Former Oakland County deputy to stand trial, accused of filming family member
A former Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy will stand trial after a Livingston County judge found evidence he filmed a family member in a sexual way. Joseph Pierre Fortier, 47, will appear Jan. 17 before...
View Article‘This is terrorism’: University of Michigan regent’s Oakland County home...
Another home of a University of Michigan leader was vandalized, including the spray-painting of a vehicle with a pro-Palestinian slogan, a regent said Monday. UM Regent Jordan Acker said his Huntington...
View ArticleLuigi Mangione ‘had so much to offer’ — now, he is a murder suspect
By Dan Diamond, Olivia George and Annie Gowen Washington Post BALTIMORE – Luigi Mangione was a young prince of this city, his family’s name emblazoned on the walls of buildings and civic institutions....
View ArticleOakland County woman charged with embezzling $200,000 from senior citizen’s...
A South Lyon woman is charged with three counts of embezzlement after authorities say she facilitated changes in a senior citizen’s investment accounts so that she would inherit half upon his death....
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Judge sets aside 2 days for preliminary exam for man accused of raping child...
A judge has set aside two days for a preliminary exam for the case against a Pontiac man accused of killing his neighbor and raping the neighbor’s wife and young child. Timothy Legard, 50, faces 11...
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Verdict in for baby’s murder in motel room
An Oakland County jury returned with a guilty verdict Wednesday for the father of a baby found dead in a Farmington Hills motel room three years ago. Trial got underway Monday before Oakland County...
View ArticleMichigan first responders dash to safety during major crash as parts of...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Freezing rain was expected Friday for parts of the Midwest — especially Iowa, where forecasters warned about a weekend ice storm in one section of the state. The National...
View ArticleMissing Oakland County woman’s body found
The body of a Pontiac woman reported missing on Dec. 11 was found Thursday, according to sheriff’s officials. Vivian Ann Powell, 63, was considered missing and endangered, according to police, and had...
View ArticleDeny and delay: The practices fueling anger at U.S. health insurers
After a UnitedHealthcare executive was gunned down on a New York City sidewalk, an eruption of bitter online commentary celebrated the killer’s presumed motive: avenging the denial and delay of health...
View ArticleRochester Hills driver killed in multiple-vehicle crash in Macomb County...
A 44-year-old motorist from Rochester Hills was fatally injured after he was involved in a three-vehicle crash in Macomb Township, authorities reported late Monday. The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleMen accused of killing Rochester Hills man while posing as DTE staffers sent...
Two men accused of posing as DTE Energy employees were bound over for trial on Tuesday after the Oakland County medical examiner said a 72-year-old Rochester Hills man had his jaw and neck bones broken...
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Trustee demands answers about Clinton Twp. vape shop explosions
A Clinton Township trustee is asking a soon-to-be-retired emergency management coordinator for answers on actions he took — or didn’t take — concerning the deadly vape shop explosion and subsequent...
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Luigi Mangione indicted on first-degree murder in NYC for killing of...
A Manhattan grand jury on Tuesday indicted Luigi Mangione on first-degree murder and crimes reserved for suspected terrorists for the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, 26,...
View ArticleThe onetime ‘king of cocaine,’ former kingpin Rayful Edmond, dies just months...
Former drug kingpin Rayful Edmond, whose dealing fueled the 1980s crack epidemic in Washington, D.C. died Tuesday, months after being released from prison. He was 60. Edmond, when he was 25, was...
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Five family members found dead in Utah home; 17-year-old wounded
Three children under the age of 12 were found dead in a Utah home alongside both of their parents and a 17-year-old boy who was suffering from a gunshot wound, police said. Officers made the grisly...
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Report: Man allegedly found with vast amount of child porn incompetent for trial
A 66-year-old Bloomfield Township man accused of possessing a vast amount of child pornography has been determined to be not competent to stand trial. Kenneth Roger Davies underwent court-ordered...
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Case advances against Farmington Hills man accused of holding police, SWAT...
Felony charges have advanced against a Farmington Hills man who reportedly barricaded for hours in a home while armed with a sword. Brandon Mayfield, 41, is charged with assault with a dangerous...
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Woman sentenced for leaving friend after she fell from car and later died
Sentencing was handed down recently to a Wayne woman accused of leaving her injured friend after she fell out of her moving car and then died a couple days later. At a hearing in Oakland County Circuit...
View ArticleMan pleads to seventh charge of peeping at women
A man who has six prior convictions of illicitly viewing or filming unclothed women in Detroit-area restrooms pleaded no contest to seventh incident of the act at the Meijer store in Clinton Township....
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Man pleads to charge for killing motorcyclist in traffic crash
A Farmington Hills man has pleaded no contest to a traffic crash which killed a motorcyclist from Orion Township last spring. Adnan Ali Eltobji, 56, entered his plea Dec. 18 to a misdemeanor charge of...
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