Monday, February 11, 2013
Two suspects are in custody after a 52-year-old man was robbed at gunpoint outside Stop & Go in Ferndale on Feb. 9, police said.
Ferndale Police said two men are in custody after a man was robbed at gunpoint outside of a local party store on Saturday. Around 9 p.m. on Feb. 9, police said a 52-year-old man was robbed in the parking lot of the Stop & Go located at 1365 E. Nine Mile Road in Ferndale. According to a news release from Ferndale Police Det. Lt. William Wilson, the man was approached by the robber (a 40-year-old Detroit resident) who had a gun and demanded money and a cell phone from the victim. The victim believed the robber was driven by an accomplice driving a red pick-up truck. A few hours later, Madison Heights had two citizens robbed at gunpoint, and the description of the robber and the getaway vehicle matched those from Ferndale’s robbery. Madison …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Four teens were arrested following the incident, which occurred around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Daily Tribune reports.
Ferndale Police arrested four teenagers on Wednesday after a student at Ferndale's Digital Learning Center was robbed while walking toward the school, according to an article in the Daily Tribune. The suspects reportedly implied they had a weapon and stole the student's laptop. The laptop was recovered when the suspects were arrested but no weapon was found, the newspaper reports. Find the full article here.
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
No arrests have been made and police are continuing to investigate the incident, which occurred Nov. 15 near the bus stop on the north side of W. Eight Mile Road, west of Livernois.
A Detroit man was reportedly robbed at gunpoint in Ferndale last week at a bus stop on West Eight Mile west of Livernois. Around 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15, Ferndale Police received a report that an armed robbery had just occurred near the bus stop on the north side of West Eight Mile Road, west of Livernois. Officers interviewed the victim - a 20-year-old Detroit resident - who reported that he was robbed at gunpoint by two men at the bus stop. The suspects took $25 and the man's cell phone, according to a press release sent out Wednesday from Ferndale Police Sgt. Patrick Jones. No arrests have been made in this incident as of Wednesday, Nov. 21 and police are continuing to investigate, according to Jones. The robbery reportedly occurred while the…
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Police said two people were targeted but not injured by a masked man with a semi-automatic rifle around 2:40 a.m. Sunday.
OUTSIDE DETROIT -- Police say no one was hurt after a man with a semi-automatic rifle fired up to 10 shots at two people outside the 7-Eleven at Nine Mile and Pinecrest in Ferndale, MI. Ferndale Police are investigating the incident that occurred around 2:40 a.m. Sunday. Ferndale Police Lt. Casey O'Loughlin said two men approached the 7-Eleven but found the doors locked. One was wearing a Halloween mask and armed with a semi-automatic rifle. Two younger men approached the store moments later and encountered the suspects. The suspects attempted to rob the two younger men and an altercation ensued, O'Loughlin said. "The suspect with the rifle fired off 8 to 10 rounds at the two other citizens," O'Loughlin said. The two younger men escaped …
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
2 men steal about $3,000 from O'Reilly's on Eight Mile on Wednesday morning.
With a semi-automatic handgun pressed against his neck, the manager of O'Reilly's Auto Parts in Ferndale was told to "take me to the safe" by one of two men who robbed the store on Wednesday morning, police said. The store manager was standing near the door when the suspect entered the store at 640 W. Eight Mile Rd., Ferndale Police Lt. Detective William Wilson said. Also inside the store was a female clerk. As she saw the incident unfold, she went toward the door and was met by a second suspect carrying a pair of wire snips, Wilson said. "The suspect grabbed her by the shoulder stating, 'Where do you think you are going?'" Wilson said. "The suspect then forced her to go with the manager and the other suspect to the rear office area to get…
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O'Reilly's Auto Parts
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Tuesday, October 11, 2011
An investigation into an early Sunday morning armed robbery of Wendy's in Ferndale revealed that a victim of the crime is suspected of participating.
