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Crime Stoppers reminds residents about reward for tips on fatal shooting in...

Nearly a month after a 24-year-old man was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Pontiac apartment complex, the killer remains at-large. Crime Stoppers reminds residents that a $2,500 reward is offered...

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Macomb County woman escapes from alleged abductor when he falls asleep

An Antrim County man has been charged with beating a woman and holding her at gunpoint at a Harrison Township mobile home park until she was able to escape after he fell asleep. Danzelle Williams, 23,...

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Case advances against former ATF investigator accused of stealing COVID...

The case against a former ATF investigator accused of stealing covid relief funds has been bound over to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial. Tiesha Johnson, 56, is a former Farmington...

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Detectives seize fentanyl and other drugs, firearms, cash during 3 raids in...

Narcotics enforcement officers seized illegal drugs with a street value of $20,000 while executing three search warrants in Oakland County on Thursday, officials said. As reported by Michigan State...

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Parole absconder arrested in Texas for fatal stabbing in Pontiac

A recently-paroled Pontiac man was arrested in Dallas, Texas on Friday in connection with the fatal stabbing of his girlfriend’s uncle in Pontiac last weekend. Juan Ramirez, Jr., 31, is facing a charge...

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Ferndale breaking and entering suspect will undergo psych exam

A man who is charged in Ferndale with breaking and entering an apartment lobby without permission and carrying a concealed weapon will undergo a psychiatric examination. Suspect Michael Wright, 27, of...

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Warren man admits to several charges related to human trafficking in Oakland...

A 30-year-old Warren man has pleaded guilty in Oakland County Circuit court to human trafficking a minor, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. James Madison-Cranford entered pleas to...

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Farmington Hills woman accused of sex crimes against teens in juvenile...

Criminal charges are filed against a Farmington Hills woman accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys while she was employed at Wayne County’s Juvenile Detention Center. Svetlana Kuryanova, 33,...

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Wrong-way crash on I-696 sends 2 drivers to hospital; both suspected of being...

A wrong-way crash on I-696 early Sunday involving two cars injured both drivers — who each showed signs of being impaired, according to Michigan State Police. As reported on X by MSP, just before the...

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Detroiter sentenced for indecent exposure in Oakland County

Sentencing has been handed down to a Detroit man who was reportedly seen masturbating in public in Bloomfield Township. At a hearing Tuesday morning in 48th, Judge Diane D’Agostini sentenced Gregory...

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Possible exposure to narcotics at traffic stop sends 2 cops to hospital

Two Auburn Hills police officers underwent medical treatment Monday night for physical reactions from possible exposure to narcotics during an arrest, an official said. Lt. Brandon Hollenbeck told The...

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Police investigating oil dumped on Square Lake Road

West Bloomfield Township police are looking for a truck believed involved in dumping what appeared to be cooking oil on Square Lake Road west of Middlebelt Road late Monday night. The county road...

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Murder trial opens in death of teen whose disappearance led to grueling...

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A man who dropped an Eastpointe teenager’s body in a dumpster “left behind a trail of digital evidence” implicating him in her death, despite a fruitless,...

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Preliminary exam scheduled for Farmington Hills teen accused in shooting that...

A  Farmington Hills teenager accused of shooting a Pontiac man, leaving him paralyzed, is scheduled for a preliminary exam next month. Karvyon Murphy, 19, faces multiple felony charges for the April 7...

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UPDATE: Man reported missing from group home Tuesday found 30 miles away...

A Springfield Township man reported missing after walking away from a group home on Tuesday was found Wednesday in Farmington about 30 miles away, officials said. Brian Inamdar, 44, was located by...

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Elderly Southfield woman with Alzheimer’s reported missing

A 90-year-old woman from Southfield is reportedly missing, and police are asking the public’s assistance in locating her. Marjorie Ann King, who reportedly has Alzheimer’s disease, left Park at...

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Trial underway for former Farmington High coach accused of sex crimes with...

Trial is underway in Wayne County for a former Farmington High School basketball coach accused of sex crimes against two male students. Jerremy Thompkins, 43, is charged with one count each of...

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Serial check fraud suspect in Ferndale has long criminal history

A Macomb Township man with at least 15 convictions on his criminal record is facing several felonies in Ferndale for check fraud. Jonathan N. Heard’s previous convictions date back to 2013 in Wayne and...

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Man dead after hit-and-run in Auburn Hills

Police are investigating the death of a Lansing man who was reportedly hit by a vehicle on South Boulevard near Sheffield Road in Auburn Hills early Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at the...

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Defendants receive federal prison time for running drive-thru opioid ring

The last of seven defendants — including Macomb and Oakland county residents — in a drive-thru opioid drug conspiracy ring on Detroit’s east side was sentenced to federal prison on Wednesday, according...

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