Police & Courts

First responders, including EMS personnel, police officers, doctors and dispatchers, gathered at St. Clair Shores Central Fire Station March 14 to meet James Lombardo, who passed out while driving in December because of a cardiac event.

Published March 22, 2019

Man has opportunity to thank first responders who saved his life

ST. CLAIR SHORES — James Lombardo was traveling down Jefferson Avenue, near 12 Mile Road, on Dec. 28 when he remembers feeling not quite right.

From left, new K-9 Officer Travis Kaufman stands with current K-9 officers Gerald Chomos and Tom Price. Kaufman and Price will get their new dogs in April.

Published March 22, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

New K-9s coming to St. Clair Shores

ST. CLAIR SHORES — Five months after the death of police K-9 Axe, St. Clair Shores police officers will choose two new German shepherd dogs to become members of the force.

Published March 22, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Three injured in Roseville parking lot shooting

ROSEVILLE — Three individuals were hospitalized and one was charged following a shooting in the parking lot of a Roseville restaurant.

Published March 22, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Bowling alley attacker pleads guilty, gets 12 months in prison

ROSEVILLE — One of the two suspects charged in the assault of an employee at the Apollo Lanes Bowling Alley in Roseville last October was sentenced to one year in prison after he pleaded guilty as charged.

Published March 21, 2019

Warren Weekly

Warren school club president faces embezzlement, drug charges

WARREN — Investigators allege that the president of the PEP Club at Westview Lower Elementary School in the Fitzgerald Public Schools district stole more than $13,000 since last October by failing to pay invoices for fundraisers and instead withdrawing money or writing checks for cash.

Published March 21, 2019

Warren Weekly

Warren home invasion suspect flees police, crashes in Detroit

WARREN — A series of events that began with a police chase after a dispatch run to an attempted break-in in Warren ended with a crash in Detroit that left a 38-year-old woman in critical condition late March 19.

Published March 21, 2019

Macomb Township Chronicle

Fiacco sentenced to 50-70 years in prison for Macomb County murder

Andrew Fiacco was sentenced to a minimum of 50 years in prison on March 21.

Published March 21, 2019

West Bloomfield Beacon

West Bloomfield board to consider ballot options for public safety, safety path millages

WEST BLOOMFIELD — The West Bloomfield Township Board of Trustees will soon finalize the language for two proposals that residents will vote on this summer: a safety path millage renewal, possibly with a small increase, and a public safety millage replacement that covers 70 percent of the community’s police, fire and paramedic services.

Published March 21, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Roseville police investigate shooting at Meadows apartments

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Police Department is searching for the suspect in a shooting that took place March 20 in the 31000 block of Nardelli Lane, near Interstate 94 and Masonic Boulevard.

Published March 21, 2019

Troy Times

Woman found dead in Troy home, suspect arrested

TROY — Police arrested a suspect in Oak Park after a welfare check on a 61-year-old woman at a home on Shelley Drive, in the Stephenson Highway and Rochester Road area, revealed that the woman had been the victim of an apparent homicide.

Published March 20, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Utica man pleads no contest in dog stabbing case

UTICA — The Utica man who is accused of stabbing a dog in a Utica park pleaded no contest during his arraigned March 18 in Mount Clemens. Alexander Gerth, 23, of Utica, was arraigned in front of Judge Richard Caretti at the 16th Circuit Court.

Published March 20, 2019

Farmington Press

Galloway set for June pretrial in Stislicki murder case

FARMINGTON HILLS — For over two years, everyone has been wondering what happened to Danielle Stislicki.

Published March 20, 2019

Southfield Sun

Former union president sentenced for embezzling funds

SOUTHFIELD — The former president of a local union was recently sentenced for embezzling over $300,000 in union funds.

Published March 20, 2019

C&G Newspapers

Suspect involved in Macomb Township police chase, car crash sentenced

MACOMB TOWNSHIP — A Mount Clemens woman was sentenced on March 12, half a year after she was arrested for a handful of crimes.

Published March 19, 2019

Fraser - Clinton Township Chronicle

Clinton Township police to restart K-9 unit

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — On March 11, the Clinton Township Board of Trustees unanimously voted to restart the Clinton Township Police Department’s K-9 unit.

Published March 19, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Royal Oak police: Serious crime down for another year

ROYAL OAK — On March 11, the Royal Oak Police Department released its 2018 annual report, which highlighted a downward trend of crime in the city.

Published March 19, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Former Clawson dance studio owner bound over to circuit court

CLAWSON — On March 14, Judge Maureen McGinnis, of the 52-4 District Court in Troy, bound over a Birmingham man accused of sexually assaulting a minor to Oakland County Circuit Court with additional charges.

Published March 19, 2019

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods woman charged with murder in boyfriend’s death

HARPER WOODS — A Harper Woods woman has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend. Police identified the suspect as 23-year-old Nija Starke and the deceased as 44-year-old Harper Woods resident Eugene Jones Jr.