ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Police have arrested a 14-year-old following an investigation of several recent automobile thefts in Royal Oak.
The teen was arrested on Tuesday (March 4) afternoon.
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Officials said they believed two auto theft reports involving stolen vehicles and later recovered within a mile of the thefts between Feb. 27 and March 2, 2025.
Police said while investigating one of the reports, they located security camera footage of a masked suspect.
On the morning of March 4, officials said a Hyundai Sonata was reported stolen from the 3400 block of Devon Road.
A few hours later, officers located the stolen Hyundai, unoccupied and parked in the back of an apartment parking lot in the 3800 block of Devon Road.
Royal Oak officers and detectives later observed the teen suspect return to the stolen vehicle around 3:15 p.m., where he was quickly taken into custody without incident.
After further investigation, the 14-year-old is suspected of being responsible for a fourth reported auto theft in the 1900 block of Crooks Road in late January 2025.
Police said he is currently being held at Oakland County Children’s Village and has been charged with one count of receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison, and three counts of unlawful driving away of a motor vehicle, a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
