40 minutes pass before police dispatched to active burglary at Detroit grocery store
Two thieves in a vehicle slammed through the plate-glass windows of Lafayette Foods early this morning.
‘New driver, screwdriver, cracked steering column’
The safest place for my car also happens to be the site of a former chop shop. My car also was stolen from the same abandoned driveway.
Bold scrappers cause partial collapse at Packard Plant
Firefighters perused the debris for a scrapper who had become pinned in the debris.
Crime lab becomes hideout for armed robbers, thugs
Brush Park residents and Tigers fans are getting robbed, sometimes at gunpoint.
Photos: Scavenging for scrap metal
Who are the scrappers? They are laid-off autoworkers, drug addicts, high school dropouts and others trying to get by.
Demise of a Detroit high-rise: How out-of-state slumlord neglected low-income residents
While residents are deprived of a safe, clean environment, the company is raking in federal tax subsidies for low-income residents and people with disabilities.
Thieves raid century-old graves at historic Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit
From manhole covers to ornate copper roofs, thieves are leaving nothing untouched to cash in on historically high metal prices.
Neighbor: Two teen girls attacked, robbed at abandoned Packard Plant
Police were seen patrolling the perimeter of the plant Monday, even as suburban teens threw bricks at buildings and thieves continued to load pickup trucks with scrap metal.
Thieves steal from fire truck at scene of blaze
The theft marks another embarrassing, eye-opening moment for a fire department battling more blazes with fewer firefighters, trucks and gear.