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A Pontiac man accused of sex trafficking a woman for more than a year is being held in the Oakland County Jail on a $1 million bond.
Out of 87 licensed drone pilots in the sheriff’s office, only 10 are certified for tactical missions. And some of the best pilots are not veteran deputies -- but younger recruits with more youthful experience on video game controllers.
Investigators are asking for the public to help solve the “mysterious slayings” of two men whose bodies were found along I-75 about 17 years ago.
An Oakland County mother accused of abandoning her three children for years inside a filthy home will be back in court Friday.
An Oakland County mother who allegedly left her children to live alone in squalor for years is being held on $250 million bond. Here's everything we know about the case that led to first-degree child abuse charges.
Here's what the Oakland County sheriff had to say about why three kids never asked anyone for help while they were living alone for years after being abandoned by their mother.
Three Oakland County kids didn’t attend school for years after they were abandoned by their mother and left to live alone. Here's how the schools didn't notice what was happening.
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Three children were left to live alone in a Pontiac home for years after allegedly being abandoned by their mother, and during that time, only one child ever stepped outside.
Toward the end of their time living alone after being abandoned by their mother, three Oakland County children were only given a loaf of bread to share, and it was supposed to last them three to four days, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard provided more details about how three children were left to live alone for years without anybody knowing about it.
Three children were found living alone in “absolute squalor” after their mother abandoned them for years in a Pontiac rental home.
Three children were found living alone in “absolute squalor” after their mother abandoned them for years in a Pontiac rental home.
Multiple deaths have been reported after an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter carrying three while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, according to the Associated Press.
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Three men have been arrested in the murder and robbery of 66-year-old Sam Simko of Commerce Township at his marijuana business.
Three men have been arrested in the murder and robbery of 66-year-old Sam Simko of Commerce Township at his marijuana business.
More than 1,000 methamphetamine pills that looked like Adderall were seized during a drug bust in Oakland County.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office has warned residents about scammers posing as deputies this holiday season.
Officials have released Ring camera footage of the imposter DTE workers who murdered a Rochester Hills man and duct taped his wife after entering the couple’s home in Oakland County.
A business owner was murdered and his wife was duct taped by fake DTE Energy workers who were allowed inside the couple’s Oakland County home.
An unoccupied boat was “running circles” in a Waterford Township lake before it ran out of gas, according to the sheriff’s office.
Dr. Oumair Aejaz is accused of violating people’s trust and privacy by using hidden cameras to record them.
The Oakland County sheriff referenced Larry Nassar to demonstrate the possible massive impact of a doctor who secretly filmed hundreds of unsuspecting people.
Marsalis Quintin Carter, 20, of Detroit, was posthumously honored by Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard for his courageous actions after he jumped into a lake to save a coworker from drowning.
The woman was seeking shelter at her daughter’s home and hid with her stepson in a bathroom after Gavitt reportedly got inside by breaking a window with an ax.
An Oakland County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed on Saturday night was remembered by colleagues as a hard working cop and a dedicated father and husband.
An Oakland County sheriff’s deputy who was shot and killed on Saturday night was remembered by colleagues as a hard working cop and a dedicated father and husband.
Officials have provided an update on the conditions of all nine people who were injured during the mass shooting at a splash pad in Rochester Hills.
According to HigherGround, the company behind Live911, the technology hit the market in 2020, and over 130 law enforcement agencies nationwide are using it.
Police provided an update Monday afternoon on the Rochester Hills mass shooting, discussing the 12 guns they found, the 36 bullets at the scene, and the conditions of the eight people who were injured.
A Michigan sheriff says two of the nine people wounded in a weekend shooting at a splash pad remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Nine people were injured when a gunman opened fire at a splash pad in Oakland County over the weekend. Here’s everything we know.
A gunman who shot at least eight people at a splash pad in Oakland County on Saturday killed himself after an hours-long standoff with police.
