2 charged, more at large after alleged break-in, kidnapping at Hazel Park marijuana business

By Max Reinhart, Medianews Group

The police stated that two suspects had been behind bars and that there have been at the least 4 left after they apparently had pushed a automotive in a hashish firm in Hazel Park and reportedly stole some Vape cartridges and child a guard earlier than they fled the police.

The police of Hazel Park stated that an officer was a officer concerning the space of John R and Eight Mijlwegen round 1:30 am on Friday, noticed a cloud of rubble from the realm of the HP Lab Group Group Marihuana processing facility.

The officer noticed a U-Haul truck who left the scene and noticed {that a} car had crashed towards the constructing and produced a gaping gap, stated the Hazel Park police in a press launch. The police tried to cease the U-Haul, however the driver fled and led regulation enforcement on a chase to East Detroit.

“Whereas the officer noticed the officer when chasing, the U-Haul freight door was open with an individual who appeared to her, was tied inside,” stated the discharge. “Officers chased that car by means of completely different floor stresses to I-94 the place the U-Haul stopped within the Newport and Camden space in Detroit.”

The car and the suspects fled on foot, the police stated.

Two had been arrested, though at the least 4 others usually stay. The police recognized those that had been arrested as Michael Allen Hopson, 36, and Michael Lamont Robinson, 24. Authorities haven’t recognized the opposite suspects or launched details about their look or place of residence.

The police stated that round 40 THC Vape cartridges had been discovered.

On the Hazel Park firm, officers discovered a guard who advised them that a number of suspects armed with weapons approaching him whereas he was working. The police stated the guard reported that the lads had pulled him out of his car and had disarmed him, then tied him with duct tape and put him again in his car.

He drove a brief distance from the corporate and was finally capable of free himself and stroll again to the car parking zone, the authorities stated. No person was injured within the incident.

In response to on-line court docket reviews, Hopson and Robinson are accused of breaking and getting into a constructing with the intention of committing a criminal offense, Larceny or mistreatment, in addition to unlawful jail.

They had been lived on Sunday within the forty third court docket in Hazel Park, the place their respective bonds had been set at $ 500,000.

Courtroom reviews don’t point out a lawyer for each suspects. Each have deliberate hearings at 8:45 am 19 August. If they’re convicted on each factors, they’re confronted with a most of 25 years in jail, the police stated.

Anybody with info is requested to contact the Hazel Park police on (248) 542-6161.

Initially printed: August 12, 2025 at 12:18 pm Edt