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Police: Man accidentally shot by intoxicated friend while ‘relieving himself’...
A Rose Township man was accidentally shot by his friend recently while urinating outdoors, and that friend is now facing a felony charge and two misdemeanors. Holly Police Chief Jerry Narsh issued a...
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Man who killed, robbed another could be out of prison in less than 9 years as...
A man who admitted to robbing and killing another during a marijuana transaction could be out of prison in less than nine years, based on the sentence handed down Monday in Oakland County. Derrion...
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Bloomfield Hills mail thief admits guilt
A 25-year-old man has admitted to stealing a large amount of mail from residential mailboxes in Bloomfield Hills. At a hearing Monday before Oakland County Circuit Judge David Cohen, Tino Lopez Evans...
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Man accused of masturbation outside Troy fitness facility pleads to reduced...
A 30-year-old Holly man who had been accused of masturbating outside a Troy fitness facility has pleaded to a lesser charge. Initially charged with indecent exposure, Jeremiah Dwayne Wiltfong pleaded...
View ArticlePontiac man accused of armed robbery at Birmingham Kroger
A Pontiac man has been arraigned on charges in connection with last Saturday’s reported armed robbery at a Kroger store in Birmingham. Joel Stalker, 35, is charged with armed robbery,...
View ArticleMother, daughter hospitalized following parking lot shooting
A woman and her adult daughter were both hospitalized Tuesday evening after being involved in a shooting that stemmed from a road rage incident in Sterling Heights, according to police. Sterling...
View ArticleTis’ the season: AG’s office warns consumers of tax-related identity theft
Criminals will use every opportunity to scam people out of money. That includes tax season. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is encouraging Michigan residents to file their taxes early to help...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to threatening Michigan election official after 2020 election
DETROIT (AP) — An Indiana man accused of making a violent threat against a local election official in Oakland County in 2020 pleaded guilty to the charge Tuesday. Andrew Nickels of Carmel appeared in...
View ArticleMan jailed on $50K bond for reported road rage shooting on I-75
A man accused of firing a gun at a woman twice as she drove along I-75 in Groveland Township recently is held in the Oakland County Jail with bond set at $50,000. Thomas Robert Trim, 23, of Mt. Morris,...
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District judge for Rochester Hills area announces retirement
After more than two decades on the bench, 52nd-3rd District Court Judge Julie Nicholson is retiring, effective April 1. “It has been an honor and a privilege to have served the citizens of the Court...
View Article3 busted during Sonic restaurant visit
A trip to a fast food restaurant in Troy ended in arrest for three Wayne County residents recently after someone reported a possible drunk driver in the drive-thru lane. Troy police were dispatched to...
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Pregnancy care was always lacking in jails. It could get worse
Renuka Rayasam | (TNS) KFF Health News It was about midnight in June 2022 when police officers showed up at Angela Collier’s door and told her that someone anonymously requested a welfare check because...
View ArticleOakland County man sentenced for role in Jan. 6 violence
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former military officer who assaulted police officers with a hockey stick and a sharp metal pole while he stormed the U.S. Capitol was...
View ArticleBail clampdowns don’t match what research says about suspects, experts say
Amanda Hernández | Stateline.org (TNS) Crime is shaping up as a potent election issue, and one of the key points of debate is over bail: Which suspects should be jailed before trial, and which ones...
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Case advances against accused shooter in drive-by that killed Pontiac child
Nearly two years after a Pontiac child was slain in a drive-by shooting, the case against the purported gang member who is accused of killing her was advanced Wednesday to Oakland County Circuit Court...
View ArticleFelon admits to stealing from children’s charity in Waterford
A felon accused of stealing from a disabled children’s charity in Oakland County has admitted to the crime. At a hearing Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court, John Rowell, 41, pleaded guilty as...
View ArticlePolice: Waterford woman found passed out behind the wheel on I-75; vomit seen...
A driver who passed out behind the wheel after vomiting outside her vehicle along I-75 in Troy recently — then refused a preliminary breath test offered by officers at the scene — was intoxicated...
View ArticleDid deputy use deadly force in firing fatal shot, or was it justified while...
An Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a Pontiac man reportedly attempting to flee after being awakened in his car is being sued in a wrongful death complaint from the dead man’s mother....
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Lawyer: Novi woman ‘made a horrible decision’ in fleeing fatal crash — but it...
A driver who struck and killed a woman on an Oakland County roadway and left the scene — but was eventually arrested and charged — got what some may consider a light penalty for the crime: Four days in...
View ArticleChicago is the latest city rethinking disputed technology that listens for...
Matt Vasilogambros | (TNS) Stateline.org Chicago has joined a growing list of cities that have cut ties with a controversial company that tries to reduce urban gun violence with 24/7 technology that...
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