COUNTY of INGHAM State of Michigan SHERIFF'S OFFICE Gene L. Wriggelsworth Sheriff Allan C. Spyke 630 North Cedar Street Greg S. Harless Undersheriff Mason, Mi 48854 Chief Deputy (517) 676-2431 Sam Davis FAX (517) 676-8299 Joel Maatman Major Major TO: FROM: Delhi Township Board of Trustee s Lieutenant Eric Trojanowicz DATE: February 3, 2014 RE: January 2014 Monthly Report HIGHLIGHTED CASES AND INCIDENTS: 01/02/2014 Deputy Brandon Doerr and Deputy Torok responded to the 500 block of Edgar Rd. to take a subject into protective custody. Deputy Doerr was assaulted by a family member of the person they were taken into protective custody. The person that assaulted Deputy Doerr was arrested and lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/07/2014 Deputy Ryan Kuch investigated a larceny complaint in the 4400 block of Harding Ave. The victim had prescription medication stolen from her residence by unknown suspect(s). 01/08/2014 Deputy Macomber initiated a traffic stop for a traffic violation at Aurelius Rd. and Holt Rd. Deputy Macomber located cocaine in the vehicle and the driver was arrested for possession of cocaine. The driver was lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought on the driver through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/09/2014 Deputy Macomber investigated a home invasion in the 1400 block of Bonapart. The victim had his residence broken into by unknown suspect(s). The unknown suspect(s) stole electronics. 01/09/2014 Deputy Torok and Deputy Richards initiated a traffic stop at Waverly Rd. and Bishop Rd. for a traffic violation. The driver of the vehicle was driving on a
suspended license and had no insurance on the vehicle. The driver was also had a concealed weapon in the vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was arrested for driving while license suspended and for carrying a concealed weapon. He was lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought on the driver through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/09/2014 Deputy Ward and Deputy Whitaker investigated a home invasion in the 1400 block of Van Buren. The victim had her residence broken into by unknown suspect(s). The suspect(s) stole U. S. currency and prescription medication. 01/13/2014 Deputy McElmurray and Deputy Whitaker initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation at Aurelius Rd. and Jolly Rd. The driver of the vehicle was found to be in possession of crack cocaine and marijuana. The driver of the vehicle was arrested for possession with intent to deliver crack cocaine and marijuana and he was lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought on the driver through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office on the driver of the vehicle. 01/13/2014 Deputy Bowden investigated a breaking and entering complaint at 5601 Aurelius Rd. (A OK Mechanical). Unknown suspect(s) forcibly entered a pole barn on the property and stole a snow blower and miscellaneous electric motors. 01/14/2014 Deputy Brandon Doerr investigated a domestic assault in the 2500 block of Jolly Rd. The victim was assaulted by her boyfriend. The boyfriend was arrested for domestic assault and lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought on the boyfriend through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/18/2014 Deputy Brandon Doerr initiated a pursuit on a vehicle that was involved in an armed robbery in Jackson County. The vehicle that was being pursued slid off in the ditch at Every Rd. and Holt Rd. The driver of the vehicle was taken into custody on the armed robbery out of Jackson County and he was turned over to Jackson County. 01/20/2014 Deputy Bennehoff and Deputy Duling investigated a larceny from vehicle complaint in the 4300 block of Keller Rd. The victim had his vehicle broken into by unknown suspect(s) and he had $1500.00 in tools stolen from his vehicle. 01/21/2014 Deputy Richards investigated a larceny from building at 2289 Cedar St. (Journey Life Church). The unknown suspect(s) stole a bullet burner and two leaf blowers. 01/22/2014 Deputy Jason Kuch investigated a domestic assault complaint in the 2100 block of Park Lane. The victim was assaulted by her live in boyfriend. The live in boyfriend was arrested and lodged at the Ingham County Jail for domestic assault. Charges are being sought on the suspect through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/22/2014 Deputy Jason Kuch investigated a malicious destruction of property complaint in the 4400 block of Cricket Ridge. The victim had her vehicle keyed by unknown suspect(s) damaging her vehicle. 01/22/2014 Deputy Torok initiated a traffic stop at Cedar St. and Willoughby Rd. for a traffic
