This is the story of two Michigan women -- both victims of human trafficking -- who were sentenced and served their time for crimes they committed.

Prosecution gave closing arguments in the trial against four men accused in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is nearing its end.

Testimony is back underway this week in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Testimony is back underway this week in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Testimony is back underway in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter appeared in court on Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.

People spend a lot of money to help keep their homes secure, and these days that often includes a doorbell with a camera. But what if a thief steals the camera itself?

The trial against four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continued on Thursday.

The parents of the accused Oxford High School shooter appeared in court on Tuesday for a pretrial hearing.

A brawl captured on camera inside Greektown Casino is raising questions about the response from police. Why did troopers hang back instead of trying to break up the fight?

Testimony resumed on Thursday in the trial of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

In the wake of the Oxford High School shooting, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is pushing for the court to stop using the name of the accused shooter.

Will the results of a polygraph test that Floyd Galloway took be admissible in the trial against him? Galloway is facing charges in connection with the murder of Danielle Stislicki.

Prosecutors in the trial of four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer played secretly recorded audio for jurors in a Grand Rapids courtroom on Thursday.

Shu Harris, also known as “Mama Shu,” helped her neighborhood rebuild and now she needs help from police after her son was murdered.

Opening statements and first testimony were given in the trial of the four men charged with plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

After months of hearings, the jury has been selected in the federal trial of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Funeral home directors are speaking out about how they’re treated by the Wayne County Morgue.

The Wayne County Morgue was forced to dig up the body of a person who was identified as a woman at the time of burial because that woman is actually alive and well. The body has since been identified as a missing man.

You put a lot of trust in smart devices, to make things easier and more convenient.

The Wayne County Morgue was forced to dig up the body of a person who was identified as a woman at the time of burial because that woman is actually alive and well. The body has since been identified as a missing man.

A grassroots group of neighbors and activists hit the streets of Detroit on Wednesday, hoping to find clues in a murder case that’s gone unresolved.

Police are hoping the public can help provide them with some information after a woman was struck in a hit-and-run crash in Melvindale.

Did Eastern Michigan University officials disregard reports of sexual assault and discourage victims from reporting their attacks?

Police in Detroit have been working to get illegal guns off the streets.

A Metro Detroit auto dealership is one of the most recent victims in a string of thefts.

A guilty plea by a member of the Wolverine Watchmen group has revealed more about the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Brendan Santo, 18, was visiting friends at Michigan State University over Halloween weekend last year when he went missing.

The Wayne County Morgue medical examiner was called in to answer questions after the Local 4 Defenders exposed months of mistakes in the morgue.

I’ll admit I was a bit nervous driving up to East Lansing to meet private investigator Ryan Robison.

Michigan Rep. Jewell Jones was back in court on Monday for a hearing related to his controversial arrest on suspicion of drunk driving last April.

Why did it take two years for the Wayne County Morgue to positively identify a man’s remains when his ID was found near him?

I’ve exposed several issues at the Wayne County Morgue and the investigation isn't over yet.

A father of 4 was found murdered in a Detroit backyard.

In the wake of a frightening bridge collapse in Pennsylvania, the Local 4 Defenders reveal several Metro Detroit bridges that were supposed to be replaced months ago.

Attorneys for the teen accused of injuring seven and killing four students at Oxford High School plan to pursue an insanity defense, according to a court filing.

Reports of hazing at De La Salle High School led Warren police to investigate and now one of the football players named in the scandal is suing the department.

The DEA is warning of a deadly trend involving the type of illicit drugs coming into Metro Detroit.

A woman was found by Detroit police inside the basement of a home with severe burns. Police say her boyfriend use lighter fluid to set her on fire.

A housekeeper is accused of stealing from families in several Metro Detroit communities including Grosse Pointe, Sylvan Lake, West Bloomfield and Birmingham.

There have been multiple new developments in the disappearance of a 17-year-old from Eastpointe.

Police said all signs are pointing to the human remains police discovered at a home on Detroit’s west side as belonging to a missing mother of four.

The superintendent of Oxford Community Schools released a letter he hopes will dispel some of the rampant misinformation surrounding the shooting.

Human remains were found inside a home on Detroit’s west side and they’re believed to belong to a missing mother of four.

When drivers flee police during a traffic stop it puts themselves, officers and innocent bystanders in danger.

The Detroit office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported a massive increase in seizures of illegal drugs, guns and money in 2021.

Accused Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley appeared in court on Wednesday as his case entered a new phase.

It was Jan. 12, 2010 when a local mother disappeared after leaving an evening church service.

More information about how federal agents were able to get audio recordings of a group of men accused of plotting to kidnap and kill Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The chief of Detroit police said crime is down in the city.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald argued in a court filing Thursday that bond should not be lowered for the parents of the suspected Oxford High School shooter.

