Shelby Twp. police looking for witnesses in Target parking lot crash
Shelby Township police are looking for witnesses to a crash earlier this week in a shopping center parking lot that critically injured a pedestrian. According to a news release, the incident took place...
View ArticleMan accused of masturbating along roadway pleads to charge
A Detroit man who was reportedly seen masturbating in a ditch and along a road in Bloomfield Township recently has pleaded guilty to an indecent exposure charge. Gregory Benson, 52, entered his plea...
View ArticleMDOT asks people to wear orange to support road worker safety
Lines painted on some freeway lanes are about to get a refresh. Convoys of painting crews will be moving along I-75 and I-94 in Southeast Michigan starting Monday, April 22, to restripe faded pavement...
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Back to lockup: How many released inmates return to prison within 3 years?
With less than one in four inmates released from a Michigan prison in 2020 ending up back there within three years, the state’s recidivism rate is being recognized as its second lowest since the...
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Livonia man charged with terrorist threat for allegedly stating ‘hang Joe for...
A preliminary exam is scheduled for next month in the case against a Livonia man accused of threatening an election official during a ballot recount. Andrew Fred Hess, 38, is charged with making a...
View ArticleCase advances against man accused of stealing large amount of trading cards...
Two cases against a Farmington Hills man accused of stealing more than $18,000 in trading cards has been bound over to Oakland County Circuit Court after he waived his right to a preliminary exam in...
View ArticleCircuit court to hear case against doctor accused of collecting disability...
The case against a Sylvan Lake osteopath accused of receiving payments for disability insurance claims while continuing to work has been bound over to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial....
View ArticlePolice: Kids tell cops mom is drunk and missing; were scared to be in car...
A Southfield woman could be facing charges after her three children showed up at a Troy hotel lobby shortly after midnight last Saturday and reportedly told police they didn’t want their mother driving...
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Felon who barricaded while armed after assaulting girlfriend in Commerce...
A Sterling Heights felon who barricaded himself while armed in an Oakland County home has pleaded to charges in connection with the incident, as well as to an earlier drug possession charge. At a...
View ArticleArea man charged in bathroom attack on a child at a local Home Depot
A Warren man suspected of inappropriately touching young children in a store restroom is in jail today after being criminally charged in the case, according to police. Elijah Lawrence, 22, was...
View ArticleFerndale man accused of threatening woman with box cutter to stand trial
A Ferndale man was ordered Thursday to stand trial on a charge of threatening to cut a woman’s throat with a box cutter. Suspect Carl McCourt, 24, is charged with felonious assault in the incident,...
View ArticleArrest in nightclub shooting of five people goes down at Metro Airport
The Airport Police Department in Romulus assisted Detroit police in the arrest of a man charged in connection with the non-fatal nightclub shooting of five people in Detroit. Damond Lamont Hunter, 32,...
View ArticleRoyal Oak police: Couple spots breaking and entering intruder; Venezuelan man...
Couple spots intruder, call police A couple in their 60s called police around 11:40 p.m. April 6 after they spotted an unknown man sitting on a deck outside their house. “They heard a noise and (the...
View ArticlePontiac man sentenced for fatal stabbing in West Virginia
A Pontiac man has been sentenced for a fatal stabbing outside a Sheetz convenience store in northern West Virginia. As reported by WOWKTV.com, Kahmal Kwesi Dillahunty, 47, was ordered to serve life...
View ArticleIn reversal, more areas allow high-speed police chases
Amanda Hernández | (TNS) Stateline.org During several years of efforts to refine policing tactics — ranging from mandating body-worn cameras to limiting or banning excessive use of force — many states...
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Swap funds or add services? Use of opioid settlement cash sparks strong...
Aneri Pattani | KFF Health News (TNS) State and local governments are receiving billions of dollars in opioid settlements to address the drug crisis that has ravaged America for decades. But instead of...
View ArticleSheriff warns about jury phone scam making the rounds: ‘Just hang up’
A jury scam is reportedly making the rounds, where residents are contacted by phone and threatened with arrest — and Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard is telling residents to not fall for it. “Just...
View ArticleWarren 8-year-old shoots himself with alleged unsecured gun
An 8-year-old Warren boy is in critical condition after apparently shooting himself in the face with a handgun Friday afternoon. The child was taken to St. John Ascension Moross in Detroit where he is...
View ArticleMan with profile picture of NFL’s Aaron Rodgers talks woman out of hundreds
A man who went by the fictitious name “Aaron Rodgers” was able to convince a woman over the course of a couple of months to give him all of her personal information, and then took hundreds of dollars...
View ArticlePolice say woman stole beer, baby wipes from Bloomfield Township CVS
A woman reportedly stole several packs of beer — and a package of baby wipes — from a Bloomfield Township store, then left the scene in a U-Haul truck, police said. The alleged thief got away with the...
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