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Published July 18, 2019

Shelby - Utica News

Police request assistance in finding missing Shelby Township man

SHELBY TOWNSHIP — The Shelby Township Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a missing man.

Published July 17, 2019

Warren Weekly

Worker survives shock while trimming branches in Warren

WARREN — Note to anyone clearing brush along power lines near your property: Be very careful, because branches or tools that go near or touch high-voltage wires can result in serious injury or a quick death.

Published July 16, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Shooting and chase starts in Detroit, ends at Pier Park

GROSSE POINTE FARMS — A shooting and wild car chase involving at least three vehicles that started in Detroit ended up with one vehicle in Lake St. Clair early Saturday morning.

Published July 15, 2019

Birmingham - Bloomfield Eagle

Residents report Nazi flyers in neighborhoods

BIRMINGHAM/ROYAL OAK — A couple of weeks ago, as Sandra Thake and her husband pulled up to a stop light at Adams Road and Hazel Street, she couldn’t believe what she spotted on a utility pole outside her window: a black and white flyer encouraging readers to join the new Nazi party.

The house where Tom Ihlendfeldt barricaded himself in the basement, shooting at police intermittently for more than 24 hours, is now boarded up as the police investigation continues.

Published July 12, 2019

St. Clair Shores Sentinel

911 calls reveal details of shooting, barricaded gunman incident

ST. CLAIR SHORES — What began as a celebration of the nation’s birthday resulted in a standoff that lasted more than a day and left two people dead and two others injured.

Published July 12, 2019

Roseville - Eastpointe Eastsider

Eastpointe police seize 2 alligators from local business

EASTPOINTE — The Eastpointe Police Department took a bite out of crime July 9 with the seizure of two alligators from a local business.

Published July 12, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Machine full of oil burns at Ford Sterling Axle Plant

STERLING HEIGHTS — Firefighters wasted no time getting the wheels rolling on putting out an early morning fire July 9 at the Ford Sterling Axle Plant, according to the Sterling Heights Fire Department.

Published July 12, 2019

Warren Weekly

Council spars over number of medical pot licenses in Warren

WARREN — A move to increase the number of licenses for medical marijuana dispensaries sparked a heated discussion among the mostly lame-duck members of the Warren City Council July 9.

Published July 11, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Macomb County Sheriff’s Office investigating potential counterfeit check ring

MOUNT CLEMENS — The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a possible counterfeit check ring that involves checks looking identical to those issued by the Sheriff’s Office itself.

Published July 11, 2019

Troy Times

Fire displaces Troy apartment residents

TROY — A kitchen fire in one unit left residents in four apartments homeless at a complex on Coolidge Highway, north of Maple Road.

Published July 10, 2019

Troy Times

Lanes of I-75 will close tonight from Square Lake to 14 Mile

TROY — Traffic lanes on northbound Interstate 75 from Big Beaver Road to Crooks Road are set to be closed, depending on the weather, 9:30 p.m.-5 a.m. July 10-11.

Published July 9, 2019

Troy Times

Toxic fumes force Troy family from home

TROY — Katrina Rende said they noticed the smell May 1.

Published July 9, 2019

Warren Weekly

Suspect in Warren attempted robbery, theft arrested in Detroit

WARREN — A man accused of using a pocketknife during an attempted robbery at a Family Dollar and then stealing a customer’s wallet at a nearby 7-Eleven about a half-hour later was arrested in Detroit July 7.

Fire crews responded to a machine fire at the Ford Sterling Axle Plant July 9.

Published July 9, 2019

Sterling Heights Sentry

Machine full of oil burns at Ford Axle Plant

STERLING HEIGHTS — Firefighters were called to the scene, near Mound and 17 Mile roads, around 4:43 a.m. on a report that a production machine had caught fire. They reportedly arrived around three minutes later, saw smoke and learned from workers that the burning machine contained 30,000 gallons of oil.

Published July 9, 2019

Warren Weekly

Three charged with involuntary manslaughter in Warren beating death

WARREN — Three men accused of inflicting a beating that resulted in the death of another man went before a judge in Warren July 5 where they were arraigned on the charge of involuntary manslaughter.

Published July 9, 2019

Troy Times

Troy police seek leads on fatal crash

TROY — Police are seeking witnesses after a two-car crash at about 2:15 p.m. July 8 left a Macomb Township woman dead.

Published July 9, 2019

Mount Clemens - Clinton - Harrison Journal

Missing boater found safe after late-night search of Lake St. Clair

HARRISON TOWNSHIP — A 43-year-old St. Clair Shores man who reportedly jumped from a moving boat into Lake St. Clair the evening of July 8 was found safe and uninjured after a late-night search, the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office reports.

Published July 8, 2019

Grosse Pointe Times

Grosse Pointe Farms officer saves suicidal man

FARMS — A Grosse Pointe Farms Public Safety officer is being credited with preventing a man from taking his own life.

Published July 8, 2019

Royal Oak Review

Man charged in Clawson bank robbery

CLAWSON — On Monday, July 8, a 23-year-old Southfield man was arraigned on five felony charges after police say he robbed KeyBank, 330 W. 14 Mile Road in Clawson, two days earlier.