DDOT bus driver accused of driving drunk, striking car, not stopping
A DDOT bus driver was arrested for driving drunk on the job and striking a parked car without stopping while on his regular route on Detroit’s east side.
3 Grosse Pointe teens charged with felonies for downtown Detroit graffiti
Police say the arrests are part of a new crackdown on graffiti as vandalism gets out of control.
Hatchet-wielding man shot by police outside of church in Detroit
There’s no telling what would have happened if an off-duty police officer wasn’t attending church on Detroit’s west side Sunday morning.
State: Boy found in basement was abused over grueling workouts
State authorities plan to urge a judge today to terminate the parental rights of the father of a 12-year-old boy who was found barricaded in the basement of his Detroit home days after disappearing last month.
Prison & probation: Starkly different sentences for Utash attackers
“All I can say is the people who beat me tried to kill me,” Steve Utash wrote in a letter.
Wayward firework strikes Detroit man in chest, kills him on July 4
A Detroit man was killed Friday evening when a wayward firework struck him in the chest and exploded.
Detroit combats graffiti, dumping & scrapping with tip line, new enforcement
Deciding to convert resources to graffiti, scrapping and dumping isn’t easy for a police department already struggling to respond timely to violent crimes.
Man suspected of setting hundreds of fires in Detroit charged with arson
A Detroit man accused of lighting hundreds of fires because of a long-held grudge with firefighters was charged Wednesday with arson and resisting arrest.
3 Grosse Pointe teens busted for spray painting downtown Detroit building
Three teens captured on surveillance spray painting a downtown Detroit building owned by billionaire Dan Gilbert have been identified and could turn themselves in as early as today.
Soccer referee dies after he’s attacked during game in Livonia
An adult soccer game in suburban Detroit turned deadly after one of the players fatally attacked the referee.