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Man spends Christmas in jail for stealing $38 tip jar

Jay Grossman

A Pontiac man spent Christmas in jail after he was caught stealing a tip jar from a coffee shop in Bloomfield Township.

Diandre Lamont Officer, 25, was arraigned Dec. 22 in 48th District Court on one count of larceny from a building. As of Wednesday, he remained in custody on a $50,000 cash bond pending a pretrial appearance Jan. 7 before Judge Marc Barron.

Bloomfield Township Police were dispatched Dec. 18 to the Biggby Coffee shop at 1952 Telegraph Road after employees at the store witnessed a suspect standing near the register just before he ran out of the building with a tip jar containing $38.

The responding officers saw the suspect run across Telegraph Road and jump a fence into the vacant lot of Bloomfield Park. Based on previous contacts with the suspect, officers were able to identify the suspect.

Two days later, township officers took custody of Diandre Officer from the Troy Police Department, where he was being held on an unrelated matter.


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