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Trial scheduled for Pontiac felon accused of killing teen girl

Trial is scheduled in Oakland County Circuit court for a Pontiac felon accused of killing a teen girl last year. Jury selection is set to begin April 21, 2025 for the case against K’Nique Lawrence, 33,...

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Oakland County man injured, passenger killed in mid-Michigan crash

A West Bloomfield Township man was injured and a passenger in the car he was driving died in a two-vehicle crash in mid-Michigan on Thursday, Oct. 3. The Montcalm County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched...

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Two UM leaders’ homes vandalized on anniversary of Hamas attacks

Two homes owned by University of Michigan leaders were vandalized Monday on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas including the West Bloomfield home owned by President Santa...

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Psych testing ordered for man accused of killing neighbor, raping victim’s...

A Pontiac man accused of killing his neighbor and raping the neighbor’s wife and young daughter will undergo a psychological evaluation for competency, as ordered by a judge. At a recent hearing in...

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Guacamole shooting case: Detroiter pleads to 2 charges, 2 others dropped for...

Prosecutors made a deal Monday with a Detroiter accused of shooting a restaurant employee over the amount of guacamole he got with his food order at an Oakland County restaurant. The victim was shot in...

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Free programs to help seniors avoid financial fraud and other scams going on

Seniors are a major target for scams, but the more they know the less chance they have of becoming victims. To provide them with the information and tools they need, Gesher Humans Services and...

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Trial scheduled for man accused in fatal hit-and-run

Jury selection is set to begin Jan. 13, 2025 in Oakland County Circuit Court for the trial of a Lake Orion charged with multiple felonies for a hit-and-run that killed an Auburn Hills man in June....

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Brick thrown through Trenton church glass door during Sunday school preparation

While preparing for Sunday school, members of a church in Trenton were startled by the sound of a glass door shattering. The incident occurred at about 3:17 p.m. on Sept. 19. According to a police...

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Jury says not guilty: Man acquitted of murder in Macomb County apartment...

An Eastpointe man was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 slaying of a Chesterfield Township man during a physical confrontation and struggle over a gun. A Macomb County jury acquitted...

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2 shot to death in Pontiac

The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the fatal shooting of two men in Pontiac on Tuesday. The names of the victims have not yet been released pending notification of next of kin, but...

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West Bloomfield teen headed to prison for crash that killed 13-year-old...

More than four months after pleading to manslaughter and other charges for a traffic crash that killed a young girl from Commerce Township and injured several others, a West Bloomfield teen was...

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Former doctor pleads to disability fraud

A former osteopath from Oakland County has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a bogus disability insurance claim resulting in her receiving fraudulent payments for years. In an 11-month delayed...

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Detroiter nabbed for double homicide in Pontiac; shootings tied to dice game...

A 32-year-old Detroit man who allegedly shot to death two men in Pontiac on Tuesday because he was angry over losing $80 in a dice game is in custody at the Oakland County Jail with charges pending,...

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Man accused of making online threats against Oakland County Road Commission...

A Lincoln Park man is accused of threatening to beat an Oakland County road commission worker to death after being cited for driving recklessly through a construction zone. The Oakland County...

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Suspect arrested, but no hate crime evidence in robbery at rabbi’s home,...

Police arrested a man Sunday in connection to an armed robbery at the Southfield home of a rabbi on Wednesday night, just hours after the Jewish holy holiday of Rosh Hashana began. Bryson Bijon Trice,...

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Sentencing handed to Holly man who recorded his years-long sexual abuse of...

A Holly man will likely spend the rest of his life in federal prison for sexually assaulting three children — including an infant — and documenting it on film and his cell phone. Jeremy McCallum, 48,...

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Rochester Hills doctor charged with sexually assaulting, recording 6-year-old

A Rochester Hills doctor already accused of secretly filming people in changing rooms at a local swim school is facing 17 new felony charges in connection with a series of alleged sexual assaults on a...

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Commerce Township man charged for ‘swatting’ call

A Commerce Township man has been charged in connection with allegedly faking a crime to get police to rush to a scene in Wayne County. Devin O’Leary, 34, allegedly called and said he had “just killed...

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Oakland County man pleads guilty to tax evasion

An Oakland County man pleaded guilty on Thursday to evading approximately $318,000 in federal income taxes. Paul Kozowicz, 75, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion after intentionally failing to...

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Sheriff says Rochester Hills man killed in home by two men posing as utility...

The death of a 72-year-old Rochester Hills man is being investigated by Oakland County Sheriff’s officials after his body was found in the basement of his home Friday. Police are calling it an apparent...

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