Bumper sticker stolen from Trump supporter at mall

A Novi woman reported the theft of a Donald Trump bumper sticker from her car and police say surveillance video showed a man hovering at the car's rear bumper while it was parked Aug. 31 at Twelve Oaks Mall.

The complainant, who works at the mall's Macy's department store, told police that three Trump stickers had been stolen from the Buick Verano in the past month.

The latest incident occurred the afternoon of Aug. 31, a Novi Police Department report said. The woman said she parked the Verano at 1 p.m. and returned to it at 5:30 p.m. to find the sticker gone.

The woman also discovered two dents to the car's hood and scratches to one side, damage she thought was intentional because of her support of the president, the report said.

Police were able to obtain security video that showed a man getting out of a silver-colored sport-utility vehicle shortly after 3 p.m. and walk to the back of the complainant's car. He bent over near the car, but police said the video was not clear enough to show if he removed the sticker.

The man was also recorded going into the mall's Starbucks coffee shop, talking to a woman there, then returning to the complainant's car before driving away in the vehicle in which he arrived, police said.

The complainant, shown the video, did not recognize the man in it, police said.

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