Crime & Safety

Dearborn Heights Police Seek Info On Boost Mobile Robbery Suspect

Dearborn Heights police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing the Boost Mobile on North Telegraph.

DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MI — Dearborn Heights police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing the Boost Mobile store on North Telegraph at gunpoint Thursday.

According to police, the man, who can be seen in a photo posted to the Dearborn Heights Police Department Facebook page here, entered the store around 3:56 p.m. Thursday and asked to use a phone.

Posted by Dearborn Heights Police Department on Tuesday, April 20, 2021

When the employee received a phone call, the suspect walked up to them and flashed a black semi-automatic handgun before demanding all the money in the cash register, police said.

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The suspect ran in an unknown direction after taking the money, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information to call Dearborn Heights police are (313) 791-9879.

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