FARMINGTON HILLS — Having working smoke alarms in the home was the key message when the Farmington Hills Fire Department and the American Red Cross teamed up to promote home fire safety at a live controlled-room fire demonstration April 23.

STERLING HEIGHTS — The Sterling Heights Police Department is making an effort to better respond to individuals with different disabilities.

HAZEL PARK — A high-speed chase that started in Hazel Park ended in Detroit, where two men were captured and a stolen vehicle was recovered.

ROCHESTER HILLS — The Oakland University Police Department is looking to the public to help identify who took one of the university’s utility carts.

METRO DETROIT — Last May, the state’s Focused Organized Retail Crime Enforcement team — FORCE — arrested and charged six members of an alleged criminal organization responsible for the thefts of hundreds of vehicles in southeast Michigan.

ROSEVILLE — An investigation is underway to determine what caused a two-alarm fire April 22 at RCO Industries Inc., 15711 12 Mile Road.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — Many people nowadays feel the need to be constantly plugged in, but police say the consequences of doing so behind the wheel can be deadly.

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department’s Employee of the Year is someone who’s making a difference in the lives of many of the teenagers in the community.

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Police Department dispatch center received a call around 5:00 p.m. April 11 that a crime was in progress at a Verizon Wireless store located at 4301 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield, according to a press release from the WBPD.

SOUTHFIELD — Southfield Fire Department firefighters responded to a commercial structure fire in the early hours of April 8 at Plum Hollow Market, located at 21999 W. Nine Mile Road.

NOVI — A 95-year-old woman has been sentenced to nine months of home confinement for running over a Novi woman with her car, killing her, after a crash last October.

ROCHESTER HILLS — A Clarkston man has been charged with vandalizing Meadow Brook Hall, a historic mansion on the campus of Oakland University, in February.

GROSSE POINTE SHORES — Because of its small size, almost exclusively residential nature and visible police patrols, Grosse Pointe Shores has an exceptionally low crime rate.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A 33-year-old man from Harper Woods faces five felony charges in connection with a number of vehicle break-ins and theft in Bloomfield Township.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — A 31-year-old New Baltimore man was arraigned last month in connection with fleeing police March 16 in Shelby Township.

WARREN — A former Detroit Police officer who allegedly sent inappropriate text messages to a 12-year-old has received additional charges and was bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court.

FERNDALE — The Ferndale Police Department responded to shots fired in the downtown area in the early morning hours of April 13.

WARREN — A Warren man has been accused of alleged sexual contact with a dog.

OAKLAND COUNTY — A local physician who provided medical assistance to youth hockey teams recently pleaded no contest to 28 counts, including for charges of criminal sexual conduct and sexual abuse.

BERKLEY — A Berkley man who had charges in multiple cities for sexual assault now faces more charges in Berkley.