A civil rights investigation is underway over a serious allegation about race that was made by one Detroit firefighter against another.

Police in Dearborn want residents to know they don’t have to be concerned by increased police presence outside of schools during winter break.

A 10-year-old has died after being injured in a violent Ferndale crash.

A woman who was beaten and sexually assaulted in the overgrown front yard of a vacant church in Detroit has died.

A Davison man who was convinced of killing his wife by putting heroin in her cereal has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Christina Ann Thompson Harris, 36, died in September 2014. Officials said Harris prepared a bowl of cereal for his wife and laced it with a lethal dose of heroin. Her sisters never stopped fighting for justice.

Security devices that were installed at Oxford High School just a few years ago may have prevented the shooter from taking even more lives.

He laced his wife’s breakfast cereal with heroin! And her breast milk helped convict him.

The investigation into the Oxford High School shooting that left four students dead and seven other people injured is ongoing.

The issue of bond reform is being discussed across Metro Detroit.

Police said they have two men in custody in connection with the sexual assault of a 63-year-old woman on Detroit’s west side.

The owner of Aladdin Jewelry in Hamtramck said a contractor disappeared after several down payments numbering in the tens of thousands of dollars.

On Friday, authorities revealed details on their investigation into the abduction of a teenager in Ferndale, who had since been safely recovered.

Name calling at a fast food restaurant in Southgate escalated into an employee throwing hot coffee at a customer’s face.

An employee at the group home spoke with Local 4 to share concerns about what is happening at the home.

Not every buyer and seller on Facebook Marketplace is trustworthy.

Police said in 2020 the department saw more than twice as many illegal guns in Detroit as they did in 2019.

Devin Pettway said he was just trying to communicate with one of several Michigan State Police troopers who showed up to execute a search warrant unrelated to him.

The family of a 20-year-old man who was killed when a car pulled out in front of him is still waiting for justice in the case.

Five people have been arrested in connection to at least seven carjackings across Metro Detroit.

Family members of Danielle Stislicki are speaking out about her mysterious disappearance and the fight for answers.

The hit-and-run death of a 6-year-old girl has exposed a speeding problem in a Dearborn neighborhood.

Staffing shortages in emergency medical services fields are leaving EMS rigs in Detroit idle.

The Detroit Police Department’s towing policies are getting a major overhaul amid a corruption scandal.

Tenants at a large Detroit apartment building have been living without heat.

One woman is fed up with dangerous driving on her street and is on a mission to make people slow down in her neighborhood.

Two men suspected of being involved in nine robberies were taken into custody after they stopped for a meal at an IHOP in Dearborn Heights.

High-tech thieves are hacking into key fobs to steal cars and experts say it’s starting to become more common.

The Local 4 Defenders are getting new insight into the Detroit towing scandal and how it worked.

A mother who firefighters say didn’t tell them her baby girl was still inside their burning home was in court on Friday (Oct. 29) on charges of child abuse.

Detroit police Chief James White said sweeping changes are needed after two of his officers were charged by federal officials in the ongoing towing scandal.

The Local 4 Defenders are getting new insight into the Detroit towing scandal and how it worked.

The manhunt for an accused murderer came to an end only after police discovered their suspect had been in the Wayne County morgue the entire time.

Several ambulances in Detroit are sitting idle as the city faces an emergency services staffing shortage.

Michigan Medicine has promised that changes will come to the Wayne County Morgue. The promise comes after a series of reports by the Local 4 Defenders.

Officials with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said meth has made a major comeback in Metro Detroit. They said there’s more of it and it looks different than before.

Another person spoke with the Local 4 Defenders to share a horror story about how her loved one’s body was treated at the Wayne County morgue.

Since Local 4 Defenders reported on the issue last week, the area behind businesses near the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Beresford Street has been more clean.

On Monday, the Local 4 Defenders spoke with the outraged father of little girl who was struck by a vehicle.

Sheriff Murphy still doesn’t know what Jones was planning to do with a universal handcuff key after sneaking it into the Livingston County Jail on Sept. 14.

It’s taken four years for Garry and Patti Javizian to publicly speak about what happened to their 32-year-old son Gregory.

“One dumpster, three businesses. Do the math. It is definitely going to happen again,” McGee said. “They have rats up there the size of house cats.”

Why does the mayor of Taylor have unpaid bills to a city-owned golf course?

A man from Saint Clair County in Michigan was arrested in Washington after Capitol Police said he parked illegally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and wouldn’t move his vehicle.

Two officers with the Detroit Police Department have been suspended without pay.

A suspended Detroit police officer was in court on Monday (Oct 4) on domestic violence charges.