Royal Oak police reported 12 arrests and listed five property-crime reports in the department’s weekly update covering Oct. 22–29.
The update was issued by Lt. Rich Millard of the Criminal Investigation Division.
Construction-site break-in
Tools were reported stolen from a construction site at 3828 W. Thirteen Mile Road between 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, and 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
Police said someone broke into the site and took numerous handheld tools.
Cash register theft at downtown salon
Someone entered 6 Salon, 306 W. Sixth St., and stole money from the cash register between 11:50 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, according to police.
The department classified the incident as larceny.
Thefts from a car and equipment trailer
In the 1700 block of Gardenia Avenue, someone smashed a car window and took a backpack containing a laptop, police said. The reported theft occurred between 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, and 7:50 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
A leaf blower was reported stolen from an unattended landscaping equipment trailer at Woodward Corners, 30955 Woodward Ave., between 10 and 11:20 a.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
Retail theft
Police received a report that someone stole several bottles of liquor from Holiday Market, 1203 S. Main St., at 1:38 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23.
Arrests
The update lists:
- Five arrests on misdemeanor warrants.
- Three arrests on suspicion of operating while intoxicated.
- One arrest on a felony warrant.
- One arrest for a probation violation.
- One arrest on suspicion of driving with a suspended license and on a misdemeanor warrant.
- One arrest on suspicion of possessing cocaine and narcotic paraphernalia.
Residents with information can contact the Criminal Investigation Division at 248-246-3515 or the police nonemergency line at 248-246-3500.