violation. The driver of the vehicle was arrested on a warrant and lodged at the Ingham County Jail. The vehicle was searched and the passenger was found to be in possession of marijuana. Charges are being sought on the passenger through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/25/2014 Deputy Ryan Kuch arrested a subject in the 4000 block of Holt Rd for violation of the Delhi Township trespassing ordinance. The subject was lodged at the Ingham County Jail. Charges are being sought on the subject through the Delhi Township Attorney s Office. 01/27/2014 Deputy Hull investigated a larceny of checks complaint in the 2300 block of West Blvd. Two known suspect(s) stole the checks and cashed the checks totaling $2200.00. Charges are being sought through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office on the two suspects. 01/27/2014 Deputy Macomber initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle for a traffic violation. A passenger in the vehicle was found to be in possession of cocaine. Charges are being sought on the suspect through the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. 01/29/2014 Deputy Bowden investigated at larceny complaint at 1325 N. Cedar St. (Schram s Auto Parts). Unknown suspect(s) stole catalytic converter from this location. STATISTICS: During the month of January, Deputies responded to 332 calls for service (written/blotter complaints). They made 139 arrests of which 66 were self initiated. Deputies issued 136 citations. Deputies conducted 371 business/property checks, 15 liquor inspections, and spent 152.6 hours in Community Policing. Deputies participated in 332.2 hours of training. Calls for Service 2012 2013 2014 January 478 360 332 Year to Date 478 360 332 Total Arrests 2012 2013 2014 January 105 78 139 Year to Date 105 78 139
Total Self Initiated Arrests 2012 2013 2014 January 61 46 66 Year to Date 61 46 66 Citations Issued 2012 2013 2014 January 237 194 136 Year to Date 237 194 136
COUNTY of INGHAM State of Michigan SHERIFF'S OFFICE Gene L. Wriggelsworth Sheriff Allan C. Spyke 630 North Cedar Street Greg S. Harless Undersheriff Mason, Mi 48854 Chief Deputy (517) 676-2431 Sam Davis FAX (517) 676-8299 Joel Maatman Major Major TO: Lt. Eric Trojanowicz FROM: Deputy Mary Hull #5353 DATE: February 05, 2014 RE: January 2014 Monthly Report MONTHLY STATISTICS: Complaints: 10 Accidents: 5 Community Policing Hours: 56 School Contacts: 54 Citations: 2 COMMUNITY POLICING HIGHLIGHTS: In January our office received a call from an elderly resident informing us of a phone scam she was a potential victim of. The caller told us that she received a call from a person identifying themselves as an employee of the Government concerned with health care. The caller had the potential victims banking information including her routing number, address and banking institution, all the caller was asking for was the potential victim s social security number to complete her application. However, the potential victim saw the call for what it was and asked for a number to call back to verify the caller s credentials but the caller was not willing to provide the information the victim was seeking. After speaking with the potential victim and having heard of other scams
involving seniors Deputy Richards and I have been trying to get the word out to the senior community, via Facebook and emails about all of the potential scams that may affect our seniors. In January I received a call from Mike Botke from Lansing Teen Court, a part of Child and Family Charities, about creating Teen Court at Holt High School. The primary focus of Teen Court is to put teens in a diversion program that embraces best-practice restorative justice principals to keep them from entering the Juvenile Court. The program is intended for teens that commit minor legal offense, and instead of appearing in front of a Juvenile Court Referee, the teens appear before a jury of their peers, who hand down sentences that may include community service, writing a letter of apology, paying restitution, and receiving counseling services. In addition, Teen Court is also concerned with truancy reduction. The truancy program focuses on determining the underlying cause of a child s absenteeism and the barriers to regular school attendance. Once the underlying causes and barriers are determined a plan is set in place to get the child to school. It is our hope to have Teen Court implemented at Holt High School for the 2014-2015 school year. On January 17, I attended the fourth truancy conference for the tri-county area at Eaton County RESA. This conference focused on a number of important issues concerning student attendance including the still evolving definition of truancy, the attendance policy at Grand Ledge High School, and the factors that make it a success, a discussion about student discipline and possible solutions to keeping the child in school instead of suspension for minor behavioral