Incidents taken from reports made by the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oxford Village Police Department and Oxford Fire Department.
Wednesday, September 13
Oxford Police investigated a domestic disturbance on Glaspie Street. A woman, 42, called police and told them her husband came home at 12:15 am. and had been drinking. She said he threatened her and she called police.
Police attempted to question the man, 37, but could not find him inside the home.
After a search, the man was found hiding in a crawl space in the basement. He told police he hid because he was afraid he would be arrested. Since there was no physical confrontation, police said they were not going to arrest him but instead he agreed to let police transport him to another location for the evening.
Thursday, September 14
Sheriff’s deputies arrested a 44-year-old Lake Orion woman after she allegedly struck her 15-year-old daughter several times, including hitting her in the head with a telephone. Deputies from Oxford Township were called to the home, on Detroit Boulevard, at 12:34 a.m. and spoke to the girl, who said her mother struck, kicked and hit her in the head with the telephone. The reported noted bruises to the girl’s arm and a bump on her head. According to the girl and other witnesses, the mother became angry when the girl went to practice soccer instead of to another location where the mother wanted her to go.
Friday September 15
A home on E. Manor in the Lake Villa Park was broken into and vandalized. According to reports from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, an employee of the company that owns the home reported that it had been vacant. There was evidence the house was broken into and there were food wrappers in the house. There also were holes knocked in some of the walls.
A man who lives on Glenmoor reported he was a victim of identity heft. The man told Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies that someone apparently stole his credit card and was used between August 26 and September 13 to charge more than $453 worth of goods. The man, 47, reported he believed his card was stolen from his wallet when he left his wallet inside his car.
Saturday, September 16
A resident of Oxford Oaks reported his garage was entered and items from his car were taken in a burglary. The victim, 52, said he discovered his side garage door open at 4:45 a.m. and the doors to his car inside also were open. The man reported that his radar detector and about $10 in change were taken.
An Oxford woman told village police she had received Internet death threats from her boyfriend. The woman, 18, said the man, of Flint, had threatened her and her unborn child. Oxford police contacted the boyfriend, 30, of Flint, and reported that he claimed the woman had threatened him. Police reported they told both individuals how they could file personal protection orders against the other.
Sunday, September 17
Oxford police arrested a 46-year-old Oxford man on suspicion of drunken driving. According to police reports, an officer observed the man pull out of a parking lot onto Burdick and then get into a left turn lane on Washington Street. Instead of turning, the man drove through the intersection. Police stopped the vehicle and reported the man admitted to having been drinking. He was given a preliminary Breathalyzer test which showed his blood alcohol level was .17 percent. The man was taken to the Oxford Police Department where another test was given and his blood alcohol level was .15 percent. Someone is intoxicated if there blood alcohol level is .10 percent of above. The man was given an appearance ticket.
Two drivers in a parking lot at 150 Washington collided. The cars sustained only minor damage and neither driver was injured.
A 52-year-old Clawson man died of an apparent heart attack at his daughter’s home on Thornehill Drive. According to reports from Oxford Police, the victim’s daughter said she came home and found her father slumped in a chair in the garage. The woman called Oxford fire Department and gave her father CPR. Paramedics also administered CPR when they arrived but the man could not be saved.
A U.S. Postal Department letter carrier filed a report with Oxford Police that a dog on First Street has attempted to attack him several times. The carrier reported that the owner has agreed to keep the dog tied up so it could not injure anyone.
A 39-year-old Oxford Township man reported someone took a laptop computer and his passport from his car parked at his home on Ridgefield. The man said he noticed the theft at about 7 a.m.
A 30-year-old woman who lives on Sandhurst reported that someone broke into her car and took her cell phone. The woman told sheriff’s deputies that she discovered the break in at about noon.
A rented truck sustained damage when it caught fire on Lapeer Road, near Ray Road. According to reports from the sheriff’s department, a Metamora man, 52, said he was driving when he noticed smoke coming from the dash panel. The man stopped the car and a passerby had a fire extinguisher and put out the blaze. Oxford Fire Department was called and also sprayed the inside of the vehicle. The truck could not be driven and was towed.
An Oxford man, 22, reported that he was threatened and nearly hit with a car at a business along Lapeer Road. The man and his girlfriend, 22, said they pulled into the parking lot at 955 S. Lapeer where the woman worked. They said a man in another car pulled up and threatened him. The Oxford man said the man said he would stab him and shoot him. The victim said the man then attempted to run him over with the car. Sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene shortly after the incident and attempted to catch the driver of the car but were unsuccessful.
Tuesday, September 18
Oakland County Sheriff’s Deputies recovered a stolen 2003 Jeep in Oxford Oaks. According to police reports, a resident of the area reported the vehicle had been parked for several days. When police checked the vehicle they discovered it has been stolen in Oxford.
An Oxford woman reported that a former employee of a company on Jersey improperly took $250 from a company back account to pay for a cell phone bill. The woman told police she did not know the man still had access to the bank account. The report stated that bank officials acknowledged that the man should not have had access to the account.