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Sunday, December 16, 2012

More Than $79,000 Worth of Jewelry Stolen from Howell Ultra Diamonds, Suspected Drunken Driver Causes Serious Accident in Highland

The following information was supplied by area police agencies. It does not indicate a conviction.

Here is a roundup of area police news. Nearly $80,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from the Howell Ultra Diamonds store in the Tanger Outlet Mall on Dec. 8. at 1:16 a.m. Police said an unknown object was shoved through the tempered glass door and then used to pull outward. Inside the showroom, many of the glass display cases were broken with merchandise thrown around, according to the report. Police found wet footprints on dry cement, ripped cloth and a Marlboro cigarette butt near the door and blood on and in some of the broken display cases, the report said. The store's one surveillance camera in mounted on the west wall, while the cases that were broken face the east wall of the store. The stolen jewelry included rings, earrings, …

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Fenton Woman Arrested on Heroin Charges; Teens Report Hit and Run by Ex-Girlfriend in Hartland

The following information was supplied by area police agencies. It does not indicate a conviction.

The following is a roundup of crime reports from the areas around White Lake and Highland. On Friday at approximately 10:20 p.m., two Fenton police cars were dispatched to Tropi-Tan on North Leroy Street, for a suspicious person locked in a restroom, Fenton Police Chief Rick Aro said. Officers spoke with the manager of the business, who showed them the locked bathroom at the rear of the building. Officers open the door and found a woman bent over holding a bottle of what she identified as witch hazel, he said. She appeared to be having some type of medical problem, and one of the officers saw a syringe and needle in her purse, Aro said. Police found suspected heroin in her purse and arrested her for possession of the drug. Once it was …

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