Police & Courts

St. Clair Shores Police Chief Todd Woodcox watches April 5 as Jason Allen is sworn in as the new deputy police chief by City Clerk Mary Kotowski in City Council chambers.

Published April 20, 2021

New deputy chief named at St. Clair Shores Police Department

ST. CLAIR SHORES — An officer with 27 years of experience in field training, on the Emergency Response Team and as a patrolman, is the new deputy chief of the St. Clair Shores Police Department.

Published April 20, 2021

C&G Newspapers

New police chief named in Clinton Township

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A longtime fixture in the Clinton Township Police Department is now the chief.

The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society’s Harper Woods Police Department fundraiser will benefit the K-9 unit, which includes officer Kaiser.

Published April 19, 2021

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods K-9 fundraiser breakfast to continue as takeout event

HARPER WOODS — The Grosse Pointe Animal Adoption Society is returning with its pancake breakfast fundraiser to help raise money for Harper Woods’ K-9 police unit.

Published April 16, 2021

Madison - Park News

Hazel Park remembers K-9 Lando

HAZEL PARK — He is credited with saving the life of a child, and he was so popular in the city of Hazel Park that residents won a nationwide contest voting on his behalf.

Published April 15, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Suspects arrested in road rage shooting incident

HAZEL PARK/WARREN — Four people are in jail awaiting charges after they led police on a car chase across three cities. The chase started when police received word that someone in the suspect vehicle had fired a gun at another vehicle traveling behind them.

Published April 15, 2021

C&G Newspapers

Board to vote on jail suicide case settlement

MACOMB COUNTY — After emerging from closed session, a case involving a death at the Macomb County Jail is closer to being settled.

Published April 12, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Driver mistakes pedals, crashes into restaurant

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 4:12 p.m. April 8, Royal Oak police responded to a report of a vehicle that had struck WOW Mediterranean restaurant, 1015 N. Campbell Road, just north of Gardenia Avenue.

Published April 11, 2021

Woodward Talk

Ferndale man pleads guilty to recording women undressing

FERNDALE — A Ferndale man charged with secretly recording women undressing has agreed to plead guilty.

Published April 9, 2021

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Restaurateur who shot wife pleads guilty to second-degree murder

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — A tentative plea deal may land a local restaurant owner behind bars for at least a dozen years.

Royal Oak police arrest man found in floral event business

Published April 8, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak police arrest man found in floral event business

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 2 p.m. March 30, Royal Oak police responded to a call about an unknown man inside Delux Floral, a floral event business located at 4915 Leafdale Blvd., near West 14 Mile Road and Coolidge Highway.

Published April 8, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms eliminates health care for next municipal court judge

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — With Grosse Pointe Farms’ long-standing Municipal Court Judge Matthew Rumora not running for reelection in November — he can’t because of state age restrictions on judges — the city has decided to revise its compensation package for whoever voters name as Rumora’s successor.

Published April 7, 2021

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department upgrading security camera system, coverage

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — The Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety Department is updating its departmental security camera system for increased security for officers and the public.

Published April 7, 2021

Rochester Post

Rochester Hills man charged with stealing over $1 million from U.S. Postal Service

ROCHESTER HILLS — Michael Rymar, 59, of Rochester Hills, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly embezzling government funds from the U.S. Postal Service.

Published April 7, 2021

Woodward Talk

Berkley Public Safety Department starting K-9 program

BERKLEY — The Berkley Public Safety Department soon will be bringing a K-9 unit to the city, and is asking the community to invest in its new division.

Published April 6, 2021

Woodward Talk

Crash involving 18-wheeler injures 4 in Ferndale

FERNDALE — Local authorities have responded to the scene of a serious crash in Ferndale involving an 18-wheeler.

A red Ford Mustang crashed into a home in the area of Main Street and Normandy Road March 19. Police believe that the driver was intoxicated.

Published April 6, 2021

Royal Oak Review

Driver crashes into Royal Oak home

ROYAL OAK — At approximately 8:05 p.m. March 19, Royal Oak police were en route to multiple calls about a red Ford Mustang being driven at very high speeds and running a red light on eastbound Normandy Road, near Delemere Boulevard.

Published April 6, 2021

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville man charged with death of Detroit child in crash

DETROIT — A Roseville man has been charged in connection with a fatal car crash that resulted in the death of a 9-year-old boy in Detroit.

Published April 6, 2021

C&G Newspapers

The future of the justice system

MACOMB COUNTY — For over a year now, the Macomb County judicial system has largely operated remotely, from moving court proceedings to Zoom and YouTube, to delaying in-person jury trials.

Published April 5, 2021

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Police investigate local bar after social media outcry

BIRMINGHAM — At least four investigations are in progress now, according to police, after a social media post made waves last month accusing the Rose Room bar of drugging female patrons on multiple occasions.