Crime & Safety
Police Report: Batchelder Political Signs Stolen
The Shelby Township police were called to investigate the theft of several Richard Batchelder political signs from a residential lawn.
Candidate for Shelby Township Clerk Richard Batchelder filed a police report Sunday after he said a political sign was pulled from a residential lawn near 23 and Shelby roads.
A witness told police that a silver Chevy Malibu had circled the neighborhood several times before two women jumped out of the vehicle, pulled the sign from the ground and placed it in the trunk of the vehicle.
The witness said she could see several other political signs already in the trunk. She was not able to provide police with the vehicle's license plate number.
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Batchelder told police several more of his signs placed around town have been stoen.
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