Police Blotter: Home Invasion and Prescription Drop-Off

A 23-year-old man is facing felony charges after allegedly attempting to break into the home of his ex-girlfriend on Wednesday, according to .

Lt. Adam Kline said a witness saw the man remove the screen from a window of a home on the 5000 block of Jennie Drive at 11:30 p.m. He then reached into the home and grabbed the leg of the victim, who pushed him off, and he fled as police were arriving, according to the police report.

Officers interviewed witnesses and the victim and learned that the victim had a personal protection order out against the man, police said.

As police were investigating, a White Lake Police dispatcher received a call from a friend of the man.

"They wanted to make a complaint against the victim," Kline said. "Our dispatcher could hear our suspect in the background yelling, so they notified us, and we went to the address."

Police found the man there, along with the screen from the ex-girlfriend's home, and arrested him. He was charged Friday with one five-year felony count of home invasion, third degree, and a one-year misdemeanor count of second-offense domestic violence.

Prescription pill drop-off

The White Lake Township Police Department is partnering with the Drug Enforcement Agency to collect prescription pills in White Lake.

The event will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at the White Lake Police Department.

Kline said people can bring in their pills in plastic bags or containers and dump them into collection boxes. All prescriptions must be in pill form—no liquids, syringes or needles. The department will not collect pill bottles or containers bearing personal identification such as names or addresses.

According the the DEA, this initiative addresses a vital public safety and public health issue.

"Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse and abuse," according to the DEA press release. "Rates of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. are alarmingly high—more Americans currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, hallucinogens and heroin combined."