the two men are also suspects in an earlier incident in Royal Oak where items were stolen from a motor vehicle.
The suspects are Deon Nelson, 24, of Inkster and Treveon Coachman, 25, of Detroit.
They were arraigned on felony charges of larceny in a building, theft from a vehicle, and credit card fraud on Oct. 8 in Royal Oak 44th District Court.
Each of the suspects is being held in Oakland County Jail on $125,000 cash bond.
They are set for a probable cause conference Oct. 20 in Royal Oak District court.
Drunken driver arrested with handgun
A Detroit man is facing charges of drunken driving and carrying a licensed pistol while intoxicated.
Police spotted the suspect, 24, driving Oct. 7 on Woodward Avenue near 13 Mile Road.
They said the man was weaving across lane lines on Woodward when police pulled him over.
The driver told police he had a handgun in his car and a concealed pistol license.
Police seized the weapon, a 9mm Glock handgun.
Though the man had a license to carry the gun, it is a misdemeanor violation to carry a gun while intoxicated even if the gun owner has a concealed pistol license.
The pending drunken driving charge against the driver is also a misdemeanor charge.
Regular customer caught on camera stealing beer
A man described as a regular customer at the Marathon gas station and store at 1621 E. 11 Mile Road stole two cans of beer worth $6 on Oct. 6.
A Marathon gas station employee later noticed two of three cans of beer missing from a shelf.
He checked the video from an interior surveillance camera at the station, which showed a white man in his late 30s wearing a red-and-black coat and blue jeans grab the beer and put it under his coat before he left without paying.
Police said employees at the station recognized the man on the surveillance video as a regular customer at the station.
Owner finds cell phone stolen from his car
A Royal Oak man went to the police station Monday after he discovered someone stole his cell phone from his unlocked car..
He told police he left his vehicle parked overnight in his driveway and found someone stole the phone from the center console when he got in his car that morning.
The phone is worth about $110, police said.
-Mike McConnell, Tribune staff writer
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