Officials: ‘Minor’ mercury spill in Cranbrook’s early childhood classroom;...
A small mercury spill brought out police, fire personnel and the Oakland County HazMat team to Cranbrook’s Brookside School on Thursday morning, officials said. Chief Communications Officer Vijay Iyer...
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A wall of secrets may crumble as feds call out enablers of Sean ‘Diddy’...
By Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times Sean “Diddy” Combs was the only defendant indicted this week in a sweeping sex trafficking and racketeering investigation. But federal prosecutors made clear...
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Man accused of sex with 12-year-old waives preliminary exam
The case against a 26-year-old Detroiter accused of sex crimes against a child in West Bloomfield has advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial. Joshua Charston Brown-Hill waived his...
View ArticleMichigan Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of Oxford shooting case
The Michigan Court of Appeals has dealt families suing Oxford school employees another setback. The court upheld a lower court ruling dismissing a lawsuit filed against district employees for their...
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Murder of Farmington Hills mom by her teen son featured on Friday’s Dateline NBC
The murder of a Farmington Hills mother that made headlines across the U.S. and beyond is the focus of this Friday’s Dateline NBC episode. “The Shadow in the Window,” premiering at 10 p.m., explores...
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Man convicted of manslaughter for killing sister outside of Sterling Heights...
A Macomb County jury convicted a Farmington Hills man of voluntary manslaughter and felony-firearm possession in the shooting death of his sister during a dipsute outside of their Sterling Heights...
View ArticleSheriff’s office releases name of man stabbed to death in Pontiac
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the Pontiac man who was fatally stabbed on Wednesday, allegedly by his neighbor. The victim was identified as William John Allison, 41....
View ArticleHead of Bloomfield Hills-based investment firm sentenced to prison, fined $200K
A California man who operated a Bloomfield Hills-based commercial real estate investment firm was sentenced Thursday for his role in “an extensive multi-year conspiracy to falsify financial...
View ArticleFeds: Commerce Township, Orchard Lake docs among 9 people accused of...
Two Oakland County doctors, the owner of an Oakland County clinic, and another Oakland County resident are among nine people named in a federal indictment charging them in a multi-million dollar...
View ArticleClasses at Royal Oak school resume after 911 call sparks police response
Classes resumed as scheduled Friday at a Royal Oak high school after a false alarm prompted police to respond. Officers arrived to Shrine Catholic High School & Academy at 7:41 a.m., where a toy...
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Another defendant pleads in Troy home invasion case tied to international...
The third of five men accused of breaking into a Troy home last month as part of an international crime ring.has opted out of trial with a plea in Oakland County Circuit Court. According to the Troy...
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‘Brutal and horrific attack’: Pontiac man charged with fatal stabbing of...
A man accused of stabbing his neighbor to death in Pontiac on Wednesday and sexually assaulting the man’s young daughter and wife is facing 11 felony charges, including first-degree murder, multiple...
View ArticlePolice investigating home invasion in Bloomfield Township
Bloomfield Township police are investigating a reported home invasion in the 1500 block of Thread Needle Street. Officers were dispatched at around 11:15 p.m. on Sept. 22 after the home’s security...
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10 felonies dropped in child porn plea deal
Ten felony charges related to child pornography have been dismissed for a 20-year-old Commerce Township man in a plea deal with the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office. Sentencing is next month for...
View ArticleFBI finds violent crime declined in 2023. Here’s what to know about the report
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Violent crime in the U.S. dropped in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era...
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Rochester Hills man ordered to stand trial for threatening area judge
A Rochester Hills man accused of threatening a Macomb County judge was bound over on terrorism-threat and computer charges and faces new felonies for allegedly assaulting jail corrections officers....
View ArticleDownriver police get to bottom of alleged threat that cancelled Waterford...
Police officers in two jurisdictions worked through the weekend to get to the bottom of a perceived threat involving Woodhaven High School that resulted in Friday’s football game being canceled....
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Next court date set for accused murderer, rapist; GoFundMe collecting...
The next court date is scheduled for a Pontiac man accused of murdering his neighbor and sexually assaulting the neighbor’s wife and young daughter. Timothy Legard, 50, was arraigned Saturday on 11...
View ArticlePedestrian severely injured when hit by car in West Bloomfield
A pedestrian suffered severe injuries when struck by a Ford Focus on Middlebelt Road near Square Lake Road on Monday afternoon in West Bloomfield, officials said. The pedestrian, an adult male, was...
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Man sentenced for threat outside Jewish Federation Building
A West Bloomfield man was sentenced Tuesday for making a threat outside the Max M. Fisher Jewish Federation Building last year. Steven Daniel Zalla, 55, pleaded no contest to a felonious assault charge...
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