Bike, personal items stolen in break-in at U-M farm house in Webster Township
This story has been changed to reflect the address is in Webster Township.
The caretaker house at the University of Michigan’s Base Lake Farm in Webster Township was broken into earlier this week and some personal items were reported missing.
The University of Michigan Department of Public Safety reported the home, located at 8420 Strawberry Lake Road, had been broken into sometime between noon on Friday and 10 p.m. Tuesday. The incident was reported at about noon Wednesday.
Personal belongings and a bicycle were reported missing from the home, according to police.
The farm house is a part of the Base Lake Farm Complex, also owned by the University of Michigan.
There were no suspects in the break-in as of Thursday morning. Anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to call the University of Michigan police’s anonymous tip line at 1-800-863-1355.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
Ann English
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 : 11:30 p.m.
I wonder if the Base Lake Farm Complex existed in 1996? Back then, I delivered telephone directories up there, and thought Base Lake looked very pretty through the windows of homes facing it. I don't remember any signs indicating Base Lake Farm Complex. Don't know if people living there have Dexter addresses, but I was impressed that Walsh Road residents do have Dexter addresses. Mr. Feldscher, do you ever have to correct road names on Google maps, or at least notify them on corrections? Two weeks ago, I went to Howell, and one person I talked to before going there knew what I meant by "D19"; another person called it by another name, as if its name had changed. I want to think that maps printed today would still call that county road "D19". I recognize Bell Road on the Google map above; it always looks like it crosses the Huron River, on every map of the area I look at. But how many of annarbor.com readers know that the Bell Road Bridge stopped transporting vehicles over the Huron back in 1993? Not safe since, and moved aside.
Bruce Pindzia
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 : 4:20 p.m.
Mr. Feldscher: The subject address is located within Webster Township.
Kyle Feldscher
Thu, Apr 19, 2012 : 4:47 p.m.
Bruce, Thanks for checking that, I've changed that in the story.