Madison Heights woman arrested after child’s death
A woman has been arrested following the death of a 5-year-old Madison Heights child. According to a news release from the Madison Heights Police Department, police and firefighters were transported to...
View ArticleOff-duty firefighter saves pair from burning home on John R Road
An off-duty lieutenant with the Rochester Hills Fire Department rescued two people from a house fire Wednesday morning after spotting smoke from the residence while driving by, officials said. The two...
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Clinton Twp. still paying OT costs from deadly vape shop blast
Clinton Township continues to pay costs associated with the deadly explosion at a former smoke and vape shop. Federal contractors are in the final stages of a cleanup of the Goo Smoke Shop and Select...
View ArticleMan dies from injuries 2 weeks after Clarkston Road crash
An Independence Township man died Friday at his home from injuries he suffered in a traffic crash two weeks ago, officials said. Gerald Allen Gorsline, 51, was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Silverado on...
View ArticleMultiple break-ins of restaurants reported in metro Detroit over holiday
At least 25 restaurants were burglarized this week in Oakland and Macomb counties. Several incidents happened in Troy between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, said Troy Police spokesman Sgt....
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Overdosing on cannabis — when a good time goes bad
Visit your local cannabis store and you’ll likely see a wide range of customers — from 20-somethings to gray-haired grandmas and grandpas. Some who use marijuana consistently say they turn to it for...
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Accused golf course rapist makes plea deal with prosecutors
An Oakland County businessman accused in an alleged rape on a golf course more than 20 years ago has made a plea deal with prosecutors. Kurt Rillema, 52, recently opted out of trial by pleading no...
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Mistrial declared in Wayne County murder case; victim was Farmington Hills man
A mistrial was declared Monday in Wayne County for the case against a Detroiter charged with murdering a Farmington Hills man more than four years ago. Robert Lee Bailey, Jr., 53, was charged with...
View ArticleOxford school shooter’s mother asks court to toss her manslaughter...
The mother of the Oxford High School shooter has asked an Oakland County Circuit Court judge to throw out her involuntary manslaughter conviction from earlier this year and either grant her attorney’s...
View ArticleNo word on possible charges for illegal immigrant who reportedly struck...
There’s no word yet on what charges — if any — will be filed against a driver who struck a pedestrian in Rochester Hills last month. The pedestrian died five days after being hit, the Oakland County...
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Charges filed against man accused of shooting at wife, barricading in...
A Farmington Hills man is facing multiple charges after allegedly shooting at his wife and barricading himself in their home. According to Farmington Hills Police, the alleged shooter’s wife said he...
View ArticleStolen Durango allegedly used in series of burglaries found
A black Dodge Durango that was spotted at the scene of several burglary incidents in Macomb and Oakland counties last week has been found. Sterling Heights police officers were dispatched to the Arby’s...
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Human trafficking, drug, prostitution charges filed against Waterford man
A Waterford Township man is facing charges for human trafficking and several other crimes, as reported Tuesday by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office. Quincy Lamar Bland, 43, is in the Oakland...
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United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson killed by masked gunman outside Hilton...
Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Healthcare, was killed by a masked gunman early Wednesday outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown where he was expected to speak to a ballroom full of colleagues, officials...
View ArticleFormer O.J. Simpson bodyguard claims to have recording of murder confession
Police in Minnesota may have a recording of O.J. Simpson confessing to the 1994 double murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, obtained as part of a search warrant in a separate investigation....
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Appeals court: Year in jail and probation adequate for teen who threw lye on...
The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a claim by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office that an Ortonville teen didn’t receive an adequate sentence for her role in her father’s death — that happened...
View ArticleOakland County gymnastics photographer sentenced to prison for distributing...
An Oakland County freelance photographer who federal agents say is well-known in the gymnastics community has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to distribution of...
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Youth gymnastics photographer from Royal Oak sentenced to federal prison
A youth gymnastics photographer from Oakland County has been ordered to spend seven years in federal prison followed by a lengthy period on probation for distributing child pornography. Charged after...
View ArticleOakland County woman sentenced for posing as health care worker, ID theft
An Oakland County woman convicted of impersonating a health care worker, identity theft, and intimidating a witness, has been sentenced to prison, officials said. Kimberly Coden, 38, learned Tuesday in...
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VIDEO: Killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson stalked victim outside...
Harrowing video obtained by the Daily News of the last moments of UnitedHeathcare CEO Brian Thompson’s life provides new insight into the targeted killing Wednesday — and the abject coolness the...
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