Public Safety

Nov. 21: A 17-year-old girl from Clarkston allegedly lept from her mother’s vehicle while being driven to a hospital for a mental health evaluation at 1:57 p.m. The vehicle was heading south on M-24. The girl tumbled on the road then immediately got up and rushed to a nearby sheriff’s vehicle, crying. The girl told sheriff’s deputies she had been hit by an oncoming vehicle and was injured. The girl was transported to St. Joseph’s hospital by the Oxford Fire Department for evaluation.

Nov. 20: A man called Oxford Village Police at 8:33 a.m. to report his 2016 Dodge Ram truck had been stolen from the driveway of his home in the 500 block of Lakes Edge Dr. The report noted it was possible the man had left the keys in the vehicle.

Nov. 20: A man called Oxford Village Police at 8:05 p.m. to report his vehicle had been broken into the night before, while parked outside his home in the 600 block of Lakes Edge Dr. The man told police his door was found open, along with the glove box, though he did not appear to be missing anything.

Nov. 17: A credit union on the 900 block of N. Lapeer Rd. called sheriff’s deputies at 4:08 p.m. to report suspicious circumstances. An older man, approximately 65-to-70-years-old, with long gray hair, acne, and a large nose who was wearing a gray jacket and light stone-washed jeans approached employees, stating he had been hired by the credit union to work as a security guard for Thanksgiving. The suspect asked employees about the security system, then left in a gray Jeep.

Nov. 16: Sheriff’s deputies received a call from the neighbor of an 80-year-old woman living on the 1200 block of Queens Dr. The neighbor reported the woman had received a call several days earlier from an unknown number. The caller identified himself as Mark, stating that he was calling on behalf of the American Senior Citizens Award Company. The caller told the woman she had won $5.5 million, but would need her to send a check for $1,200 first, in order to register with the company. The woman withdrew the money from her account and mailed it. The woman received another call the next day from the same caller, who told her they would need her Social Security number and bank account information in order to send the money over. The woman gave the caller her information, but became suspicious shortly afterwards and closed the account. The woman told her neighbor she has been receiving phone calls from callers identifying themself as Mark or Jim nearly 10 times a day since closing the account.

Nov. 15: A 65-year-old man from Oxford called sheriff’s deputies at 5:48 p.m. to report fraudulent activity. The man had received a phone call from a restricted number earlier that day from a man who told him his computer had viruses and needed to be fixed. The caller obtained his computer’s IP address and accessed the computer remotely. The caller charged the man $900 and requested to receieve the payment in iTunes gift cards. The caller then told the man the gift cards were not working and requested $800 in additional iTunes gift cards.

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