Livingston Uniform Traffic Team Captures Man Hiding in WoodsLivingston Uniform Traffic Team Captures Man Hiding in Woods

6/5/14 - A group of local police officers that work together as a team to conduct traffic safety patrols and crime detection were able to capture a local parole absconder who fled into the woods. It all happened around 11:15am Wednesday when the Livingston Uniform Traffic Safety Team was operating along the M-36 corridor. An officer stopped a vehicle on Fieldcrest Road in Green Oak Township and a subject inside bolted, although it wasn’t long before he was captured during a search of the area by members of the team. It’s comprised of officers from the Michigan State Police Brighton Post, the Livingston County Sheriff’s Department as well as the Hamburg and Green Oak Township Police Departments. The Fowlerville Police Department’s K-9 unit helped locate the individual while hiding in the woods and MSP Sergeant Mark Thompson tells WHMI undercover officers from LAWNET were also instrumental in assisting team members. Thompson says the subject was welted up pretty bad from mosquito bites, soaking wet and missing a shoe from running through a swamp when he was caught. The Brighton man was wanted on a felony warrant for failure to report to parole and probation regarding a narcotics charge. Thompson says he was lodged in the Livingston County Jail and charges of resisting and obstructing police are being sought. (JM)