Man 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 ArticleSouthfield man accused of fatally beating elderly man denied bond
Arraignment has been held for a 26-year-old man charged with several crimes in connection with the fatal assault of an 80-year-old man in Southfield. Stavon Corey Lindsay of Southfield is facing...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into shootings in Lathrup Village; update on 2...
A police investigation continues into the shooting of multiple people in Lathrup Village reported early Saturday morning. Lathrup Village police said evidence is being processed as detectives work on...
View ArticlePolice seeking 4 women who allegedly stole supplements valued at $5K to $7K...
Bloomfield Township police are reportedly working to identify four women accused of stealing approximately $5,000 to $7,000 worth of supplements/vitamins from Plum Market on West Maple Road....
View ArticleMotive into splash pad shooting sought but mental health troubles were evident
Two survivors of the nine people wounded in Saturday’s mass shooting at the Brooklands Plaza splash pad were released from the hospital Monday. A 37-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man were released...
View ArticleCops say drunk driver fled from Bloomfield Township into Waterford before arrest
A driver who reportedly fled from Bloomfield Township police and was subsequently found to be drunk behind the wheel has been charged with two crimes. Daniel Sapalu Ixbalan, 45, of Waterford, is facing...
View ArticleRooting out fraudulent fundraisers after splash pad shooting in Rochester Hills
Fraud is a side effect of mass tragedies, according to Sheriff Mike Bouchard. On Monday he said at least one fake GoFundMe account was found in the wake of Rochester Hills mass shooting, which injured...
View ArticleTeen drowns at Camp Dearborn
A Hamtramck teen drowned Monday at Camp Dearborn in Milford Township, officials said. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the body of 17-year-old Alhasan Dahbali was recovered...
View ArticleTrial scheduled for teen accused of domestic violence; his mom, accused of...
Cases against a woman and her son connected to a recent shooting outside a Farmington Hills townhomes complex are moving forward. The next court appearance for the mother, 47-year-old Patricia Wright,...
View ArticleVerdict in for Emilio Valdez murder case
After a full day of deliberations, an Oakland County jury found a Pontiac man guilty of second-degree murder for the slaying of a 20-year-old man, whose body was recovered from a Pontiac lake six years...
View ArticleGun buyback events planned before Saturday’s three mass shootings
Well before the mass shootings on Saturday that left one person dead and 19 injured in Detroit, Rochester Hills and Lathrup Village, the Rev. Chris Yaw was organizing six gun buyback events. The...
View ArticleMan charged with multiple felonies for hit-and-run fatal crash in Auburn Hills
A Lake Orion man with a criminal history is facing multiple felony charges including reckless driving causing death for a hit-run crash in Auburn Hills that killed a 68-year-old earlier this month....
View Article3 more victims of splash pad shooting released from hospital
Three more victims of Saturday’s mass shooting at the Brooklands Plaza Splash Pad in Rochester Hills were released from the hospital, officials said. They include the youngest victim, a 4-year-old boy,...
View ArticleMotorcyclist dead following crash in Farmington Hills
A motorcyclist was killed Tuesday night in Farmington Hills after his vehicle collided with a Ford Explorer, police said. According to the Farmington Hills Police Department, the motorcyclist, a...
View ArticleTrial scheduled for man accused of Farmington Hills stabbing
Trial is scheduled for a man accused of stabbing his estranged wife’s male friend last fall in Farmington Hills. Jury selection is set to begin Oct. 29 in Oakland County Circuit Court for the case...
View ArticleMultiple Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies at splash pad shooting also...
There are lots of things that first responders can’t “un-see,” says Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. A large number of Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies who responded to the June 15 mass...
View ArticlePolice arrest Republican lawmaker amid gunshot reports in middle of night in...
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Police arrested a Republican lawmaker early Thursday while responding to reports of possible gunshots in Michigan’s capital city, authorities said. Rep. Neil Friske was arrested...
View ArticleSaginaw man with bricks of cocaine in bags arrested at Detroit Metro Airport,...
A man traveling into the Wayne County Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus on a Delta Airlines flight from Los Angeles was arrested at his boarding gate in an orchestrated covert effort of police...
View ArticleWoman texts 911 reporting she was being assaulted by armed driver on I-75;...
A 42-year-old man was arrested by Michigan State Police troopers early Friday morning for allegedly assaulting a woman who texted 911 to report it as they traveled down I-75 in Oakland County....
View ArticleNo charges for fatal shooting in Pontiac
The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office is not issuing charges against a Pontiac man who fatally shot another after reportedly being attacked at a convenience store recently. Darien Louis Bragg, 23, of...
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