UPDATE 10/30/2026
Updating the previous press release regarding the Malicious Destruction of Property reports in Chesterfield Township and the City of New Baltimore, detectives observed a white EV type vehicle on home security footage. The Macomb Auto Theft Squad utilized Flock cameras in the New Baltimore/Chesterfield area in an attempt to locate a vehicle match to the vehicle observed on the home security footage. Utilizing the downtown New Baltimore Flock camera, detectives observed a vehicle match. Macomb Auto Theft Squad and Chesterfield Detectives formulated a plan to patrol the area on the evening of 10/28/26.
Detectives observed a vehicle matching the description of the suspect’s vehicle being driven in New Baltimore. Detectives alerted New Baltimore patrol units who effected a traffic stop on the suspect’s vehicle on M-29 near Washington St. Both suspects were then apprehended without incident. The suspects were identified as 18 year old Joshua Bongiorno, of Chesterfield Township and 18 year old Ibraham Polus of Sterling Heights.
Both subjects were subsequently charged with Malicious Destruction of Property Over $20,000.00 charges, a ten year felony, by the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Both subjects were arraigned today by the 42-2 District Court New Baltimore, and each received a $50,000.00 bond.
ORIGINAL RELEASE 10/29/2026
Over the past three days, the Chesterfield Township and City of New Baltimore Police Departments have taken several Malicious Destruction of Property reports of car windows being shot out with a pellet gun.
Officers initiated an investigation, during which a suspect vehicle was generated. On the evening of October 28, officers located the vehicle in the City of New Baltimore. Two eighteen year old males were subsequently arrested, and lodged at the Macomb County Jail. The suspects are residents of Chesterfield Township and the City of Sterling Heights. Officers located a pellet gun in the suspect’s vehicle.
Anyone with further information regarding these incidents is encouraged to call Detective Connell of the Chesterfield Police Department at 586-949-3829.