A guy is accused of following an adolescent girl from her school bus stop to her home. He had no idea, though, that her Army veteran father had returned home—and he was ready to take care of business.
Mike Oliver, a father of 15 and an Army veteran, was not thrilled to find a guy in his Livonia, Michigan, house on a Monday afternoon. According to Fox 2 Detroit, the man reportedly followed his teenage daughter from her school bus stop to their home. “The door will remain open.” Then I heard her speak,” Oliver recounted. “I get up, I go to the door, and there’s a guy at my door.”
Oliver’s daughter realized something was wrong after getting off the bus. She instantly knew she was being watched, and they followed her as she headed home. A guy approached her as she neared her front door. According to authorities, he followed her into the porch and asked whether her parents were home before following her into the house, according to WXYZ.
Mike Oliver Man Follows Teen Girl From Bus Stop To Her House, But Her Army Vet Dad Is Home And Handles Business
Fortunately, Mike Oliver was sitting in the living room, waiting for his 15-year-old, 10th-grade daughter to return home from Franklin High School, when he found the man, who seemed to be in his 30s, had followed his daughter home. When Oliver realized this, he questioned the man directly about what he was doing on his land.
Rather than responding, the suspect attempted to flee the house. Oliver, on the other hand, was not going to let him get away so lightly. The Army veteran went for the man, subsequently identified as 27-year-old David Roberts of Livonia by police. Roberts did not make it very far.
Mike Oliver Man follows a teen girl from the bus stop to her house, but her Army veteran father is there and takes care of business.
In fact, when he battled with him in the front yard, Oliver stopped him before he even made it off his land. “Grabbed him by the hair,” Oliver recalled, describing the moment he halted the man in his tracks. “He was twisting like an alligator, and he got away. “He bolted around the corner.”
Despite the fact that the suspect first eluded him, the vigilant father was unfazed. Mike Oliver got into his pickup and drove around the area, following David Roberts. Oliver’s 19-year-old son and neighbors also got involved, seeking to assist Oliver in tracking down Roberts while Oliver dialed 911.
Multiple police officers came within minutes and discovered David Roberts in a neighboring garden. He was arrested and charged with breaking entering and assaulting a police officer. His bond was set at 10% of $100,000, but the Army veteran’s father felt he got off lightly.
“He could’ve been laying there on the ground today,” Oliver said of Roberts and what may have happened to him. “Things could have turned out much worse for him. “But it’s not about being right here; it’s about doing the right thing,” the Army veteran remarked.