Chelsea Police Blotter: Warrant Arrest, Larceny by Trick

The following information was provided by the Chelsea Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.

Warrant arrest

Around 3 a.m. on Sept. 7, Chelsea Police officers on a routine patrol noticed a full-sized white van backed into a parking lot near M-52 and I-94. According to a police report, the van was occupied and had what appeared to be fresh wrappers/trash outside of the driver’s window.


An officer approached the vehicle to investigate and made contact with the driver, a 35-year-old Chelsea man, who admitted to throwing the trash out of the vehicle, the report states.

A routine name check was done on the driver and it was determined that the driver had three outstanding bench warrants out of the City of Romulus and also Chelsea for traffic and animal violations, police said.

Larceny by trick

The man was arrested and transported to the Washtenaw County Jail, according to police. He is currently pending arraignment on the Chelsea charge.

Around 8:44 p.m. on Sept. 3, Chelsea police officers responded to the 1500 block of South Main Street on the report of a larceny by trick complaint, according to a recent police report.

Officers met with the complainant who stated that he had a customer approach the counter and pay for his food, and during the transaction changed the money that he was paying with, resulting in a loss of $46, the report states.

The suspect was driving a Dodge Charger with tinted windows, according to the report.