A woman was robbed at gunpoint while getting out of her vehicle to go into her residence in the 11800 block of Meadows Circle in Van Buren Township at about 10:25 p.m. April 5.
VBT Police Captain Greg Laurain said the man took her wallet with $150 in cash while armed with a silver revolver.
The gunman is described as a white male, 5’10” to 6’1” tall, 18-23 years of age, with a goatee. He was wearing a black hoodie with a dark/blue hat.
Captain Laurain said the victim described the gunman as having a deep voice.
A K-9 track terminated in the parking lot near 46020 Lake Villa Drive.
Later that evening, at 11:43 p.m., two police cars were dispatched to a “shots fired” call in the parking lot where the woman was robbed, but found nothing.
The next morning at 4:05 a.m., shots were fired in the 11600 block of Meadows Circle and police dispatched to the scene found nothing.
Meadows Circle is located south of the bowling alley off the South I-94 Service Drive near Quirk Road.
Detroit media reported three early morning armed robberies on Saturday, April 10, in Taylor, Canton, and VBT, with the same procedure of two armed men robbing people as they were in or around their cars in a parking lot.
The VBT incident occurred in the 9800 block of Kent Lane, in the Andover area, at 6:40 a.m. The assailants escaped with cash and other personal belongings.
Police said the thieves appear to have approached their victims on foot in the dark, with a getaway car nearby. No one was hurt in the robberies.
It is unknown if the April 10 robberies are related to the April 5 robbery.
Stolen truck, break-ins
On April 7 at 5:42 a.m., a 1997 Ford F150 was discovered stolen from a driveway in the 200 block of Montague.
Also, in that neighborhood on April 7, a car was broken into and a stereo taken from the vehicle in the first block of Chaney, called in at 4:41 a.m.
Also, at 5:42 a.m. a car was discovered broken into and change taken from the vehicle in the 100 block of Montague.
Officers also investigated a “shots fired” report at 5:27 a.m. April 7 in the first block of Montague.
Captain Laurain said in the last week there have been several vehicles broken into around the Montague-Chaney area.
“We believe it may be juveniles and currently are working the cases,” Laurain said adding, “Let readers know to secure their cars by locking them or putting them into a garage. Also, keep the outside lights on, if possible.”