Fire destroys roof of Oakland County home
A Highland Township family is without a home after a Sunday afternoon blaze, according to Fire Chief Nick George. No one was injured. The fire’s cause is under investigation, but George said it may...
View ArticleArizona man accused of rape at Auburn Hills hotel
An Arizona man accused of raping a woman in her hotel room in Auburn Hills last month has been arraigned on felony charges. Joel Delavara, 36, of Yuma, is charged with first degree criminal sexual...
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Case advances against woman accused of killing her 3-year-old son
The case against a Flint woman accused of killing her toddler in Pontiac has been advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial. Latonya Thomas, 27, is scheduled to be arraigned by Judge...
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Driver crushed in White Lake collision remains hospitalized; Go Fund Me...
A Highland Township man continues to fight for his life after being crushed by a large pickup truck on M-59 two weeks ago. Sawyer Pierce, 28, is expected to be hospitalized for months followed by a...
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Cops: Detroiter nabbed with $2K in stolen merch from Dick’s Sporting Goods in...
A Detroiter who completed parole last month is facing charges for allegedly stealing bagfuls of merchandise from Dick’s Sporting Goods in Bloomfield Township on Monday. According to the Bloomfield...
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Oakland County business fraudster headed to prison
An Oakland County man has been sentenced to prison for stealing thousands of dollars in bogus business deals. At a hearing Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court, Judge Kwame Rowe sentenced Rochester...
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Preliminary exam set for Waterford man accused of sex crimes against young boys
A Waterford Township man accused of sexually assaulting four boys, and having photos and videos of child sex abuse, will have a preliminary exam next month for a judge to decide if the case should...
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‘Imma shoot up the school tomorrow:’ South Lyon students charged for...
Three 16-year-old South Lyon East High School students are facing charges for allegedly making school threats in social media posts. As announced Wednesday by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald,...
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Michigan’s fallen police, fire and other first responder heroes remembered
Kailey Hill can’t talk about her dad without tears. Ricky Hill Jr., a paramedic firefighter, died at the scene of a Feb. 25, 2023, Flint fire after suffering a heart emergency, she said. He was 49. On...
View ArticleArea high schooler ‘air-dropped’ school threat to students’ phones
Just one week into the school year police have dealt with what appeared to be a threat directed a Wayne County school and executed a probe that tracked down the source. The school was placed on a...
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Arabic woman testifies about slurs directed at her by Black woman in Macomb...
An Arabic woman maintained that a Black woman used ethnic slurs against her and threw a pillow at her in a Macomb County store, although her allegations were weakened slightly by some differences from...
View ArticleFarmington Hills teen to be tried for murder in Wayne County
Trial is scheduled for a Farmington Hills teen accused of fatally shooting a Detroit woman in July. Brandon Butler, 17, is charged with first-degree premeditated homicide and felony firearm for the...
View ArticleVenezuelan gang arrests show threats, violence at Colorado apartment complexes
The Aurora Police Department on Wednesday publicly identified nine members of a Venezuelan gang charged in 14 separate criminal incidents over the last 10 months, including at least seven events at the...
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Police: Teen sees 2 people on security camera exposing genitals and getting...
Farmington Hills police are seeking help in identifying two people who were seen on home security video with their genitals exposed, allegedly preparing to have sex in public outside a home on Monday....
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Keego Harbor announces new police chief; officials say services in jeopardy...
A nearly-20 year veteran of the Keego Harbor Police Department was recently named its Chief of Police. Robert Barnes, who most recently served as the department’s primary detective, was appointed to...
View ArticleThreat circulating on TikTok forces closure of Macomb County school district
Armada Area Schools will be closed Friday due to a threat circulating Thursday evening on TikTock that referenced Armada Middle School. “We immediately contacted Michigan State Police (MSP) and turned...
View ArticleMSP: Motorcyclist driving over 150 mph crashes into vehicle on I-75
A Macomb County motorcyclist is recovering after being involved in a crash where he was driving in excess of 150 mph in Detroit, police said. According to Michigan State Police, the 21-year-old...
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Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy acquitted of charges stemming from...
A female suspended Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy was acquitted of ethnic intimidation and assault charges against her for directing a racial slur at an Arabic woman, throwing a pillow at her and trying...
View ArticleBoating emergency sparks fears of more drownings in Oakland County
A Waterford man and Wixom woman escaped tragedy on Thursday night, but sparked fears that search and rescue teams would find two more drowning victims. So far this year, there have been 11 victims...
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Fired Warren officer gets 1 year in prison for beating inmate at police station
Ex-Warren police officer Matthew Rodriguez was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court to serve one year and one day in prison for using excessive force against an inmate while fingerprinting and...
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