Package Theft Suspect Arrested in Ferndale

Package Theft Suspect Arrested in Ferndale

(Crystal A. Proxmire, Jan. 24, 2014)

An Oak Park man was arrested Tuesday after a Ferndale resident reported him taking a package off a neighbor’s porch, according to a report by Mike McConnell in The Daily Tribune. The suspect – Adeus Turner, 29, of Oak Park – was stopped and searched by a Ferndale Police officer on E. Woodland.  Turner broke away and fled, and was found hiding in a garage.  In his possession, police say, was a UPS package containing boxer briefs, and mail from addresses in both Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge.  Turner was on parole for convictions relating to burglary and felony firearms.

For more information, check out The Daily Tribune story at http://www.dailytribune.com/general-news/20140122/ferndale-woman-helps-police-catch-suspected-mail-thief.

Package thefts have been on the rise since this fall in several Oakland County cities. For previous stories see:

http://oaklandcounty115.com/2013/12/24/package-thieves-hit-ferndale-homes/

http://oaklandcounty115.com/2013/12/21/packages-stolen-in-royal-oak-and-more-police-reports/

http://oaklandcounty115.com/2013/12/18/police-seek-package-thief-in-independence-twp/