Case advances against Farmington Hills woman accused of sex crimes against...
The case against a Farmington Hills woman accused of having sexual contact with juvenile inmates at a Wayne County facility where she was employed has been advanced to Wayne County 3rd Judicial Court...
View ArticleKiller’s mother sentenced for lying to cops
A convicted killer’s mother was sentenced Wednesday for lying to police while they were investigating the murder six years ago in Pontiac. At the sentencing hearing, Oakland County Circuit Judge Daniel...
View ArticleSubstitute teacher charged with sex crimes against kids
A 61-year-old substitute teacher was arraigned Wednesday in Oakland County on multiple sex crime charges involving minors. Timothy Allen Daugherty of White Lake is facing six counts of second-degree...
View ArticlePolice: Woman nabbed for armed robberies in West Bloomfield and Orchard Lake
A woman who allegedly robbed stores in West Bloomfield and Orchard Lake on Wednesday night — firing at least two gunshots during the crimes — was arrested by West Bloomfield police. According to West...
View ArticleArea man convicted of 1st-degree murder in girlfriend’s slaying after acting...
A 50-year-old Macomb County man was convicted Wednesday of brutally murdering his live-in girlfriend following a two-week trial in Macomb County Circuit Court. Jason Ross was found guilty of...
View ArticleJurors say they’re deadlocked in a Macomb County murder trial ordered by...
A Macomb County judge Wednesday ordered a jury to continue deliberating the fate of a man charged with second-degree murder in Warren after the panel indicated it was deadlocked. Circuit Judge Joseph...
View ArticleSentence handed to man who murdered another at Auburn Hills hotel
A Pontiac man was handed a lengthy prison sentence Wednesday for killing an Auburn Hills man at a hotel last year. Malcolm Otis Draper, 25, was sentenced to 22.5 to 99 years incarceration for the...
View ArticleSecurity technology credited with helping in Georgia school shooting
Cassidy Alexander and Martha Dalton | (TNS) The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA — Staff at Apalachee High School have only worn badges for about a week that can quickly alert school officials or...
View ArticlePolice: Barricaded man fatally shoots himself in Novi home
A barricaded gunman situation ended in suicide Wednesday night in a Novi home. Novi Police Commander Jason Meier said police responded to a “family trouble” call at a home in the 23000 block of Forest...
View ArticleHuron Valley parents prepared to sue former substitute teacher charged with...
A 61-year-old substitute teacher, who was arraigned Wednesday in Oakland County on multiple sex crime charges involving minors, will soon be facing lawsuits filed by families of his alleged victims....
View ArticlePair convicted of robbing cannabis dispensary in Macomb County
Two men were found guilty last Friday of attempted murder, robbery and conspiracy for robbing an illegal Warren marijuana dispensary of cash and shooting at a security guard last year. Lavall E....
View ArticleMan charged with fatally shooting neighbor’s dog
A Clinton Township man faces up to four years in prison after he was charged this week with fatally shooting his neighbor’s dog, prosecutors said Thursday. Andrae Maurice Jones, 43, was arraigned...
View ArticleCaught on audio: Oakland County probate judge called self a ‘new racist,’...
An Oakland County Probate Court judge who was removed from her docket last week for “unprofessional conduct” made a series of comments about Black people and used gay slurs, including at least two...
View ArticleCase advances against Pontiac felon charged for shootout at ‘after hours...
The case against a Pontiac felon charged with multiple crimes for a shootout in May has been bound over to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial. At the conclusion of a preliminary exam Sept....
View ArticleCharges dropped against man accused of soliciting family members’ murders
Several felony charges have been dismissed against a Troy man who had been accused of soliciting murder in connection with a family inheritance. At a recent hearing in Oakland County Circuit Court, the...
View ArticleRobber in Halloween mask hits West Bloomfield bank
A masked man robbed a bank in West Bloomfield on Friday and is at-large, police said. According to West Bloomfield police, the robber was wearing an “old man” Halloween mask with gray hair when he...
View ArticleMichigan newlyweds are charged after groomsman is struck and killed by SUV
FLINT (AP) — A newlywed couple has been charged in the death of a groomsman who was struck by a vehicle on the wedding day, authorities in Michigan said Thursday. The groom, James Shirah, was at the...
View ArticleMichigan prisoner representing himself succeeds in long shot appeal of...
By ED WHITE The Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan prisoner has persuaded a judge to throw out his burglary conviction, overcoming long odds by serving as his own lawyer in an appeal of a case...
View ArticleTwo Nigerian brothers sentenced for sextortion that led to teenager’s death
MARQUETTE, Mich. (AP) — Two brothers from Nigeria were sentenced to 17 1/2 years in federal prison Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men across the U.S.,...
View ArticleWoman charged in connection with armed robberies in Oakland County
A West Bloomfield Township woman has been charged with multiple felonies related to several armed robberies in the township and in Orchard Lake. Molly-Kathryn O’Malley Malczynski, 36, was charged in...
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