problems, and the current truancy procedure in place at Eaton County RESA. Several times this current school year and last school year our department has received complaints from a resident in the area of Midway Elementary. The homeowner s chief complaint is that parents picking up their children from Midway block his drive, causing him to be late for work. On several occasions during the month I sat in the area to observe traffic after school and have not observed any incidents were vehicles were parked across a homeowner s driveway. I also had the opportunity to research accidents in the area of Holt and Kahres Roads from 2006 to 2013. The results of the research showed that there were a total of 46 crashes in the area, the majority of the crashes were rear end accidents, the majority of the accident occurred during the hours of 5:00 PM and 5:59 PM, and 7:00 AM and 7:59 AM, most accidents occurred on Wednesday and Thursday, and 2013 was the year with the most crashes. This information was just a small portion of the information I shared with Holt Public Schools. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS: During the month of January I responded to 15 calls for service, 5 of which were noninjury traffic accidents. Some one of the calls I responded to included, frauds, threats, drugs, and check welfare.
On January 2, I took a fraud complaint from an individual that oversees his elderly parent s finances. The reporting party indicated that an unknown person(s) created counterfeit checks with his parent s information including their banking information, and cashed two separate checks in the State of Florida and the State of New York. The reporting party does not know how or when someone gathered the checking account information to create the counterfeit checks. Suspects were not identified as a result of the investigation and the report has been closed. On January 27, I took another fraud complaint from an individual living and banking in the township. The complaint reported that an individual she recently met took approximately six blank checks from one of her checkbooks and attempted to cash them at the bank that held the account. Of the checks that were presented to the bank five were denied, only one was cashed at an area credit union. The investigation is still ongoing, and the suspects whom were identified are refusing to cooperate with the investigation. Once the investigation is complete the report will be turned over to Ingham County Prosecutor s Office for review. On January 15, I received a telephone harassment complaint from Dr. Scott s office. The harassment came in the form of a voice message that contained vulgar language and a racial slur. Although the caller did not identify himself, his phone number was enough to make an identification. When contact was made with the suspect he admitted that he left the message out of frustration, he has since then apologized and no prosecution was sought. On January 17, I took a threats complaint from a parent of a high school student. The parent reported that his daughter was threatened by another student over Instagram. In the beginning the suspect student admitted that she posted the message but in an interview with police she recanted her admission, indicating that someone took a portion of the text that she posted and added the threat to it. The report was turned over to Ingham County Prosecutor s Office for review and subsequently denied. On January 16, I received a call from the high school reference a drug complaint. School Administrators received complaints from students and staff earlier in the week that a particular hallway had a strong odor of marijuana; however no one was able to determine the exact location of the smell, other than it was coming from a locker. On January 16, school staff was able to narrow the smell to a small bank of lockers and upon searching one locker in particular marijuana was located. In an interview, the suspect admitted that the substance located was marijuana and did belong to him. A field test of the substance did confirm that the substance was marijuana, but was still submitted to Michigan State Police Crime laboratory for verification. Once the results are obtained from Michigan State Police the report will be turned over to Ingham County Prosecutor s Office for review. On January 7, Deputy Narlock and I responded to Stonegate Trailer Park to check the welfare of an elderly male after neighbors and park officials grew concerned when they had not seen him in a few days and knew he had health issues. After knocking on the door for several minutes the elderly male eventually answered. He advised that he did not hear anyone knocking, because he was at the back of the home. On January 23, I received a call from Dimondale Elementary reference 3 children living in Kensington Meadows that had not been at school for several days, the parents had not called in the
