Royal Oak crime: Cat stolen from house after couple’s breakup; man admits stealing surveillance camera from business - The Oakland Press

Cat stolen from house after couple's breakup

A woman in the 2600 block of Galpin Avenue told police she suspects her ex-boyfriend entered her house and stole their cat while she was away.

The woman called police May 28 to report a breaking and entering.

Police said she told them she left the front door unlocked while she was away from home that day.

The woman, 19, told police she believes her ex-boyfriend entered her house and stole their cat.

Police said the ex-boyfriend, 20, of Royal Oak lived at the house with the woman recently.

Two days before the cat was taken, police went to the house to be on hand while the man moved his belongings from the house.

The woman told police the man told her before he wanted the cat and would take her to court to get it.

Police tried to contact the man at his current address, but he did not answer the door.

A detective is trying to reach the man to interview him.

Man admits stealing surveillance camera from business

A Clawson man, 58, told police he stole a surveillance camera from the rear of a business a day after theft was reported stolen.

The surveillance camera was taken from outside Tiffany's Training, a fitness business at 219 E. 12 Mile Road.

The business reported the theft on Memorial Day. Also stolen was a sign near the camera that read: "Smile you're on camera."

Police said the Clawson man showed up at the police station June 1 and told them he took the camera, worth about $150, and sign. He noticed the camera and sign when he drove behind the business thinking it was a through-alley, but found it dead ended at the side of a CVS store.

The man apparently has a strong dislike of surveillance cameras, according to what he told police.

He told police he was upset earlier when his sister secretly had surveillance cameras put in his mother's house while she was in hospice care.

When the man lived in Royal Oak, he told police he decided to move after a next-door neighbor put surveillance cameras outside their home. The man felt like he was being surveilled, police said.

He has no prior criminal history and told police he felt bad about taking the camera. The man is making restitution to replace the camera.

Adult daughter suspected in electric lawn mower theft

A homeowner in the 3100 block of Columbus Avenue called police June 1 to report a relative was suspected of stealing an pricey EGO electric lawn mower.

A battery and charging station were also stolen. The stolen items have a combined value of over $1,200, police said.

The owner's daughter and her boyfriend, who lived at the house, likely stole the mower because they have substance abuse issues, the owner told police.

Home surveillance camera stolen

A man who was being evicted from his roommate's house in the 2700 block of Rochester Road is suspected of stealing a $749 surveillance camera and its base station.

The owner called police to report the theft on Memorial Day.

He said he believes the roommate possibly stole the surveillance equipment when he was leaving during his eviction, police said.

Unknown bottle thrower cracks driver's windshield

A Ferndale man driving near Lincoln and Main Street heard a sudden loud noise when an object struck and cracked his windshield.

The man stopped and got out of his car, he told police, and found a beer bottle on the ground.

He told police he didn't see who threw the bottle or what direction it came from.

Girl's $400 electric scooter stolen

Someone stole a 12-year-old girl's $400 electric scooter while she was having lunch with friends at Blaze Pizza on June 2.

The Razor scooter was outside the front of the pizzeria at the time.

Police said Monday that a friend of the girl's family found the scooter abandoned a couple days later at a park and picked it up.

–Mike McConnell, Tribune staff writer