Paroled sex offender pleads to charges for kidnap, rape, torture of child
A convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping, raping and otherwise torturing a Farmington Hills child in Farmington Hills — a few months after being released from prison — has opted out of trial by...
View ArticleTrial scheduled for man accused of killing neighbor, raping woman and child
Trial is scheduled for a Pontiac man accused of killing his neighbor, and raping the homicide victim’s wife and child. As set during a pretrial hearing Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court, jury...
View ArticleClinton Township man accused of prostituting woman, human trafficking in...
By Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News A Clinton Township felon accused in the human trafficking of a Saginaw woman in Oakland County has been charged, officials said. Marcell Davon Joseph, 24, was...
View ArticleStepdad of child who shot self: ‘It broke us mentally; we want our boy home’
A Madison Heights couple whose son got ahold of one of their guns and shot himself was sentenced Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court. Jacob Gean and Jessie Gean were sentenced by Judge David Cohen...
View ArticleCommerce Twp. family sues Disney, claims employee filmed up child’s skirt
By Hannah Mackay, The Detroit News A Commerce Township family is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and an employee, alleging the staff member at a Florida theme park filmed up the skirt of their...
View Article3 Farmington Hills police officers on ventilators after house fire; total of...
By Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News Three Farmington Hills police officers are on ventilators, in serious but stable condition, in the burn unit at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital after they entered...
View ArticleVerdict in for murder outside Pontiac motorcycle club
A Pontiac man with a history of felony convictions was handed a few more Tuesday at the conclusion of a jury trial in Oakland County Circuit Court. Malcolm Robert Boykin, 56, was found guilty of...
View ArticleJudge agrees to drop accused killer’s lawyer from Sam Simko murder case
One of four Ohio men facing charges in connection with the armed robbery and murder of marijuana businessman Sam Simko of Commerce Township is getting a new court-appointed lawyer due to a conflict...
View ArticleMore sex crime charges involving teens filed against Berkley man
Additional felony charges have been filed in Oakland County against a Berkley man accused of sex crimes against underage girls. Darren Joshua Bradford, 24, was already facing one count of third-degree...
View ArticleJudge denies motion to remove prosecutors from Crumbley’s mother’s case
By Kara Berg, The Detroit News A judge has denied Jennifer Crumbley’s request to remove Oakland County prosecutors from her case, in part because she does not have jurisdiction to rule on it, and will...
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