‘So much death’: Lawmakers weigh stricter speed limits, safer roads for...
By Vanessa G. Sánchez, KFF Health News LOS ANGELES — The party was winding down. Its young hosts, María Rivas Cruz and her fiancé, Raymond Olivares, had accompanied friends to their car to bid them...
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Driver sentenced for I-75 ‘road rage’ shooting
A Mount Morris man jailed in Oakland County for more than three months for a reported road rage incident was scheduled to be released Thursday following his sentencing hearing before Judge Martha...
View ArticleDriver sought after crash kills one, critically injures another in Auburn Hills
A 68-year-old Auburn Hills man died Thursday night after his Ford F-150 pickup truck was hit by a Kia Forte, whose driver fled the scene, police said. The Kia’s female passenger suffered critical...
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Sentencing dates set for key witnesses in Hutchinson murder trial
Sentencing dates are scheduled for two defendants who testified for the prosecution in the recent trial for the Daniel Hutchinson murder. Angelo Raptoplous, 34, of Commerce Township, and Detroiter...
View ArticlePolice agencies use four K-9 units, helicopters to track down, arrest suspects
Two men have been arrested in connection with a narcotics investigation that took place Thursday morning and resulted in schools going into a lockdown after the suspects fled. According to police, the...
View ArticleRoyal Oak police: Over $20K in vehicle rims stolen from business; Royal Oak...
Over $20K worth of vehicle rims stolen Someone cut a hole in a storage yard fence for Wheel Works Detroit, 4519 Delemere Blvd., and stole at least 30 car and truck rims. The company repairs, customizes...
View ArticleSuspect faces 15-year felony in Ferndale tequila robbery
A Wayne man who Ferndale police say assaulted a store clerk and stole two half-gallons of tequila in an unarmed robbery has a hearing in Ferndale 43rd District Court on Thursday. Jacob Bondar, 31, is...
View ArticlePsych exam ordered for woman accused of stalking gym crush, attacking his...
Already jailed on a $1 million cash bond, a Rochester woman charged with stalking a man she had an obsessive infatuation with and pistol-whipping his girlfriend will be examined by psychiatrists....
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Detroit-area PD number spoofed; scam shows ‘chief’ demanding $10,000
After a Woodhaven resident received several calls with Police Chief Scott Fraczek’s name showing on the caller ID, the department issued a warning to all alerting them to a scam. Recently, the...
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House, RV, garage burn as Michigan man testing equipment for road trip gets...
The city of Taylor has released information pertaining to a house fire that caused significant damage not only to his house, but also his recreational vehicle and garage. Flames broke out at about...
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Farmington Hills woman opts out of trial for baby’s death
A Farmington Hills woman has admitted to killing her infant in a motel room in 2021. Amanda Jajou, 33, recently pleaded no contest to second degree homicide and accessory after the fact for the death...
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Felon facing charges for Pontiac shootout
A Pontiac felon is jailed in Oakland County for multiple charges in connection with a May 31 shootout that left two other Pontiac men injured — one critically. Demarkius Travonia Jones, 28, is charged...
View ArticleResident spots fatal crash suspect in woods, calls police
Charges are pending for the suspect in last week’s fatal crash in Auburn Hills, taken into custody on Friday thanks to a “vigilant citizen” who spotted him lying down in a wooded area near the crash...
View ArticleBeggar arrested in Troy
A Madison Heights woman who had been begging in the median of a Troy roadway was arrested recently after police reportedly found her in possession of illegal drugs. As reported by the Troy Police...
View ArticleMan charged in human trafficking, prostitution case in Madison Heights
A Detroit man is charged with human trafficking, sexual assault, torture, and prostituting at least two women in Madison Heights. Police said one of the women, 39, was homeless when suspect Kevin...
View ArticlePolice seize thousands of pills, guns, cars and cash in raids in Madison...
Police seized thousands of pills, two vehicles, three firearms and more than $10,000 in cash from a suspected drug dealer in Warren, authorities said. The County of Macomb Enforcement Team (COMET)...
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Shots Fired: For those who have lost loved ones to gunfire, the suffering...
“If I never have to plan another funeral, I’ll be happy.” Ebony Selby sighed as she sat under a gazebo in the Manteo, North Carolina, neighborhood where she and her large, extended family have lived...
View ArticleWest Bloomfield woman pleads guilty to embezzling nearly $90K from Downriver...
A former Wyandotte elementary school principal pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $89,000 of funds intended to advance her school’s educational mission. Krizia Allen, 38, of West Bloomfield,...
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Murder trial underway for man accused of shooting another, throwing him in...
Trial is underway in Oakland County for a man accused in the 2018 murder of another who was shot and thrown in a Pontiac lake. Angel Jose Alvarez, 24, is charged with open murder and possession of a...
View ArticleWoman arrested after attack at middle school graduation at Southfield church
An argument at a middle school graduation ceremony Tuesday morning in Southfield turned physically violent when one woman assaulted another with “an object,” causing minor wounds and leading to an...
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