An active shooter situation resulted in at least nine people shot on Saturday at a splash pad in Oakland County, an incident police are calling random.
At least nine people were injured in a shooting at a Rochester Hills splash pad on Saturday afternoon in what police called a random incident.
The shooter and an accomplice have been charged in an Oakland County murder that stemmed from someone spitting in a sink, officials said.
Michigan’s attorney general announced charges against three Chilean nationals for their alleged connection with a string of high-end home invasions plaguing the region -- but they aren’t responsible for the latest burglaries.
Oakland County sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man who is accused of “randomly” shooting at a nurse who was driving home from work in Rochester Hills.
Surveillance footage captured organized crews as they break into expensive Southeast Michigan homes -- a recent and consistent problem in the region.
After authorities in Oakland County alerted the public to a series of “high-end burglaries,” the suspected crew behind the robberies are believed to be expanding into new areas.
A Belleville man on parole from a 2014 federal bank robbery conviction is being held on a $1 million bond after he was charged Monday with robbing an Independence Township credit union.
A Maryland teenager who Oakland County detectives linked to threatening to shoot up Oxford High School has been arrested by Maryland State Police.
A New Hudson man who posted messages on social media threatening to kill his court-appointed attorney and a Novi District Court judge after missing a court date Wednesday has been arrested.
The people pumping deadly opioids into our communities have created an even more dangerous mix that involves a substance usually found only at veterinary offices.
Two teenagers from West Bloomfield and Commerce Township have been charged in a four-car Oakland County crash that left a 13-year-old girl dead and five other people injured.
A Dearborn Heights man is facing the possibility of decades in prison after he thought he was meeting up with a 15-year-old girl for sex in Oakland County, police said.
A 13-year-old girl died while five others were injured in a hit-and-run accident after a driver fled from Oakland County police.
The Oakland County sheriff said deputies rushed into a Highland Township condo and shot and killed a man who killed his father-in-law, shot his mother-in-law and was assaulting his wife.
A series of Walmart bomb threats were made in Michigan on Monday, and officials say they may be linked.
Police say thieves are pretending to be members of law enforcement to get your money, which is precisely what happened to an Inkster woman who said she lost her life savings because of it.
An Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned after he reportedly conducted an incomplete search for a Pontiac mother and her two children who froze to death earlier this month.
A man who traveled from Illinois to Oakland County to meet a 14-year-old girl and stabbed her when she refused to have sex with him has been charged, police said.
A man who traveled from Illinois to Oakland County to meet a 14-year-old girl stabbed her when she refused to have sex with him, police said.
An Oakland County deputy is under investigation after the sheriff questioned how thoroughly he searched for a mother and two boys who were found frozen to death two days later in a Pontiac field.
Oakland County officials released a detailed timeline that outlines a Pontiac woman’s activity and contact with deputies in the days leading up to when she and her two sons froze to death in a field.
More and more details have continued to emerge after Oakland County deputies found a Pontiac mother and her two sons in a field after they froze to death over the weekend.
Oakland County officials have provided more details and a timeline of the events that led up to a mother and her two young sons freezing to death in a Pontiac wooded area.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is providing an update after a mother and two young boys were found frozen to death over the weekend in a wooded area in Pontiac.
A mother and two young boys were found frozen to death over the weekend in a wooded area in Pontiac, and a 10-year-old girl has been taken to the hospital, police said.
Police have located the BMW they believe struck and killed a Michigan State University student in Oakland County while he was home for the holidays.
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit hosted a community forum Wednesday amid growing antisemitic attacks, including a recent incident at a synagogue in Bloomfield Township.
The father of 22-year-old Ikiyonna Roselle-Goans, who was found dead on a sidewalk in Pontiac, is asking anyone who might know anything to speak up.
A couple was found dead in their Rochester Hills home by firefighters on Friday afternoon after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard are among the leaders who say something needs to be done as another problem surfaced Wednesday.
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is taking questions Monday about the Oxford High School shooter’s guilty plea.
