Category Archives: Michigan

Worst date ever: Man doesn’t pay bill, steals date’s car

So you think you’ve had bad dates? Bet you’ve never gone out with Terrance Dejuan McCoy. The 23-year-old not only left his date to pay the restaurant bill, but also stole her car. Yep, he’s a keeper (ha).
McCoy and his date, 27, met at at Detroit casino, talked on the phone a few times and [...]

Weird crime round-up: Angry assault edition

Man beats roommate with coconut

Image credit: Flickr / alexmasters

Roommates argue, that’s nothing new. And after living together for 12 years, fights are obviously going to break out. Especially when money is at stake. But a physical fight? And by “physical” I mean using everything around you as a weapon.
Joseph Lovett, 44, of West Palm Beach, [...]

Drunk man parks on state police post lawn

Sometimes, people make bad choices. And sometimes, alcohol is to blame.
But Todd Olin has taken bad choices to a new level. Early Thursday morning, Olin, 40, of Comstock Park, Mich.,was found in his car parked on the lawn of a Michigan State Police post. Yep, at the police mothership.
Reports WZZM:
Preliminary tests show that the Olin’s [...]

Cops buy doughnut shop, resulting in biggest cliche of all time

Image credit: Flickr/Vanessa Pike-Russell

A century-old bakery in a small Midwest town decides to close, resulting in the sixth vacant storefront in the three-block downtown. But wait! Dun-da-da-daaaaah! Cops to the rescue!
That’s right, the seven full-time police officers of Clare, Mich., bought the bakery, which sells, among other things, cookies, muffins, brownies and, of course, doughnuts. [...]