Public Safety
This week in crime: There are days when I can keep my sense of humor about this weekly bozo parade, and days when I cannot. This was a cannot day; note the drunken-driving arrest at Maumee and Fisher, in which an underage young woman drove into a light pole on the corner. How did this happen? She had a .16 blood-alcohol level, a bag of marijuana in her purse, and thought 3:25 a.m. behind the wheel of a car would be a good place and time to text her ex-boyfriend. The next thing she knew, she was crashing into a light pole. Who could have foreseen such an outcome, right?
The only thing that keeps me from busting an artery at times like these is the 3:25 a.m. part. At least I know I'm not bicycling at that hour. Although I see plenty of these yo-yos making mischief during the day.
Elsewhere? Oh, you know: Stealing stealing stealing hitting stealing stealing. The hitting was an assault in the Woods, between teenage boys, which started over, get this, baseball heckling. The heckled brought a blackjack to a smack-talkin' fight. Ah, testosterone, the engine of the world. Be safe in these last, humid days of the season. And save the texting for red lights, at the very least.
– Nancy Nall Derringer
Public-safety reports are gathered from public documents made available by individual police departments. Locations represented by place markers are approximate. Comments? Suggestions? Send feedback to nderringer@grossepointetoday.com
Public safety contacts
IN AN EMERGENCY: DIAL 911
The Park Police & Fire
15115 E. Jefferson
313-822-7400
The City Police & Fire
17145 Maumee
313-886-3200
The Farms Police & Fire
90 Kerby
313-885-2100
The Woods Police & Fire
20025 Mack
313-343-2400
The Shores Police & Fire
795 Lake Shore
313-881-5500
OTHER EMERGENCY CONTACTS
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms info: 800-ATF-GUNS
Arson Reward Tip Line:
800-44ARSON
Consumer’s Energy:
800-477-5050
Crisis Prevention Wayne County: 313-224-7000
DTE Energy: 800-477-4747
Drug Enforcement Administration: 313-234-4000
FBI: 313-965-2323
National Domestic Violence Hotline: 800-799-7233
Poison Control Center:
800-222-1222
National Helpline Network:
800-SUICIDE
U.S. Coast Guard Search & Rescue: 313-331-3110
(If no answer: 800-321-4400)
U.S. Secret Service:
313-226-6400
Wayne County Sheriff:
313-224-2222
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