Surveillance: Detroit police let go graffiti vandal who spray-painted occupied building
Building owner Scott Kraz is angry and says cops should remove the graffiti from his wall.
Fight between rival gangs leaves 4 shot outside Detroit nightclub
Minutes earlier, police exchanged fire with a suspect who fled a car.
Photo essay: Once-grand Gratiot Avenue in Detroit is deteriorating
More than half of the buildings on Gratiot Ave. in Detroit are abandoned.
Argument over refund at tax office in Detroit ends in quadruple shooting
Police are on the hunt for 26-year-old Angel Moore and a friend.
Dec. 5, 1963: William T. Patrick Jr. leaves Common Council for Bell
50 years ago today, William T. Patrick Jr., one of Detroit’s first African American council members, resigned from Common Council to join the legal staff of Michigan Bell Telephone Company.
Railroad crossing on Gratiot malfunctions, stranding people (video)
Some cars zipped through the crossing, while riders walked off DDOT buses or waited.
Car careens into pedestrian on Gratiot after driver is shot by passenger; victims in critical condition
By the time the gray BMW came to a rest in an abandoned lot along Gratiot, two people were fighting for their lives and the passenger was running with a gun this afternoon.
Before turning tricks with strangers in an overgrown lot in Detroit, she wanted so much more
She wanted to be a mom and teacher. Now she walks around in a short black skirt, shivering with her arms folded around a light jean jacket.
Fire at Sin City Diciples Motorcycle Club remains a mystery – as do the owner’s whereabouts
The Jan. 29 fire raced through the cement-and-brick building on Gratiot just south of I-94, causing ammunition to explode.
Quadruple, execution-style murder in northeast Detroit shouldn’t surprise us
I was in this neighborhood in October, when a man in a red pickup truck chased me with a gun while I was taking photos of abandonment from my car. It wasn’t surprising to hear about the murders.