CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – Police are investigating after a body was found in a drainage area in Macomb County. According to the Chesterfield Township Police Department, the body was found amid heavily overgrown vegetation on Gratiot Avenue near 22 Mile Road in Chesterfield Township. An Ann Arbor resident found the body at 5:45 p.m. on Sunday. Officers say the body had been there for “some time.”An autopsy is being performed to identify the body and determine cause of death, police said. There is no threat to the public.

A man taking a walk discovered a body in a drainage area in Chesterfield Township on Sunday evening, police said.

The driver of a yellow Corvette fired a pepper ball gun at a sedan because he was “concerned for his safety” during a road rage incident while the two vehicles were merging at a construction zone in Chesterfield Township, officials said.

A man has been charged in connection with the mysterious death of a Chesterfield Township woman after he dumped her body at an intersection and tried to stage it as a pedestrian crash, police said.

In the early hours Sunday (Feb.13) morning, a 911 call went to police claiming there had been a pedestrian accident at the intersection of Burgess Lane and Hiddenbrook Drive. Monday (Feb. 14) night, police have a man in custody, and it’s the surveillance video from nearby homes that captured what really happened.

Two Chesterfield Township residents are in custody after police found a woman’s body lying near an intersection over the weekend.

A man who shot his longtime friend on Christmas Day in Chesterfield Township was tracked down because he is currently on parole and wears a GPS tether, police said.

A man was killed and three people -- including two children -- were seriously injured when snowy conditions caused a head-on collision in Chesterfield Township, police said.

A 28-year-old man was taken into police custody Saturday night in connection with the fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man in Chesterfield Township.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. A Davison man was arrested after leading police on an 18-mile chase Tuesday morning in Chesterfield Township. Instead, police dashcam showed the 31-year-old driver fleeing at a high rate of speed, at times more than 100 mph. The chase continued for 13 minutes as the driver is seen traveling through Chesterfield and Clinton townships. It ended near 23 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue when the driver flees from the moving car. The suspect didnt get very far, tripping and falling on the lawn of a nearby Burger King before he was arrested.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. The remains of a 35-year-old Eastpointe man reported missing in 2018 was found Saturday afternoon in Chesterfield Township by a man looking for mushrooms. According to the Chesterfield Township Police Department, it happened at about 4 p.m. in a heavily-wooded and swampy area south of 23 Mile Road, near I-94. Police said bones, heavily weathered clothing and camping equipment were found and that there were no signs of trauma. The man was identified by a Michigan ID card inside a wallet, police said. The investigation is ongoing, but police said there were no signs of criminal activity.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Police are investigating after a Fifth Third Bank in Chesterfield Township was robbed Wednesday at 2:35 p.m.Police said the robber fled the bank on foot with an unknown amount of cash. The Chesterfield Township Police Department used a K-9 unit to search the area for the suspect, but was not successful. The police department's detective bureau and the FBI are investigating this robbery and a previous bank robbery that occurred in Chesterfield Township at a Citizens Bank on Oct. 2. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chesterfield Township Police Department at 586-949-2322, Detective Craig Suppon at 586-949-2925, Detective Jason Dawidowicz at 586-949-4265, or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-SPEAK-UP. Copyright 2019 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit - All rights reserved.