BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A former police officer’s gun that was stolen 52 years ago in Bloomfield Township has been returned to his granddaughter after being found in another state.
Police said a Colt .38 was stolen Oct. 10, 1970, from the grandfather of Kristin Vajs. It had been his official duty weapon when he was a member of the Highland Park Police Department in the 1920s and 1930s.
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The gun was recently recovered in Lamar County, Alabama, and returned to Vajs in memory of her grandfather, according to Bloomfield Township police.