Crime & Safety
Crime Report: Dearborn Resident Lends Lawnmower, Reports It As Stolen
The following information was supplied by the Dearborn Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
What seemed like the neighborly thing to do turned into an alleged theft for one Dearborn homeowner on Saturday, June 9.
According to reports, a homeowner on the 6400 block of Yinger answered a knock on her door around 1 p.m. Saturday. The caller identified himself as a neighbor, and asked to borrow her lawnmower.
She obliged, picking up the electric Craftsman lawnmower from the garage and handing it over to the young man.
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But after two hours, the homeowner called Dearborn police and said he had not returned the lawn tool, and she realized that he was not coming back.
The man was described as an Arab male around the age of 30. He was thin with curly, dark hair.
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