CRIME & SAFETY
Teens charged in assault of Metro Detroit police officer during school fight
WARREN, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Three teens were charged Tuesday in connection with the assault of a Warren police officer during a fight at Lincoln High School.According to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, a 17-year-old juvenile from Eastpointe is charged with assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer causing injury, two counts of assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police officer, malicious destruction of property $200 or more but less than $1,000, and disturbing the peace.Danasia Kennedy Johnson, 18, of Eastpointe, is charged with assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, assaulting, resisting or obstructing a police...
Police seek person of interest linked to fatal hit-and-run on Detroit’s west side
DETROIT – The Detroit Police Department is seeking information regarding a person of interest linked to the fatal hit-and-run of a 29-year-old woman. The incident occurred on Sunday (Oct. 1) at 1:33 a.m. in the area of West Grand River Avenue and Patton Street when the unknown driver of a blue Ford Explorer with gray trim around the wheels hit the woman before fleeing the scene.
'Serial pooper' has left their mess on gravestones at Dearborn cemetery seven times since February: report
The search is on for a “serial pooper” who has been wreaking havoc on a Dearborn cemetery. The suspect has frequently “relieved themselves” multiple times at the Northview Cemetery — near Outer Drive and Military Street — in recent months.
Swan Boat Club crash arraignment • Improving air quality in Detroit • Father charged after son shoots self
TUESDAY NEWS HIT - A 66-year-old woman is expected to be arraigned on driving while intoxicated charges stemming from a crash at Monroe County's Swan Boat Club that killed two children. The woman, who lives a few hundred yards from the Berlin Township boat club, slammed into the building around...
Adrian murder case to stay in Lenawee County Circuit Court
ADRIAN — A murder case against a man accused of taking part in a shooting that killed another man in February 2023 in Adrian will proceed in Lenawee County Circuit Court. Circuit Judge Michael R. Olsaver on Wednesday denied a motion to quash the bindover from Lenawee County District Court of open murder and firearms charges against Kenyatto Tiwaine Sylvertooth, 48, of Detroit. Sylvertooth and Gage Michael Winsett, 18, of Adrian are each charged in the death of 27-year-old Jonathan Marquise Simmons of Detroit. Simmons was shot in an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles on the afternoon of Feb. 13, 2023, near the intersection of South Tecumseh and Frank streets.
Man convicted of first-degree murder in shooting death
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A man was found guilty Monday for a man’s shooting death nearly two years ago on Charleston’s West Side. The jury found Tyran Gray, who’s from Detroit, guilty of first-degree murder for the death of Norman Sweeney, 49, according to Kanawha County Circuit Court records.
Detroit Man Charged in Abduction and Assault of 10-Year-Old Girl Walking Home from School
A Detroit man is facing charges following the abduction and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl last Wednesday, officials said. Cedric Jackson, 59, allegedly lured the young girl into his home after she was walking back from Gompers Elementary School and committed the assault, investigators claim. "It is difficult to...
Driver of SUV that crashed into county road crew truck on I-75 was retired police officer
FOX 2 (WJBK) - Two crashes involving road crews shut down I-75 near Schaefer - the workers are going to be okay but one of the drivers was critically injured. The Jeep Compass overturned and mangled - missing wheels and even the engine. The driver was 48-year-old Greg Hartunian - a retired Madison Heights police officer for years before retiring.
Morning 4: Arraignment set for suspected drunk driver who crashed through Michigan birthday party -- and other news
Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let’s get to the news. Suspected drunk driver to be arraigned in deadly Monroe County kid’s birthday party crash. Charges were expected to be brought Tuesday against the woman...
Clinton Township man charged in state’s largest fentanyl bust
CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Clinton Township resident who owns a gas station in Detroit has been charged with possessing over 40 kilograms of fentanyl. Barry Willis, 55, was indicted in U.S. District Court for possession of over 400 grams of fentanyl with the intent to distribute it, possession of firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of firearms by a convicted felon. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 years imprisonment if convicted in federal court.
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