Police & Courts

Published January 17, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Experts want to raise awareness of human trafficking

HARPER WOODS — District 1 state Rep. Tenisha Yancey is working to educate people on what human trafficking is and how to protect people from it.

Published January 17, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Two arrested for AT&T NYE robbery

STERLING HEIGHTS — Police and prosecutors say a pair of robbers who allegedly bound three people in an AT&T on New Year’s Eve have been caught.

Published January 17, 2020

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Police investigate death of 69-year-old Roseville woman

ROSEVILLE — The Roseville Police Department is investigating the death of a 69-year-old woman as a homicide after finding her body in the detached garage at her home Jan. 14.

Published January 17, 2020

Warren Weekly

Suspect charged in spate of armed robberies

WARREN — A man suspected in a series of armed robberies in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties has been formally charged with two in Warren.

Published January 17, 2020

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Verdict announced in case of jail doctor accused of CSC

MOUNT CLEMENS — A day after jury deliberation began, a verdict was announced in court in the case of a doctor who was allegedly having inappropriate sexual relations with female inmates at the Macomb County Jail.

Published January 15, 2020

Southfield Sun

Police respond to scissor stabbing in Southfield

SOUTHFIELD — Police are investigating a Christmas Eve fight at a local salon.

Officer Sandra Hernden recently received the Officer of the Year Award from the Harper Woods Department of Public Safety. She was recognized at the Dec. 16 City Council meeting by Mayor Kenneth Poynter, left, and Public Safety Director Vincent Smith, right.

Published January 14, 2020

Advertiser Times

Harper Woods honors officer for efforts to fight auto thefts

HARPER WOODS — The city of Harper Woods recognized one of its finest, Officer Sandra Hernden, at its City Council meeting Dec. 16.

Published January 14, 2020

Woodward Talk

Ferndale officers injured in pursuit of suspected drunken driver

FERNDALE — Two Ferndale police officers were injured while arresting a suspected drunken driver after he had crashed his vehicle.

Published January 14, 2020

C&G Newspapers

Clinton Township man sentenced to life without parole for murdering sister, her boyfriend

CLINTON TOWNSHIP — Robert Leo Marzejka will spend the rest of his life in prison. On Jan. 14, Macomb County Circuit Court Judge James Biernat sentenced Marzejka, 26, to life in prison without parole for murdering his sister, Danielle Marzejka, 18, and her boyfriend, Seren Bryan, 19.

Published January 14, 2020

Warren Weekly

Suspect charged with murder in Center Line woman’s death

WARREN — Family members said 68-year-old Juliette Peterson knew William Faulkner for decades and that while they were living under the same roof, they were not in a relationship on Jan. 9, the day Faulkner allegedly stabbed her to death.

Published January 13, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Suspect in regional gun shop break-ins now in custody

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — After multiple gun shops were broken into around the metro Detroit area, local police departments teamed up to hunt down the suspects who had stolen a large number of guns from the shops.

Published January 13, 2020

Shelby - Utica News

Police investigate shooting that took place in parking lot

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department is investigating a shooting that took place Jan. 6 in a parking lot near the intersection of 23 Mile Road and Shelby Road.

Published January 10, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Woman, 80, dies in hit-and-run crash

STERLING HEIGHTS — An elderly pedestrian died while crossing Ryan Road after a car struck her the evening of Jan. 9, police said.

Published January 10, 2020

Warren Weekly

Man leads police to girlfriend’s body in Center Line apartment

CENTER LINE — The body of a 68-year-old woman was found in the bathtub of an apartment in Center Line after her boyfriend walked into the police station late on Jan. 9 and asked officers to check on her welfare.

Published January 10, 2020

Warren Weekly

Warren police arrest alleged ‘serial robber’

WARREN — Warren police said a 26-year-old parolee who remained in custody at press time is a “serial robber” with alleged ties to a series of thefts at stores in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties over the last month.

Published January 10, 2020

Woodward Talk

Berkley woman rescued from burning home

BERKLEY — Berkley public safety officers were able to rescue a resident after her home caught on fire.

Published January 9, 2020

Royal Oak Review

Former studio owner sentenced to long prison term for sexually abusing minor

CLAWSON — On Jan. 8, Oakland County Circuit Court Judge James M. Alexander sentenced Christopher David Keen, the former owner of Kaleidoscope Studio for the Performing Arts in Clawson, to up to 60 years in prison.

Published January 7, 2020

Sterling Heights Sentry

Sterling police track down suspected shoe stealers

STERLING HEIGHTS — Police are advising residents to beware when selling possessions via online or mobile app contacts following two incidents in which thieves allegedly stole brand name footwear in local parking lots.

Published January 7, 2020

Woodward Talk

Husband, wife allegedly steal guitars from Berkley music store

BERKLEY — A husband and wife were arrested after they were alleged to have stolen multiple guitars from a local business.

An office space at 30500 Northwestern Highway was the building used for the University of Farmington.

Published January 6, 2020

Farmington Press

Farmington Hills officials ‘had nothing to do’ with University of Farmington ICE investigation

FARMINGTON HILLS — After news broke nationally about the University of Farmington, a fake university set up by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations to uncover illegal student F-1 visa fraud, residents have come to Farmington Hills city officials asking about their role in the operation.