Melvindale Police Department Crime Blotter

Melvindale Police Department Crime Blotter Providing insight into the crimes happening in Melvindale and what our officers deal with every day.

🚨MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS/CITIZENS🚨There has been a recent increase in a known scam. If you receive a text message which sta...
05/19/2025

🚨MESSAGE TO RESIDENTS/CITIZENS🚨

There has been a recent increase in a known scam. If you receive a text message which states you have unpaid tolls, or messages from “EZPASS” regarding tolls, the message usually contains a LINK. If you click on or visit this link, it will steal your primary debit/credit/payment option information and LINK it to the scammer’s digital wallet. If you have clicked on these links, please contact your bank or respective credit agency immediately and advise them your card or cards may have been compromised.

These scammers typically do not reside in the United States.

Please be aware of such scams and make sure you always check the source. These phone numbers typically have a “+67” or other number with a “+” in front of the phone number. This indicates that the phone number is coming from another country.

The photograph associated with this post is an example of this scam.

04/30/2025

🍦 Ice Cream Truck Complaints: Answered 🍦

As of recent, members of the Melvindale Police Department have observed several complaints online, or by citizens during the course of their patrol, regarding vehicles NOT stopping for the Ice Cream Truck’s stop sign (which is required by Michigan State Law) and speeding by the Ice Cream Truck, endangering lives of children in the community.

On April 29, 2025, at or around 7:15pm, a Melvindale Police Officer located an Ice Cream Truck, servicing the community of Melvindale.

The officer spoke with the driver and let them know they would follow them around the city and make sure children were able to safely get their ice cream on this rather warm day.

At or around 7:40pm, while the Ice Cream Truck
was stopped, making sales to a mass of children at a park in the City of Melvindale, the officer spotted a brown sedan that was approaching. With the Ice Cream Truck’s flashing lights and stop sign, the vehicle blew by, failing to stop for the stop sign, and did not even slow down.

The officer activated the emergency lights and sirens and made a stop of the vehicle, only to discover the driver, was an unlicensed juvenile, with an unlicensed parent in the rear of the vehicle. But it doesn’t end here, the officer observed TWO MORE juveniles in the vehicle, and nobody was wearing a seatbelt.

The parent was subsequently issued not one, but THREE violations. For allowing an unlicensed minor to drive, and child restraint violations for the juveniles without seatbelts.

Please slow down, and stop 🛑 for Ice Cream Truck’s when their lights are flashing and the stop sign is displayed, it is STATE LAW.

04/19/2025

“Hey, that’s that truck”.

On April 18th, 2025, at 8:30pm… a busy, warm day in the City of Melvindale.

A rather new Melvindale Police Officer was in his patrol vehicle alongside his FTO (Field Training Officer) when the Officer spotted a truck parked at an open business.

Prior to this day, the officer observed the truck in a parking lot with nobody inside, and was able to find out through a search of the law enforcement database that the registered owner of the truck had a significant outstanding felony warrant.

The Officer and FTO positioned themselves nearby, notifying dispatch they would be conducting surveillance on this vehicle.

While conducting surveillance, the officer positively identified an individual inside the business as the registered owner of the truck, who was currently arrest-able anywhere in the State of Michigan for his outstanding warrant.

A few moments went by, until the individual got into the vehicle, and began to take off.

The Officer conducted a stop on the vehicle and was able to apprehend the individual, who was later turned over to the agency responsible for the warrant. It was also later discovered that the driver was operating with a suspended license (uh oh) and the vehicle was uninsured.

The individual was cited with two misdemeanor criminal traffic violations and will spend the weekend in jail before their long awaited court date.

A job well done.

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