February 24, 2025

CPD Weekly Report, 2-25-25

Incident #: 25-608	Location: S Main X I-94
Date: February 21, 2025		Time: 8:54 am
INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, officers responded to the area of S. Main and I-94 for the report of a possible domestic assault in progress. The Chelsea Police Department had been contacted by a third-party caller who stated that her daughter had been traveling in a vehicle with her boyfriend and that there had been some sort of physical altercation. Upon arrival the officer located the vehicle involved and the victim nearby. Officers gathered a statement from the victim, the victim stated that the suspect had gotten upset with the victim and threw a smoothie on her and began yelling at her. Officers located the suspect, identified as a 22-year-old Brooklyn man a short time later as he emerged from the nearby wooded area. Officers gathered a statement from the suspect and placed him under arrest for domestic assault. The suspect was taken to the Chelsea Police Department for processing and then transported to the Washtenaw County Jail where he would be held pending warrant review by the prosecutor. The case was submitted to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office and a warrant was later authorized for one count of Domestic Assault with a second offense enhancement.

Incident #: 25-614	Location: 1200 block of S. Main Street
Date: February 21, 2025		Time: 2:11 pm
INFORMATION: While on routine patrol, officers responded to the 1200 block of S. Main Street for the report of a retail fraud complaint. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with the complainant, who stated that the suspect, later identified as a 46-year-old Belleville man, had taken a cart of merchandise and wheeled the cart out the entrance doors, bypassing the cash registers and not paying. The complainant stated that staff witnessed the suspect get into a black car that had been parked on the side of the building in a fire lane and drive off. The case remains open pending further investigation into the incident and warrant submission to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s office for review.

Incident #: 25-618	Location: 300 block of Woodland Dr
Date: February 21, 2025		Time: 8:54 pm
INFORMATION: While on routine patrol an officer was dispatched to the 300 block of Woodland Drive for the report of a fraud complaint that had been discovered earlier in the day. Upon arrival the officer met with the complainant who stated that she had been on her computer and received an e-mail from what she believed was “Norton Anti-Virus”, the e- mail stated that her subscription payment was past due. The complainant stated that she did not recognize having a subscription for this service so she made telephone contact with a male subject from the supposed company. Throughout a series of conversations with the subject, the man was able to gain access to the complainant’s computer. The complainant stated that during the course of the conversations a series of financial transactions had taken place reportedly resulting in the complainant receiving a deposit into her bank account for a large amount of money. The complainant stated that she was told that this deposit had been made in error and she was directed to withdraw that large sum of money and deposit it into a ”Special ATM”. The complainant stated that when she went to deposit the money, the ATM the suspect requested was not in service and was unable to be deposited at that time. After arriving home, the complainant thought about the situation further and decided that she had been scammed and contacted the police. Because the money had not been deposited into the ATM the suspect had requested, there had not been any financial loss at the time of the report. The complainant was advised to contact her financial institution and let them know about what had taken place and to deposit the money back into her account so that if/when the “erroneous deposit” get’s reversed that money will be in the account. Officers also suggested that the complainant have her computer examined, to ensure no malicious software had been installed onto the computer. At the time of the report there was no financial loss and the report was closed pending further information.