Crime Notes

Angry driver spits on woman

A person called the Department of Public Safety on Sunday afternoon to report she had been yelled at and spat on while trying to serve a subpoena to a University bus driver in a parking lot on Fuller Street.

The woman said she approached the driver of the University shuttlebus and the man refused to speak to her. She said he became belligerent and spat on her, throwing the subpoena paperwork out the window.

The woman was not injured during the incident. A report was filed.

Student has baby in Vera Baits

A female student called DPS Thursday afternoon to report that her water had broken and that she delivered a child in her room in Vera Baits II Residence Hall.

The student explained that her water had broken and she would not have enough time to be transported to a hospital. She said she would try to bear the child in her room.

DPS arrived at the scene and brought the mother and newborn girl to University Hospitals.

Man threatens to commit suicide

Ann Arbor Police officers stopped a man from shooting himself Sunday afternoon on the 1800 block of Michelle Court in southeast Ann Arbor.

When AAPD units arrived at the house, the 35-year-old man was armed with a shotgun and threatened to kill himself.

AAPD officers attempted to talk him out of the suicide while other officers created a barricade in case of a potential shooting.

The man eventually left the house and was taken into protective custody. He was delivered to University Hospitals.

Jogging man hit on head by object

A person jogging on North Maple Street on the southwest side of Ann Arbor was assaulted Saturday afternoon by two men, AAPD reports indicate.

The jogger said that after he passed two pedestrians on the street, he was suddenly struck in the head with a blunt object.

The man sustained a minor injury. A report was filed.

Central Campus houses robbed

AAPD reports indicate that two houses near Central Campus were broken into during this past weekend and stereo equipment was stolen from both.

More than $4,000 in stereo equipment was stolen from one house, located on the 1800 block of Washtenaw Avenue.

A house located on the 800 block of Tappan Street was broken into during the latter part of last week. More than $3,200 in stereo and computer equipment was taken. The intruder entered through a sliding glass door, reports state.

Cereal stolen from Markley hall

DPS reports indicate that a burglar broke a window of Mary Markley Residence Hall and stole cereal and food on Friday morning.

A pane of glass from a door on the south pit area of Markley was broken with a hole about 3-by-4 feet in size when DPS officers arrived.

A report was filed.

-Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Reilly Brennan.

02-10-98

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