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  1. Robert Taylor, 18, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for his role in kidnapping and killing Matthew Landry, 21.

    Teen gets life over Landry slaying, advice from a victim

    Robert Taylor said he feels "kind of bad" and wishes that Matthew Landry, the man he is convicted of kidnapping and killing, were alive. "He lost his life for something that was not necessary," the 18-year-old Detroiter said Thursday before being sentenced to life in prison.

    • Feb. 4, 2011
  2. Police Commissioner Jere Green says the flyer is reckless and irresponsible.

    Warren police commissioner denies staffing claim in campaign flyer

    The Warren police commissioner said Thursday that a political flyer that says only one police officer patrols much of the city at night is reckless and irresponsible, in giving criminals new targets and painting a picture that residents have no protection.

    • 1:36 AM, Feb. 4, 2011
  3. Robert Taylor looks on during his preliminary hearing with Ihab Maslamani at 38th District Court in Eastpointe, Mich. Thursday, November 12, 2009. ANDRE JACKSON/DFP

    Taylor sentenced to life in prison in Landry slaying

    Robert Taylor said he feels “kind of bad” and that he wishes that Matthew Landry, the man he is convicted of killing, was alive.

    • 10:34 AM, Feb. 3, 2011
  4. Charles R. Tyburskie, 30, from Chesterfield Township, was arraigned in the 39th District Court, and faces up to 15 years in prison on one count of operating while intoxicated causing death. Roseville Police Dept.

    Man charged with drunken driving in wreck that killed passenger

    The driver of a one car crash in Roseville early Tuesday morning that killed his passenger has been charged with driving while intoxicated.

    • 12:45 PM, Feb. 3, 2011
  5. Warrens top cop calls political flyer dangerous

    The Warren Police Commissioner said today a political flyer that says only one cop patrols much of the city at night is "reckless" and "irresponsible," in not only giving criminals new targets but painting a picture that city residents have no protection.

    • 7:17 PM, Feb. 3, 2011
  6. Adam VanSickle, 14, displays a photo showing his injuries after he was beaten by a classmate in September. The other teen, who was suspended from Lake Shore High, pleaded guilty Jan. 20 to aggravated assault. KATHLEEN GALLIGAN/Detroit Free Press

    Family: Keep student attacker out of school

    The bruises and cuts on Adam VanSickle's face have healed, but his ordeal is not over. In September, the 14-year-old St. Clair Shores high school student was beaten unconscious by a friend he had known since the second grade.

    • 12:21 AM, Feb. 2, 2011
  7. Sentencing delayed for former St. Clair Shores mayor

    Sentencing for the former St. Clair Shores mayor and public works director who pleaded guilty to misconduct in office after he was accused of taking money from city scrap-metal sales was rescheduled from today to March 9.

    • 2:33 PM, Feb. 2, 2011
  8. Roseville man accused of burning baby pleads guilty

    A Roseville man accused of burning a 13-month-old Roseville baby's feet with a lighter and bruising the baby's back, buttocks and head on Christmas pleaded guilty today to child abuse charges.

    • 1:58 PM, Feb. 2, 2011
  9. Woman accused of drowning grandson, 4, can have new psychiatric exam

    Judge Peter Maceroni granted the request for an exam for Terry Borgia, 61, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Deangelo Tobia. Police said she drowned the boy in her bathtub while she was babysitting him in January, 2010.

    • 12:09 PM, Feb. 1, 2011
  10. Macomb judge: Blocks parole of sex offender

    A Macomb County Circuit Court judge today granted a motion by the county prosecutor to block the scheduled parole of a former Center Line man who pleaded guilty to first-degree criminal sexual conduct for assaulting a teenage girl in 1999.

    • 4:56 PM, Feb. 1, 2011
  11. Mom accused of faking son's cancer pleads not guilty

    The mother who is to stand trial on charges she drugged her son and told her community he had cancer in order to benefit from fund-raisers pleaded not guilty today in the Macomb County Circuit Court.

    • 3:36 PM, Feb. 1, 2011
  12. Car accident in Roseville leads to fatality, injury

    A pickup truck struck a DTE Energy pole early this morning in Roseville, killing the passenger and wounding the driver, Roseville Police said. The driver is at a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Police are not releasing the name of the person killed pending notification of family.

    • 12:20 PM, Feb. 1, 2011
  13. Video: Would you plunge into ice-cold Anchor Bay? They would; just watch!

    Over 250 plungers took a dip into Anchor Bay for New Baltimore's 10th Annual Polar Bear Plunge. The participants helped raise money for New Baltimore Lions Club charities.

    • 1:53 AM, Jan. 31, 2011
  14. Macomb County news briefs: Conference set in fire case

    ROSEVILLE -- A woman accused of lighting her boyfriend on fire while trying to get him to leave their home has a pretrial conference Feb. 14 in Macomb County Circuit Court.

    • 10:47 PM, Jan. 29, 2011
  15. 2 men jailed in GPS theft at Mt. Clemens Regional Hospital

    Two men were arrested Tuesday, accused of stealing a navigation system from a car at Mt. Clemens Regional Hospital after one of the owners caught them in the act, the Macomb County Sheriff's Department said Friday.