absence and the school could not get ahold of a parent. Upon arrival to Kensington Meadows I verified with the park office that the family still had a home in the park. One parent opened her door to me so I could verify that her child was okay, this parent advised that her daughter was sick and she forgot to call the school. The other parent refused to open the door, but I was able to verify that the children were okay, as I could see them through a window and could hear the parent inside while I spoke to her on the phone. Since Kensington Meadows is located in Eaton County. I made contact with Eaton County RESA S truancy officer and advised her of my findings; she advised that she would petition the court in Eaton County for the truancy. Respectfully submitted, Mary Hull #5353
COUNTY of INGHAM State of Michigan SHERIFF'S OFFICE Gene L. Wriggelsworth Sheriff Allan C. Spyke 630 North Cedar Street Greg S. Harless Undersheriff Mason, Mi 48854 Chief Deputy (517) 676-2431 Sam Davis FAX (517) 676-8299 Joel Maatman Major Major TO: Lt. Eric Trojanowicz FROM: Dep. Kelly Bowden #5379 DATE: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 RE: January 2014 Monthly Business Officer Report Total Complaints: 32 Traffic Stops: 4 Citations: 3 Property/ Business Checks: 72 Community Policing Hours: 11.6 Liquor inspections: 1 Community Policing Highlights: I attended the Holt-Dimondale School Business Alliance breakfast and gave an update on current Sheriff s Office activities. I responded to a local business for a possible fraud complaint. The business owner had been wise to the fraud, which was in the form of e-mails and a fake purchase order, and he didn t sustain a loss. I spoke with the owner and pointed out several easily identifiable characteristics of the e-mails that were indicators of it being a fake. A copy of the e- mails and purchase order were forwarded to MIOC for review. I responded to a local business after they reported water flooding their store. A check of the area revealed a pipe had burst at an adjoining business in the same building. I
contacted the manager of that business and assisted them with getting the water shut off until a repair service could arrive to repair the damage. I responded to a local business at the request of a former employee who was trying to pick up his final paycheck. The owner of the company wanted the employee to sign paperwork before the paycheck was issued, which the employee did not want to do. I was able to mediate and both sides came to an agreement and resolved things peacefully. Investigative Highlights: The following is a highlight of the more notable cases I have investigated this month: I responded to a local business for a reported vehicle accident. Upon arrival, it was determined a driver for a delivery company had crashed his vehicle into a snowbank in front of this business. While interviewing the driver, I smelled an odor of alcohol. After further investigation, the driver was arrested and lodged at the Ingham County Jail for several offenses. A local gas station owner reported the theft of fuel at his business. The owner attempted to retrieve the involved vehicle s license plate number, but was unsuccessful. Of note, is the owner put himself in harm s way to do so, risking injury by standing in front of the vehicle and then grabbing hold of the bumper as it was fleeing the parking lot. I encouraged the owner to not repeat these actions and to instead do the best he could to provide an accurate description of the suspect and vehicle as quickly as possible to police. I was unable to locate the suspect and no license plate was available to follow up on. A local business owner reported the theft of machine parts and a snow blower from an unattached garage on their business property. There are no suspects or eyewitnesses to this case. I checked the area for a CATA Bus displaying a CALL POLICE banner on its route screen. It was found to be a Dean Transportation Bus and the driver stated they had accidently activated the distress banner. I responded to a local business for a large amount of trash dumped in their parking lot. I examined the contents of the trash and located evidence that identified two suspects. I located the suspects and warned them about dumping the trash illegally. The suspects cleaned up the trash. About one week later, while patrolling the same area, I located trash again piled up in the parking lot and investigation lead me back to the same duo. This time they were ticketed for violating Township Ordinance. I am pleased to report the suspect mentioned in last month s report that I had cited for littering was found guilty at a hearing in District Court and was fined $500.00 for his repeated violations.
