The Milan News-Leader
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Police Blotter
PUBLISHED: February 14, 2008
Identity Theft
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A Milan man came to police Feb. 1 to file an identity theft report. Someone had used his Social Security number to open a Nextel phone service account in November under his name, but with a Detroit address.
The man discovered the theft when a collection agency contacted him regarding an overdue Nextel bill for more than $1,000. The man believed the Social Security number was obtained while he stayed in a Detroit-area hospital at the time the account was opened.
The man had filed a report with Detroit Police Department, as well, but wanted a second report in case of further issues.
Larceny
Milan Police Department took a report of larceny from a resident on Riverbend Drive Jan. 31. The owner of the residence told police that the tenants had been evicted and that between Jan. 27 and 30, the tenants had stolen the washer and dryer despite having been told the appliances were to remain in the residence.
The tenants also had allegedly damaged a dishwasher and stove during that time. The officer found a pipe in the home on an end table.
The case remains open, with possible pending charges of malicious destruction of property and larceny.
Hit-and-Run
A Milan police officer responded to a report of an automobile crash at the intersection of Main and Wabash streets at 11:40 a.m. Jan. 30. He met with the driver of one of the vehicles at the intersection. The driver said he had been traveling east on Main Street on a green light when a vehicle turning left onto Wabash Street collided with his car.
The other driver, a woman, had first asked if he was OK and then pulled her car into a parking lot on Wabash Street and got out while the man, whose vehicle could not be moved, called police from a nearby coffee shop.
After speaking with an officer, both men walked to the parking lot and found the driver had driven away in her vehicle. After examining debris from the collision, the officer found the suspect's vehicle parked at a residence on Anderson Street.
The woman was not home at the time, but her husband answered the door and explained that she had left the scene in a panic, had not been drinking alcohol and planned to come to the police department after working her job that afternoon.
At 4 p.m., the woman entered the police department and admitted that she had been in the accident and had driven home. She said a neighbor drove her to work.
The woman was issued multiple traffic citations and allowed to leave the police station.
Possession of Drugs
A Milan officer was on patrol at 10:50 p.m. Jan. 30 and saw a vehicle on Dexter Street with a defective driver's side brake light and tinted windows. The officer spoke with the driver. An information check showed that the man's license had been suspended and that he was on parole for a controlled substance offense. The man was arrested and searched.
In an interior pocket of his jacket, the officer found several plastic bags filled with what appeared to be illegal drugs, prescription narcotics and nearly $2,700 in cash.
At the Milan police station, the man admitted that the bags contained heroin, crack cocaine and marijuana, which he said he planned on using with his girlfriend that night despite their large quantities.
He said that the cash had been both paid to him for work as an independent carpenter and given to him by a second, live-in girlfriend to pay bills.
The man couldn't provide the second girlfriend's last name, however. He denied plans to sell the drugs, but was nonetheless charged with sale or delivery charges for each of the drugs, along with possession of marijuana.
The man was detained at Washtenaw County Jail for his parole violations.
Compiled by Staff Writer Jerry Hinnen based on reports filed with the Milan Police Department.
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