A traffic stop near Grand River and Mayfield led Farmington police to a loaded handgun inside a vehicle on Oct. 20, according to the Farmington Public Safety Department's weekly shift report.
A sergeant pulled the vehicle over for a traffic violation at about 9:25 p.m. The driver, a 40-year-old man, had several outstanding traffic warrants from multiple jurisdictions, the report states. Officers arrested him without incident.
During an inventory search before the vehicle was impounded, officers found a loaded handgun accessible to the driver. The department classified the incident as a carrying-concealed-weapon violation and forwarded the case to the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office for review. The report does not confirm that a firearm charge was filed.
Reported eyeglass-frame theft on Ten Mile Road
On Oct. 23 at about 3:50 p.m., an officer responded to an optometrist's office in the 31000 block of Ten Mile Road to investigate a reported theft, according to the shift report. The department classified the incident as first-degree retail fraud.
An employee told police that a man entered the business and browsed designer eyeglass frames. According to the employee's account in the report, the man took nine pairs valued at $4,500 and replaced them with lower-priced pairs from the store.
The employee described the man as approximately 6-foot-3 and 240 pounds, wearing a gray blazer and blue jeans. He appeared to have what looked like a police badge on his belt, according to the report. The report does not establish whether the item was a genuine badge.
The report did not identify the man and said the department's detective bureau was investigating.
Weekly call totals
The department logged 151 total calls during the reporting period, which ran from Monday, Oct. 19, through Sunday, Oct. 25. Traffic stops made up the bulk of the activity at 105 calls.
Officers responded to 21 medical calls and three crashes. The department recorded zero fire calls for the week.
The enforcement table listed seven entries under warrants, two under felonies, one under operating while intoxicated and one under driving with a suspended license. It listed zero under operating under the influence of drugs. The table did not specify whether those figures represented arrests or cases.
The concealed-weapon and retail fraud cases were the only two incidents the department highlighted in its notable-incidents summary for the week.
Residents with information about either case can contact the Farmington Public Safety Department at 248-474-4700.
