Madison Heights Fire Department wants help finding stolen utility pickup truck

Suspect entered unlocked door and drove out of building

The Madison Heights Fire Department wants help finding their stolen utility pickup truck. (Madison Heights Fire Department)

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. – The Madison Heights Fire Department wants help finding their stolen utility pickup truck.

UPDATE: Man arrested, charged for stealing truck

MHFD says the suspect entered an unlocked door around 1:33 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 23) at the fire department headquarters on 31313 Brush Street and drove the truck out of the building in an unknown direction.

The fire department says the truck was a 2021 Chevy extended cab Silverado with distinctive markings.

The upper half of the truck is all black, and the lower half is red with a black stripe trimmed in gold along the sides. The truck has a fire department logo on the doors and a light bar on it.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Madison Heights Police Department with any information at 248-585-2100 or Crime Stoppers at 1800-Speak-Up.

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Updating a story we first reported Thursday as a man is facing charges in the theft of a pickup truck owned by the city of Madison Heights. The truck was taken from the Madison Heights Fire Department Tuesday (Aug. 23), but it was found in Detroit Thursday night. Ashon Norman, 30, of Romulus, was arraigned Friday on two felony charges. Police say Norman discovered the truck was unlocked and simply drove it right out of the fire station.

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Brandon Carr is a digital content producer for ClickOnDetroit and has been with WDIV Local 4 since November 2021. Brandon is the 2015 Solomon Kinloch Humanitarian award recipient for Community Service.