Birmingham police said 12 cars were stolen from residents over the span of nine days, and 7-10 of them had been left unlocked with the keys inside.

A man who got blackout drunk at a nearby restaurant passed out in a Birmingham woman’s garage, woke up wearing only a shirt, drove her car back to his home, filled it up with gas and returned it, along with a note, police said.

A Farmington Hills man lost control of his car, fishtailed, struck a curb, went into the median and drove on a flat tire while trying to flee police in a car he had just purchased and didn’t yet know how to drive, authorities said.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – The Birmingham Police Department said it is conducting an investigation after receiving reports of women being drugged at the Rose Room. Police said six reports have been filed and they are asking the community to share any information they may have on the matter. “The Birmingham Police Department takes these allegations very seriously and at no time did we receive reports regarding this and indicate nothing could be done,” said Police Chief Mark H. Clemence. The bar said in the post that it had “no indication that the claims being repeated through social media are true.”AdPolice said anyone who feels they have been a victim of a crime is asked to come forward. “The more information we have regarding these allegations will help us to bring the potential perpetrator to justice,” Clemence said.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Birmingham police are investigating an armed robbery that happened shortly after 4 a.m. Monday. According to police, three men armed with guns robbed the clerk of the Speedway gas station at 34750 Woodward Avenue in Birmingham. The three entered the station announcing it was a robbery and took money from the clerk’s cash register. Police searched the area, but were not able to locate the trio described by the clerk as Black men. Anyone with information is asked to call Birmingham police at 248-530-1770.