Avoid being scammed while buying, selling Detroit Lions tickets
Those seeking to purchase or sell tickets to the Detroit Lions home playoff game Saturday night should take precautions against being scammed, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said Monday. The...
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Family of missing Macomb County mother sets up donation account for her two...
The family of a Warren woman who has been missing for nearly two weeks has set up a GoFundMe site to benefit her two young children. Ashley Elkins, 30, has been the subject of a police search most...
View ArticlePontiac marijuana businessman from Commerce Township shot dead
An investigation is underway after a Pontiac businessman from Commerce Township was discovered fatally shot Monday night, officials said. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the body of...
View ArticleNJ school custodian admits to tainting kids’ food with urine, feces
A former New Jersey school custodian is facing up to eight years in prison after admitting to tainting cafeteria food and utensils with urine, feces and bleach to make children sick. Giovanni A....
View ArticleNew York man found beaten to death in ambulette was groundbreaking rocker
The Bronx man found beaten to death Monday inside an ambulette he was driving was a groundbreaking musician and devoted member of a collective dedicated to promoting all genres of Black music. Peter...
View ArticleFirefighters need better weather to fight California’s flames. When will they...
By DANA BELTAJI The Associated Press Fire danger remains high in parts of Los Angeles that have been ablaze for days, but there is hope that better weather over the weekend will give firefighters...
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Macomb County prosecutor expected to make announcement on missing mom case...
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office is expected to announce additional criminal charges against the chief suspect in the disappearance of Ashley Elkins on Wednesday or Thursday, officials said...
View ArticleMetro Detroit rapper Cash Kidd to face trial in NJ on threat charge
Warren rapper “Cash Kidd” has posted bond after spending a month in the Macomb County Jail and is scheduled to face trial next month in New Jersey on the allegation he made a threat at a business...
View ArticleTwo dead in wrong-way, head-on crash in Troy
Two drivers — one from Oakland County, the other from Macomb County — were killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash in Troy on Tuesday morning, officials said. According to the Troy Police Department, it...
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Pontiac felon accused of shooting acquaintance, taking thousands of stolen...
A felon on parole for an armed robbery conviction is accused of taking thousands of stolen dollars from an acquaintance and then shooting him, officials said. The felon, Jamarieai Burns, 30, of...
View Article3 arrested for slaying of marijuana business owner from Commerce Township
Three men have been charged in connection with Monday’s slaying of Commerce Township’s Sam Simko, who reportedly ran a marijuana grow business in Pontiac where the homicide occurred, officials said....
View ArticleMother files suit, claims Oakland County deputies shot son in back 9 times
The mother of a Black man is suing the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, alleging deputies shot her son in the back nine times and killed him in 2023. A complaint was filed last week in the U.S....
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Former Oakland County businessman sentenced for 1999 sex assault on golf course
A former Oakland County businessman is headed to prison for a sex assault on a golf course more than 20 years ago. Kurt Rillema, 53, recently opted out of trial by pleading no contest to added charges...
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Sister of slain Macomb County woman warned her not to go to estranged...
A Mount Clemens woman said she warned her sister who was fatally shot by her estranged husband not to go to his home to pick up two of her children the night he killed her. Kelly Femminineo testified...
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Search for missing Macomb County mother enters fourth day
Police officers searching for the body of missing mother Ashley Elkins plan to return to a Macomb County landfill Thursday for a fourth straight day of scouring a section of the trash dump....
View ArticleOak Park man accused of sex crimes against children
A 25-year-old Oak Park man is facing multiple charges of criminal sexual conduct involving his two young relatives, officials said. Russell Wilson, Jr., 25, is charged with two counts of first-degree...
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Troy announces new police chief
The City of Troy has a new chief of police, Josh Jones — a 25-year veteran of the department. Jones began his career with the Troy Police Department in 2000 as a patrol officer, advancing to sergeant...
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Man sentenced for murdering his baby
A man who murdered his baby in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole, as expected, by an Oakland County judge. At a Jan. 16 hearing in Oakland County Circuit Court, Judge Jeffery...
View Article12 communities scramble to absorb spike in sheriff costs
Twelve Oakland County communities that contract with the sheriff’s office for law enforcement services are scrambling to figure out how they’ll cover a roughly 33% rate increase over three years,...
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Authorities end search for the remains of missing mother in Macomb landfill
Authorities ended their seven-day search of a portion of a landfill in northern Macomb County on Sunday evening as they continued to investigate the disappearance of missing mother Ashley Elkins....
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