Two of four suspects in fatal explosion at Troy medical facility post bond
By Max Reinhart, The Detroit News Two of the four people charged in the hyperbaric chamber explosion that killed a young boy at a Troy medical facility have posted bond, while the bond amount was...
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COMET officers seize $500,000 worth of illegal drugs and cash in two raids
A Macomb County-based undercover drug task force conducted two major drug busts in Detroit, Oakland County and elsewhere that netted a combined street value of over $500,000, authorities said Thursday....
View ArticleCannabis processor kicked out of Michigan’s weed industry for various violations
Michigan’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency has permanently closed the marijuana processor license that had been held by two people running a marijuana pre-roll business in Hazel Park. The former licensees,...
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Prominent pastor accused of sex crime; attorney calls it ‘ridiculous’
A prominent 82-year-old pastor of a Pontiac church with vast community involvement has been accused of a sex crime in Rochester Hills — an allegation his attorney said is “ridiculous.” The Reverend...
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17 years after slain men found along I-75 near Clarkston, detectives still...
Nearly 17 years after the decomposing bodies of two men were found along I-75 in Independence Township, investigators have not given up on determining who killed them. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Cold...
View ArticleMichigan’s updated child car seat safety requirements go into effect this week
Starting this Wednesday, April 2, Michigan’s expanded car seat rules for children go into effect. The updated child passenger safety law requires children under two years of age to be in a rear-facing...
View Article2 lawmakers seek to regulate hyperbaric chambers in Michigan
By Hannah Mackay, The Detroit News DETROIT — An effort to license and regulate hyperbaric oxygen chambers in Michigan appears to be picking up momentum after the death of a 5-year-old boy who was...
View Article3 killed when tree hits vehicle in Michigan and damage reported in the South...
KALAMAZOO (AP) — Three family members died after a tree struck their vehicle in Michigan as powerful storms swept across the region, authorities said, and more potentially dangerous weather was...
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Paroled sex offender pleads to charges for kidnap, rape, torture of child
A convicted sex offender accused of kidnapping, raping and otherwise torturing a Farmington Hills child in Farmington Hills — a few months after being released from prison — has opted out of trial by...
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Trial scheduled for man accused of killing neighbor, raping woman and child
Trial is scheduled for a Pontiac man accused of killing his neighbor, and raping the homicide victim’s wife and child. As set during a pretrial hearing Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court, jury...
View ArticleClinton Township man accused of prostituting woman, human trafficking in...
By Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News A Clinton Township felon accused in the human trafficking of a Saginaw woman in Oakland County has been charged, officials said. Marcell Davon Joseph, 24, was...
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Stepdad of child who shot self: ‘It broke us mentally; we want our boy home’
A Madison Heights couple whose son got ahold of one of their guns and shot himself was sentenced Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court. Jacob Gean and Jessie Gean were sentenced by Judge David Cohen...
View ArticleCommerce Twp. family sues Disney, claims employee filmed up child’s skirt
By Hannah Mackay, The Detroit News A Commerce Township family is suing Walt Disney Parks and Resorts and an employee, alleging the staff member at a Florida theme park filmed up the skirt of their...
View Article3 Farmington Hills police officers on ventilators after house fire; total of...
By Charles E. Ramirez, The Detroit News Three Farmington Hills police officers are on ventilators, in serious but stable condition, in the burn unit at DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital after they entered...
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Verdict in for murder outside Pontiac motorcycle club
A Pontiac man with a history of felony convictions was handed a few more Tuesday at the conclusion of a jury trial in Oakland County Circuit Court. Malcolm Robert Boykin, 56, was found guilty of...
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Judge agrees to drop accused killer’s lawyer from Sam Simko murder case
One of four Ohio men facing charges in connection with the armed robbery and murder of marijuana businessman Sam Simko of Commerce Township is getting a new court-appointed lawyer due to a conflict...
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More sex crime charges involving teens filed against Berkley man
Additional felony charges have been filed in Oakland County against a Berkley man accused of sex crimes against underage girls. Darren Joshua Bradford, 24, was already facing one count of third-degree...
View ArticleJudge denies motion to remove prosecutors from Crumbley’s mother’s case
By Kara Berg, The Detroit News A judge has denied Jennifer Crumbley’s request to remove Oakland County prosecutors from her case, in part because she does not have jurisdiction to rule on it, and will...
View ArticlePolice: Report of gunman at Macomb County high school was unfounded
Clinton Township police said reports of a student being armed with a gun at Chippewa Valley High School on Tuesday afternoon were unfounded. The police department received a 911 call from what was...
View Article“Highly sophisticated crew” suspected of 21 home burglaries arrested by...
Law enforcement officials arrested five suspects last week in the burglaries of 21 homes in Aurora, police announced Tuesday. The suspects, all identified as Colombian nationals, were part of a “highly...
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