Police blotter: Homeowner confronts man attempting break-in – News – Monroe News – Monroe, Michigan


Police blotter: Homeowner confronts man attempting break-in - News - Monroe News - Monroe, Michigan

The following are among recent reports to Monroe County law enforcement agencies.

The following are among recent reports to Monroe County law enforcement agencies.

Homeowner confronts man attempting break-in

An alert Dundee Township man thwarted an attempted break-in at his Far Rd. home by arriving in the nick of time Tuesday afternoon.

The man told the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office that he came home about 1:30 p.m. to find a strange male at his side door hunched down and picking at the lock.

When the homeowner asked the suspect what he wanted, the suspect replied that he was from the “electric company,” but couldn’t provide any identification or the name of the company, a deputy’s report said.

When the suspect left and got into a silver Chevrolet Impala, the owner got his Ohio license plate before he drove off southbound on Far Rd. and turned west on Tecumseh Rd. and then pulled into a driveway, but did not get out of the car.

The owner went into the house and got a pistol and was surprised to see the suspect return to the home. When the suspect came to the door again and realized the homeowner was armed this time, he ran back to his car and fled the scene again.

The homeowner called 911 and described the suspect in his early 30s, 5-foot-10, wearing baggy jeans, a reddish winter coat with a hood and a winter hat with a ball on top.

Deputies traced the plate number to a Toledo address and asked the Toledo Police Department to look for the suspect and the vehicle.

Counterfeit money used to make purchase

A Monroe man was questioned by deputies after he bought pipe tobacco and cigarette papers at a tobacco store in Frenchtown Township and used a fake $20 bill to pay for the items.

The store manager realized later the bill was counterfeit and called 911. Deputies questioned the suspect at his home and reimbursed the store, saying he didn’t know the bill was fake and didn’t know where he got it.

The manager opted not to press charges because the buyer made amends, a deputy’s report said.

Quick-change fraud probed

A Frenchtown Township business was shorted $276 last week in part because a male confused a cashier with a $100 bill while paying for an item that cost $2.99.

According to a deputy’s report, the suspect asked the cashier at Gordon Foods multiple questions while she was giving him change. The suspect wore a black coat and face mask. Authorities were to check a surveillance camera for more clues to identify the suspect.


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