Twelve Oaks 'Shopper' Arrested

NOVI, MI — A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged with shoplifting after he recently tried to steal a pair of items from a Twelve Oaks Mall store. Police reports said the man was confronted by a Nordstrom employee after he allegedly tried to take a money clip and a jacket on May 20.

Police believe the man put a North Face jacket on and then tried to conceal it with his own jacket. A Nordstrom worker told police she watched the man on closed-circuit television as he allegedly put the money clip in a shorts pocket.

Police reviewed the video before charging him with third-degree retail fraud, the Novi News reported. The 28-year-old was released on bond given a court date, the newspaper reported.

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Car Vandalized
A vehicle parked in the driveway of a Carousel Street homeowner was vandalized on May 23. Police reports said a tire of a Chevrolet Corvette was found slashed with four punctures in the sidewall of the right front tire. The victim told police he believed the vandalism occurred between 10 p.m. on May 22 and 8 a.m. on May 23.

Theft

A Cabot Drive job site had ten rolls of copper wire stolen from it, Novi Police reports said. The copper, which has a value of about $5,000, is believed to have been stolen between May 20-23. Police said the copper had been stored in a locked room at the site. The copper had been taken between the afternoon of May 20 and about 7 a.m. May 22, a police report said.

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