Naked man on school playground arrested by police

Canton police arrested a 51-year-old Wayne man after witnesses say he was seen naked on a playground bench at Field Elementary School, on Haggerty south of Cherry Hill.

A police report indicated the man had been wearing turquoise women’s underwear but took it off and tossed it in a garbage can after he defecated in it.

Police received a call about 1:30 p.m. Saturday after a school employee reported seeing a naked white male on the bench outside the school. He had what appeared to be a bottle of olive oil with him.

During an investigation, the man told police he had been playing on the swings and had taken off his pants because he had defecated in them. The police report indicated he was taken into custody for indecent exposure.

The police report didn’t indicate if the man might have a medical condition.

Stolen car crashed

Police arrested a 26-year-old Canton man following accusations he stole a friend’s car and then crashed it after they had been drinking together in the 45000 block of Rudgate, near Canton Center and Palmer.

The incident happened shortly before 2 a.m. last Thursday after the suspect, his 55-year-old uncle and a 28-year-old friend from Garden City had been drinking together.

A police report indicated the suspect, after his friend fell asleep, took the keys to his 2005 Chevrolet Impala because he allegedly wanted to drive to visit a girlfriend. The uncle, however, told police the suspect was supposedly going to get more beer.

The uncle tried to wake the friend as his car was being taken but apparently was unsuccessful. Later, the friend woke up and learned his car was gone. He told police the suspect takes pain medication, has no license and has warrants out for his arrest.

The suspect later returned without the car, claiming he had struck a curb and damaged its tires, the report said. Police learned the car had been left outside a business in Westland and had heavy damage to the passenger side, with one of the wheels buckled under the car.

Police learned the suspect had warrants out of Garden City and upstate Michigan for infractions such as having open intoxicants and aggravated assault.

Bank fraud

A 71-year-old Canton man notified police that his bank account had been blocked because it didn’t have sufficient funds to cover two checks that had been fraudulently deposited into his account, a report said.

The incidents happened this month. A police report said two mobile deposits had been completed in Nigeria, even though the victim told police he hadn’t been to that country. The man told police he was advised by his bank and an attorney to document the incidents by filing a police report.

Larceny arrest

Police arrested a 49-year-old Belleville woman for simple larceny amid allegations she stole two tire gauges worth $7.88 from the Walmart store on Michigan Avenue west of Belleville Road, a report said.

Police were investigating reports that a 52-year-old male cousin of the woman was with her but had fled the scene, leaving her behind. A report said the man was suspected of stealing alcohol from the store over the course of a few days. It also said he may have made “suspicious returns” of merchandise to receive Walmart gift cards as credit.

The latest incident happened about 3:30 p.m. last Thursday. The report said employees confronted the suspects after the woman was seen placing the tire gauges in the waistband of her pants.

The report said the man paid for automotive headlamps using what was believed to be a fraudulent gift card. The woman reportedly paid for cigarettes but not the tire gauges.

Police learned the woman also was wanted in Van Buren Township for failing to appear in court on unrelated offenses. The woman told police she was unaware that her male cousin may be using fraudulent gift cards to make purchases.

Coney snafu

Police advised a 25-year-old Detroit woman not to return to the L. George’s Coney Island restaurant on Michigan Avenue in Canton after she refused to pay her tab, saying she didn’t believe her order came with enough food.

The incident unfolded about 2:25 p.m. Friday. A woman who was with the suspect did pay her portion of the bill.

The suspect was told by a restaurant employee that she could have more food added to her order for an extra charge, but the woman rejected the solution and left without paying, the report said.

An employee got a license plate number of a vehicle the suspect was in and gave it to police, who contacted her. Police advised her not to go back to the restaurant.

Drunk and disorderly

Police took a 56-year-old Livonia man into custody for disorderly conduct after he was found drunk inside a vehicle that was parked in the Canton Crossings apartment complex near Joy Road and I-275, a report said.

The incident happened Sunday night. Police received a call about a man who was acting suspiciously by repeatedly getting in and out of his car.

Police found an open bottle of whiskey on the man’s passenger seat. He told police he was homeless and had been drinking. A blood test revealed the man would have been three times over the legal limit if he had been driving.

The man told police he has a brother in Livonia but said they are estranged. He said he had a friend in the Crossings apartment complex but, under questioning, couldn’t pinpoint the location.

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