I responded to a local church for an obscene phone call complaint. This complaint turned into a serious stalking investigation where it appeared the victim was possibly in imminent danger from the suspect. After further investigation and interviews with the victims and suspect, I filed a warrant request with the Ingham County Prosecutor s Office. A two count warrant was issued for Aggravated Stalking and Malicious Use of a telephone. The suspect is in custody and the victim has been encouraged to obtain an order for Personal protection through the Courts. Respectfully Submitted, Deputy Kelly Bowden, Badge #5379
COUNTY of INGHAM State of Michigan SHERIFF'S OFFICE Gene L. Wriggelsworth 630 North Cedar Street Allan C. Spyke Sheriff Mason, Mi 48854 Undersheriff (517) 676-2431 Greg S. Harless FAX (517) 676-8299 Joel Maatman Chief Deputy Major To: Lt. E. Trojanowicz From: Dep. P. Richards Date: 02/06/14 Subject: January Monthly STATISTICALS: Comm. Policing Hrs: (37.5) Training Hours: (9.8) Special Assgnmt: (0.0) Complaints taken: (20) Blotters taken: (02) Total calls taken: (22) Traffic stops: (25) Citations issued: (12) Arrests: (05) (1 FLNY) (4 MSD) Contacts (school): (02) Contacts (business): (04)
COMMUNITY POLICING: During the month of January I was able patrol several subdivisions while on routine patrol with the police vehicle. I was able to witness many different traffic violations that occurred in my presence. I made several traffic stops and issued either a warning or issued a citation. I witnessed several infraction violations ( failing to stop at stop sign, impeding the flow of traffic, loud exhaust, loud music ). I continued to speak with area neighbors/residents of problem areas within their area and what were the best times to be in their area. I met with the coordinator/manager of Windmill Trailer community; we discussed their upcoming Winter/Spring schedule of events that have or are being planned for early February, March, and April. We have also discussed future meetings; we discussed possible park intervention on civil matters within the park at certain address. I maintained the Ingham County Sheriff s Office // Delhi Division Facebook webpage. This medium has been instrumental in helping us to keep the neighborhood watch groups (and other residents) informed on timely safety tips or information on possible persons/vehicles to look out for within the community. I continue to make entries every week onto the Facebook page. The Facebook entry was then sent to all the neighborhood watch groups. I attended the monthly planning/gathering Holt Business Alliance breakfast that was held at Charlar place; many persons (business owners/agents from local businesses) were in attendance. I spoke on matters of community policing within Holt; future planned events were delivered to those in attendance. Planning/scheduling for the annual Neighborhood Watch National Night Out event that will be held in either in late spring or summer. I am currently working with the US Army to secure items for this event (Rock Tower and other event games are being planned). I am also planning to include this day with Music in the Park and/or the Fresh Food Market. Some other new games are being planned as well. I participated in the first Neighborhood Watch meeting for the newly formed watch group within Delhi Manor Trailer Community. Many residents attended the first ever meeting. Setting up of the block captains and a community park coordinator were discussed during this meeting; several additional meetings are being planned through late winter and into spring for this new group. I instituted a marked patrol of school buses in the Holt area; an observation of Holt school buses in the process of either picking up or dropping off children at various locations. A task of monitoring the traffic activity during the time of a bus stop was conducted several times during this month. I have witnessed two cases of traffic violation (a vehicle running the red lights of the stopped bus). A traffic stop was done on both violators and issued tickets on both stops. I plan to continue this program for several more months.
OTHER MATTERS I investigated a larceny of two leaf blowers and a bullet style fan forced burner from the outside shed of Journey Life Church. No evidence was located; an area canvas of nearby residents did not produce any additional information. None of the items taken had serial numbers associated with them. No suspects. A check with local pawn shops for the stolen items came back negative. I have investigated several vehicular accidents both with and without injury to persons. All accidents were mostly between two vehicles with moderate damage. Several of the vehicle accidents required that either one or both vehicles needed to be towed from the location. All injuries were evaluated/treated at scene by the Delhi Twp fire dept. If and when a patient was taken to any area hospital a follow up with their emergency staff was conducted for status of the victim. I went to civil dispute between a resident and the possible repossession of their vehicle. The matter was resolved between the two parties; non- confrontational. I also investigated a fraud complaint; credit card was used several times during last summer in Houston, Texas. Possible accused information. Investigation still pending; the loss is under $200.00.