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Man Gets Maximum Sentence, 40 Years In Prison For Killing Boy
Anthony Bennett (credit: Isabella County Sheriff’s Department) BAY CITY, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - A young man who killed a 4-year-old boy on a central Michigan Indian reservation has been sentenced to 40 years...
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Woman Found Dead In SUV In Detroit
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police are investigating after a woman was found dead in the driver’s seat of an SUV found parked on Detroit’s west side Monday morning. Detroit Police officer Adam Madera say...
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Novi Man To Stand Trial For Triple Murder From 2008
NOVI (WWJ) — After nearly six years since a Novi family was brutally murdered in their apartment, the man police believe is responsible will go on trial Tuesday. Lakshminivasa Nerusu, 47, allegedly...
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Flint Man Sentenced For Killing Elderly Former Stepfather
FLINT (AP) – A Flint man has been sentenced to 40 to 75 years in prison for killing his 80-year-old former stepfather. The Flint Journal reports 54-year-old Sampson Edward Marks was sentenced Tuesday...
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Two Victims Shot In Early Hours On Detroit’s East Side
DETROIT (WWJ) — Detroit Police said that a 29-year-old man is in custody after allegedly shooting two victims on the city’s East Side. Officers responded to shots fired near Harper and Outer Drive...
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$100M Lawsuit Claims Detroit-Area Police Departments Intentionally Covered Up...
GROSSE POINTE WOODS (WWJ) - A $100 million lawsuit has been filed in federal court, alleging two local police departments intentionally covered up a murder investigation to protect their own. JoAnn...
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Man Blamed For Flint Serial Stabbings Loses Appeal
FLINT (AP) – The Michigan appeals court has affirmed the murder conviction of a man accused in a series of fatal stabbings in 2010, saying there was nothing improper about telling jurors about other...
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Man Faces Life In Prison For Fatal Ingham County Hit-And-Run
MASON, Mich. (AP) – A 28-year-old man faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole for a hit-and-run crash in Ingham County. The Lansing State Journal reports a jury on Wednesday...
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Police Confirm 2 Arrests In Detroit Mother’s Murder As Search Continues For...
DETROIT (WWJ) – The 28-year-old father of one of two missing Detroit kids was arrested in Atlanta Wednesday night in the slaying of the children’s mother, Alicia Fox. That’s according to Detroit Police...
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Man Charged As Accessory In Murder Of Mother; Children Still Missing
DETROIT (WWJ) – Two Detroit children were reported missing Monday after their mother, Alicia Fox, was found dead in an abandoned house on Detroit’s west side. Fox’s husband Erin Justice was charged...
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Long Road For Inmate Who Won Big Case
ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan inmate might not be released for years — or ever — despite winning an unprecedented case at the state Supreme Court that challenged a governor’s...
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Detroit Woman Set On Fire During Argument Dies
DETROIT (AP) — Authorities say a Detroit woman who was severely burned after gasoline was poured on her and set afire during an argument with her boyfriend has died. Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office...
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Police Release Tattoo Photo In Effort To Identify Body Found Encased In Cement
This photo of a tattoo on an unidentified murder victim was released by Detroit police. (credit: Detroit police) DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police are looking for the public’s help in identifying a man...
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Man Charged As Accessory After The Fact In Detroit Mom’s Murder Bound Over...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Emotions ran high, spilling over outside the courtroom on Wednesday after a judge ruled a man who was allegedly an accessory to a Detroit mother’s murder will go to trial. Timothy...
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Warren Man To Be Charged With First Degree Murder In Wife’s Strangulation
Loyd DeJohn, Booking photo. (credit: Warren Police Department) WARREN (WWJ) - A Warren man will be charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, whose body was found in a...
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Prosecutors Say Warren Man Admitted Involvement In Wife’s Murder
WARREN (WWJ) – A Warren man accused of strangling his wife and burying her Up North has made incriminating statements, according to prosecutors. Assistant Macomb County Prosecutor William Cataldo made...
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Dearborn Man Charged With Murder In Death Of Referee During Adult Soccer Game
Bassel Abdul-Amir Saad (credit: Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office) DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – A Dearborn man has been charged with second degree murder in the death of an adult-league soccer referee. John...
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$1 Million Bond Will Not Be Reduced For Man Charged With Killing Soccer...
LIVONIA (CBS Detroit/AP) - A metro Detroit soccer player accused of killing a referee with a punch to the neck will remain held on a $1 million bond, a judge ruled. Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad made an...
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Judge Fed Up With Bickering Ahead Of Bashara Murder Trial: ‘I Am Not A...
DETROIT (WWJ) – Bob Bashara of Grosse Pointe Park goes on trial for the murder of his wife in October, and Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Vonda Evans wants it to start on time. At a motion hearing...
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Police: Ohio Couple Killed Missing Michigan Man
TOLEDO (AP) — Police in northern Ohio have charged a husband and wife with killing a Michigan man who was last seen coaching a softball game three weeks ago. The suspects are being held on unrelated...
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