Police Report: Man on Roof was not Santa
(Lt. William Wilson, Ferndale Police Dept, 12/22/2011)
On 12-22-11 at 00:53 hours Ferndale police responded to the area ofFielding & Farmdale on a possible breaking and entering. A caller who resides on the 500 block of Farmdale heard the sound of breaking glass and a yard gate opening in the area.
Ofcs. met with the caller who explained what he heard and the approximate area where he heard it. While searching the area, an officer heard the sound of someone moving on the roof of 504 Livernois (Ken’s Market). The officer observed a black male wearing dark clothes and a hat (later identified as Robert Terrell Reeves) trying to climb down from the roof. He ordered Reeves to stop; however, he ran toward the front of the building and jumped off of the roof on the south side of the building and fled south on Livernois. Other officer saw him run from the building and caught him on the 300 block of Livernois.
Officers then climbed the room and found an aluminum expandable ladder, a large black duffel bag, an LED head lamp and a yellow pry bar. Broken open in the roof was an approximate two foot by four foot opening cut which would have allowed access to the business below.
The case is being submitted to the Oakland County Prosecutor’s office for warrant requests.
ARRESTED: REEVES, Robert Terrell, b/m, 21 yrs. Detroit Resident
