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Man caught smoking marijuana at bus stop
SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM. DONATE TO DOWNTOWN NEWSMAGAZINE. After getting caught smoking marijuana at a public bus stop near the area of Maple and Woodward Avenue in Birmingham, a Detroit man was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant. Birmingham police reported they received a call about the man smoking around 7...
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Heath found guilty of voluntary manslaughter after shooting in Howell
The former owner of a downtown tattoo shop was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter Nov. 12 in Livingston County's 44th Circuit Court. Jeremy Heath, 50, of Clarkston, was accused of shooting and killing Sean Thompson in June 2024 at Metro Studios Ink on Grand River Avenue in Howell. He was charged with one count of open murder, two counts of felony firearms, one count of carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. Open murder is usually a combination of first- and second-degree murder, to be decided by the jury based on the evidence presented at trial. For this case, voluntary manslaughter was also allowed consideration. More: Trial begins for tattoo shop owner accused of murder in Howell The trial before Judge Matthew McGivney began with opening arguments Nov. 2. In his opening statement, assistant prosecuting attorney James Puzzouli argued the murder was premeditated, saying Heath — who was then part-owner of the tattoo shop — was jealous of Thompson. “He did it intentionally," Puzzouli said. "He did it with forethought. He thought about it before he came to the tattoo shop that day, when he made the conscious decision to bring the
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Suspect in murder of missing Warren woman refuses to attend own trial
MOUNT CLEMENS — What happened to Ashley Elkins of Warren? It's a question Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Carrie Seward left the jury with during opening statements on Nov. 13 in Macomb Circuit Court at the trial for Deandre Booker, Elkins' ex-boyfriend and the man accused of killing her. Elkins, a mother of two, was last seen Jan. 2, 2025, entering Booker's apartment complex. Her blood was later found all over his bathroom. Her hair, an earring and a fired bullet were found in the drain of his bathtub. Police were never able to find any video of Elkins leaving Booker's apartment, but found surveillance video of Booker using a shopping cart to transport large trash bags to a dumpster multiple apartment complexes over, which showed him struggling to lift the bags into the dumpster. When police checked the dumpster a few days later, they found Elkins' blood pooled at the bottom. But Elkins' body has never been found. "Deandre Booker killed Ashley Elkins on January 2, 2025, cleaned up the scene to get rid of any evidence, put her body in garbage bags, put her in a dumpster, never to be seen again, then lied to police about it," Seward