Drive up and ditch
An Oxford homeowner called Oakland County Sheriff’s Office on Aug. 13 at 6:31 a.m. to report a suspicious vehicle. He saw a dark blue Dodge minivan speed up his driveway and pull up to his barn that morning, a time during which he claimed nobody should have been there.
Surveillance video shows the driver of the van exit the vehicle and run behind the barn. But, because of blind spots in the cameras’ placement, it is unclear what the driver did behind the barn.
He then ran back to the van and drove off at a high speed.
The homeowner was concerned some assorted valuables could be taken from the barn, so deputies recommended he move them to a more secure place.
Surveillance footage is not clear, but the suspect appears to be a white or Hispanic male.

‘I am the witch hunter’
Deputies were called at 10 a.m. on Aug. 15 to console a mentally unstable individual.
A 37-year-old Oxford woman was at a local gas station harassing patrons and writing “I am the witch hunter” on Lotto tickets.
When approached by officers, she was unable to answer simple questions such as the date and the spelling of her name. She was also under the impression that Hillary Clinton is the President of the United States.
When deputies tried to restrain her, she resisted and flailed her body.
Officers then realized she was under the influence psychedelic mushrooms, or Shrooms, as they found some on her person, the report stated. She was taken to Common Ground in Pontiac and the remaining Shrooms were destroyed.

You can’t park here
After getting a call about a suspicious vehicle at the Oxford Meijer the night before, deputies went out to observe the vehicle on Aug. 16 at 11:30 a.m.
Police ran the license plate number and saw the vehicle owner had a failure-to-appear warrant out. The owner was located and arrested that day. The vehicle was tagged and left in the parking lot.

Robbery caught on camera
Van Tine Well Drilling was robbed of $500 worth of copper tubing and brass fittings on Aug. 16, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. The owner reported it the next day.
The robbery was captured by video surveillance and the business owner was able to identify the suspect as someone he had worked with in the past, the report stated. The suspect had two oustanding warrants, so the incident was transferred to the detective’s office.