A victim in the armed robbery of Wendy's in Ferndale early Sunday morning is now a suspect, Ferndale Police said. Ferndale Police, after an investigation by detective Brendan Moore, have arrested a third suspect who was working at Wendy's during the time of the crime, Ferndale Lt. Detective William Wilson said. The armed robbery took place around 1 a.m. Sunday morning and resulted in two arrests and the discovery that the weapon used in the crime was a bb handgun. The initial story, provided to police by the Wendy's manager on duty at the time and another Wendy's employee, was that an armed robber approached the employee while the employee was taking the trash out through the back door. The armed robber put the gun to the victim's chest …
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Wendy's
22555 Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Recent crimes in Ferndale have pushed business owners to hold a "Community Crime Watch" meeting with the Ferndale Police Department to get tips on being safe.
Between June 19 and July 18, there were four armed robberies in Ferndale. No one was injured in the incidents and the assailants in two were arrested while two others are still under investigation. As a result, however, Jennifer Clotworthy, general manager at Rosie O'Grady's, reached out the Ferndale Police Department and asked the department to talk with businesses owners and residents about crime prevention and personal protection. "I think Ferndale is a safe place, we just want to make it safer," Clotworthy said. The crime watch event will be 7-10 p.m. Tuesday at Rosie O'Grady's, and is open to all businesses and residents , Clotworthy said. Ferndale Police Sgt. Baron Brown said he'll discuss what businesses owners and residents should …
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279 W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Tape shows a man with a gun in black clothing and a red hat knock the convenience store clerk to the ground and take the purse of a customer inside.
Surveillance tape from the 7-Eleven armed robbery at Pinecrest and West Nine Mile early Monday morning shows the gunman hit the clerk, knocking her to the ground and then stealing the purse of another woman inside. The Ferndale Police Department released the tape. It was played from Ferndale Police Lt. Detective William Wilson's computer and recorded by Ferndale Patch. The surveillance video shows three angles of the robbery. The first angle shows the suspect walk into the 7-Eleven and point the gun at the female clerk. The clerk then runs around the counter, out of the camera. The gunman follows her around the counter. They both come back into the screen after the assailant hits her with the pistol, knocking her to the ground. The gunman …
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1040 W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
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At about 12:30 a.m. Monday, a gunmen walked into 7-Eleven and robbed it. Police are looking for suspects.
Ferndale Police are investigating the city's fourth armed robbery in less than a month after a 7-Eleven was targeted early this morning At 12:30 a.m. Monday, Ferndale officers responded to the 7-Eleven on West Nine Mile Road for an armed robbery. "A man, armed with a handgun, entered the store and then victimized two women," Ferndale Police Lt. Detective William Wilson said. "When the clerk tried to run, he struck her in the head with his gun. This knocked her to the ground and disabled her." Wilson said the robber had threatened a woman customer at gunpoint and stole her purse. The victims described the suspect as male, 27 years old, 5 feet 5 inches, 170 pounds with a scruffy face. The victims said he was wearing a black baseball hat, …
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Withington St & Woodward Ave, Ferndale, MI
Armed robbery on June 19
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W 9 Mile Rd & Pinecrest Dr, Ferndale, MI
Armed robbery on July 8
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1040 W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
Armed robbery on July 18
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Ferndale Community Pharmacy
825 W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
Armed robbery on July 14
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
Three men face charges in violent incident Monday evening that shook up employees and neighbors.
DETROIT – Five employees of the Ferndale Pharmacy endured about 30 minutes of terror Monday night, including a gunshot and beating, as two armed men robbed the workers of money and business of drugs while a getaway driver waited outside, according to an FBI statement submitted as the suspects appeared in federal court today. The three suspects in the violent armed robbery of the Ferndale Pharmacy appeared in federal court in Detroit on Thursday afternoon before U.S. District Court Magistrate R. Steven Whalen, who set a detention hearing for the suspects for 1 p.m. Friday. Aubry Allen, 19, and Alfred Wingate Jr., 41, both of Oak Park, and Christian Reid, 19, of Hamtramck face a criminal complaint that includes robbing a pharmacy registered …
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Ferndale Community Pharmacy
825 W 9 Mile Rd, Ferndale, MI
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Mark Itall
5:27 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Gee, if we just restricted law abiding citizens from obtaining guns, things like this wouldn't happen. Oh wait, nevermind, that is just loony liberal nonsense that would have zero effect on the criminals. more ›