TROY — At 7:54 a.m. Jan. 31, the Troy Fire Department and the Troy Police Department responded to a report of a hyperbaric chamber explosion that killed a 5-year-old boy from Royal Oak.  The explosion took place at the Oxford Center, located at 165 Kirts Blvd.

ROSEVILLE/WARREN — The ex-boyfriend of a missing Warren mother is now facing additional charges after police said that DNA collected at what they believe to be the crime scene was matched to her.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Sterling Heights man has been found guilty on five charges related to 2023 sexual assaults following a jury trial.

ROSEVILLE — Green and mahogany balloons floated above a large crowd that gathered in an apartment complex in Roseville. Police vehicles with lights on kept the streets blocked while officers walked through the crowd, offering condolences and support. People struggled to keep candles lit in the cold weather.

ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Fire Department soon will be fighting fires using its brand-new Rosenbauer King Cobra aerial truck. 

MACOMB COUNTY — The baby wasn’t going to wait. The mother’s water broke, and contractions were a minute apart. That was the scenario a dispatcher at the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Center was faced with early Dec. 29.

WARREN — Late last year, the Warren City Council approved $1.1 million for the Warren Fire Department to replace its “obsolete” radios.

ROCHESTER HILLS — A Pontiac man with a long criminal history was recently arraigned on felony charges in connection with a series of thefts and home invasions in Rochester Hills.

OAKLAND COUNTY — A West Bloomfeld man will head to prison after being convicted of a sexual assault that took place at a local golf club over 20 years ago.

BERKLEY — A vehicle pursuit in Berkley ended with an SUV crashing into a home.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A Clinton Township man was arraigned Jan. 14 for a litany of charges stemming from an incident where he allegedly held his child and the child’s mother at gunpoint.

BERKLEY — Disaster was averted as the Berkley Public Safety Department prevented a house from catching on fire and saved the lives of three chickens.

WARREN — A Detroit man was arraigned in 37th District Court in Warren Jan. 8 on charges that he shot at a police officer’s house on two different occasions.

EASTPOINTE — A Detroit man faces life in prison after allegedly driving to the home of his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend and shooting him in the chest, nearly killing him, before barricading himself at his own home and shooting through the front door at responding officers.

EASTPOINTE — An Eastpointe man was sentenced to four years in prison Jan. 7 in Macomb County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to fatally shooting his brother in their home in Eastpointe in 2023.

STERLING HEIGHTS — A Detroit rapper was arrested earlier this month on an outstanding warrant after a traffic stop by Sterling Heights police.

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — On New Year’s Eve, a driver sinking into an apartment complex retention pond was rescued by a team of Clinton Township police officers.

OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — A 57-year-old woman from Oakland Township was arrested after police discovered more than 1,150 methamphetamine pills and over $37,000 in cash in her home.

WIXOM — With the assistance of the public, police have identified a suspect who allegedly robbed the Chillbox gas station on the corner of Wixom Road and Grand River Avenue in Wixom, on the border with Novi, Dec. 21.

WARREN — Firefighters from the city of Warren used their new Seek thermal cameras to navigate their way through the fire and black smoke of a simulated flashover fire during a training session last month.