SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — Police detained four Saginaw County teens pulled over in a Mercedes Benz E350 during the car's second reported theft by joyriders in a week, the Saginaw Township Police Department reports.

Police arrested a 16-year-old Saginaw resident and were preparing to recommend charges of unlawful driving away of an automobile related to the case, Saginaw Township Police Department Lt. Gary Grauf said.

Police also detained three other juveniles in the car, a 16-year-old Thomas Township resident and two 14-year-old Saginaw residents, before releasing them to their parents, Grauf said.

The Saginaw Township Police Department was alerted that the white 2006 E350 was missing from a house on Davis near Golfside in the early morning of Monday, July 22, Grauf said.

Soon after, an officer spotted the car with four juveniles inside traveling on Center near State. The officer stopped the car on Center near Seidel and taking the four teens into custody about 3:30 a.m., Grauf said.

"We believe they may be involved in some larcenies

from automobiles in the same general vicinity," Grauf said, noting police received six reports of larcenies from cars on Corral near the back nine of the Saginaw Country Club that same night.

"Most of the stuff we recovered in neighbors' yards," Grauf said.

Police recovered the car with no damage and found property inside that did not belong there, Grauf said. Police are investigating to see if the incidents are related.

The owner of the Mercedes reported in the past week that the same car was taken for a joyride and returned, Grauf said. The car's owner initially reported it as a larceny from a vehicle but later told police he thought the car was driven around and returned because the seat position was changed and some items in the car had been moved.

Grauf said that the keys were left inside the unlocked vehicle both times. He reminds residents to "lock it or lose it" to keep their vehicles and valuables secure.

A woman at the house said her husband owns the car. She thanked for police for finding the car quickly and said the family plans to keep the car locked. She said some valuables were taken and remain missing.

Other reports under investigation in Saginaw Township include:

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