Charges divide Madison Heights families
By Kara Berg, The Detroit News When Robert Cavanaugh died Dec. 24 after another man hit him with a metal pipe, it set off a turn of events in the legal system that left two families devastated and...
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Case advances against woman accused of stealing from Planet Fitness
The case has advanced against a woman accused of stealing from a locker room at a Bloomfield Township fitness facility — and she’s suspected of or connected to similar crimes elsewhere in Oakland...
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Madison Heights man sentenced to jail for assault on neighbor with pipe
By Julia Cardi, The Detroit News A Madison Heights man who struck a neighbor with a metal pipe on Christmas Eve last year was sentenced to 250 days in jail on Tuesday for felonious assault, even as the...
View ArticleProsecutors: Dad’s pursuit of new trial in school shooting ‘without merit’
By Kara Berg, The Detroit News James Crumbley’s arguments for a new trial are meritless and don’t have a legal basis for the court to grant him a second trial or an acquittal, prosecutors say. The...
View Article95-year-old sentenced for running over woman and killing her
A 95-year-old who accidentally ran over a woman and killed her following a 3-vehicle crash last year in WIxom will spend the next nine months under house arrest monitored by electronic tether — then 24...
View ArticleFeds charge suspect in deaths of three people found in burning vehicle in...
By Robert Snell, The Detroit News Federal prosecutors Tuesday charged a River Rouge man with a gun crime and said he is a suspect in the homicides of three people found in a burning vehicle in Detroit....
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Human-trafficking victim in Macomb County details trauma suffered
The victim of human trafficking by a Detroit man said she was raped, beaten and branded while under control of her assailant, who was sentenced to nine to 20 years in prison. The woman’s statement was...
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4th man accused in cannabis businessman’s murder added to preliminary exam
As expected, the fourth man accused in the armed robbery and murder of marijuana businessman Sam Simko in January will join his three co-defendants for a preliminary examination on May 30. At a court...
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Michigan Tesla shoppers, dealers targeted by protests
By Henry Payne, The Detroit News Tesla showrooms and owners have become targets across the United States as political activists protest Chairman Elon Musk’s work for the Trump administration’s...
View ArticleMichigan, U.S. traffic deaths drop in 2024, still above pre-pandemic levels
By Grant Schwab, The Detroit News Traffic deaths fell 4.3% last year in Michigan, a slightly bigger drop than the national average, according to data released Tuesday by the National Highway Traffic...
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