DETROIT – Michigan State Police said a Detroit man wanted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in July was officially charged and arraigned for the incident. Valerian Kobaidze, 32, was arraigned Thursday on charges of operating while intoxicated causing death, fail to stop at accident when in fault resulting in death and reckless driving causing death. The incident happened on July 14 on Interstate 75 southbound near Seven Mile Road. While the case being reviewed, Kobaidze left the state of Michigan and went to New York. State troopers assigned to the Second District Fugitive Team picked Kobaidze up from the New York City Sheriff’s Office Wednesday and brought back to Michigan.

DETROIT Two police officers were taken to a hospital after a hit-and-run crash on Detroits west side. Police were driving on West Chicago when a driver blew a stop sign and hit their car. The cruiser spun, hit a tree, caught fire and now is totaled. The officers are expected to be OK. The driver fled the scene in a white or tan Nissan Pathfinder.