    • 12:36 AM, Jan. 29, 2011
  16. Car owner catches men stealing husband's GPS

    Two men were arrested Tuesday at Mt. Clemens Regional Hospital for stealing a navigation system from a car after one of the owners caught them in the act.

    • 3:49 PM, Jan. 28, 2011
  17. Suicide may have led to I-94 shutdown today

    A man may have jumped from the 23 Mile Road overpass to his death on I-94 this morning, an incident that lead police to shut down part of the expressway in Macomb County, tying up the morning commute for miles, authorities said.

    • 8:30 AM, Jan. 28, 2011
  18. Michigan Attorney General opposes parole of Center Line man convicted of sexual assault

    Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Macomb County prosecutor and the victim oppose the release of Timothy E. Grier, who pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct

    • 6:14 PM, Jan. 28, 2011
  19. Majd (Mitch) Mohammad Al-Shara

    Dad gets probation in accidental fire pit death

    Majd (Mitch) Mohammad Al-Shara said he wished it was him and not his 6-year-old daughter, Aliaa, who died in a September fire pit accident at their Lenox Township home. "I'm sorry," he said Thursday, after pleading guilty to fourth-degree child abuse, a misdemeanor. He was sentenced to one year of probation by Macomb County Circuit Judge David Viviano.

    • Jan. 28, 2011
  20. Macomb picks interim independent counsel

    Macomb County commissioners voted Thursday to hire Ralph Maccarone, executive director of the county Charter Commission, as interim independent counsel. The independent counsel would be used for a dispute between the board and the county executive, for example.

    • Jan. 28, 2011
  21. Macomb County panel to retain independent legal counsel

    Macomb County commissioners today voted to retain independent legal counsel for the board and approved hiring Ralph Maccarone, executive director of the county Charter Commission, as interim independent counsel.

    • 1:27 PM, Jan. 27, 2011
  22. Majd (Mitch) Mohammad Al-Shara, left, and his daughter, Aliaa. Free Press file photos

    Weeping dad gets probation in girl's fire-pit death

    Majd (Mitch) Mohammad Al-Shara said he wished it was he and not his 6-year-old daughter, Aliaa, who died in a September fire pit accident at their Lenox Township home.

    • 4:31 PM, Jan. 27, 2011
  23. How did ex-priest accused of abuse get organist job at Macomb Co. parish?

    Herbert Richey, defrocked in 1997 because of several allegations that he had molested boys, recently worked as an organist at St. Margaret of Scotland parish in St. Clair Shores, an activist group revealed.

    • 3:38 PM, Jan. 27, 2011
  24. Commissioners to discuss counsel

    COUNTYWIDE County commissioners are to hold special meetings Thursday to discuss naming independent legal counsel for the board and to consider a proposal from Ralph Maccarone, executive director of the county Charter Commission, for interim independent counsel.

    • Jan. 26, 2011
  25. Roseville man's fatal brush

    Roseville police shot and killed a man Monday night who had called 911, saying he was about to “go off.”

    • 6:32 PM, Jan. 25, 2011
  26. Justin J. Collins, 18, of Mt. Clemens and Nicole B. Fair, 18, of Armada each were charged with armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. Macomb County Sheriff's Office

    Pair, 18, confess to armed robbery in Clinton Township

    Two people were being held in the Macomb County Jail today accused of robbing a Mt. Clemens store at gunpoint, and sheriff’s authorities said the pair confessed to an armed robbery last week at a restaurant in Clinton Township.

    • 4:31 PM, Jan. 25, 2011
  27. Eastpointe man to be sentenced in girlfriend's shooting

    An Eastpointe man is to be sentenced Feb. 23 after he was found guilty in the shooting death of his girlfriend last year.

    • 1:38 PM, Jan. 25, 2011
  28. Feds step up bank scrutiny

    Federal regulators have stepped up their scrutiny of Mt. Clemens-based Community Central Bank, four months after the bank’s former CEO, David Widlak, disappeared. His body was later found in Lake St. Clair.

    • 12:43 PM, Jan. 25, 2011
  29. Macomb County to count homeless

    Across the region and nation, the elusive subpopulation of homeless Americans will be hunted, roused and interviewed in the dead of night this week for the Point-in-Time Count, required every odd year by federal law to set aid levels for counties.

    • 12:02 AM, Jan. 25, 2011
  30. Man, 42, with shotgun is killed by police

    A Roseville resident armed with a gun was shot and killed by police Monday night in the 17000 block of Eastland. Roseville officers were called to a home about 5:30 p.m. in regard to a man with a gun, a police news release said.

    • Jan. 25, 2011
  31. Warren man, 52, dies in UP snowmobile crash

    BURT TOWNSHIP — Authorities say a southeast Michigan man has died following a snowmobile crash in the Upper Peninsula.

    • 6:40 AM, Jan. 24, 2011
  32. $1M bond for stepmom in slaying of girl, 2

    Renee Marie King, 28, was ordered held in the Macomb County Jail after a hearing.

    • 3:56 PM, Jan. 24, 2011
  33. State of City address Feb. 16

    ROSEVILLE Mayor John Chirkun will give his State of the City address at 8:30 a.m. Feb. 16 at the Gourmet Manor, 29730 Groesbeck Highway. The address is part of a breakfast event beginning at 7:30 a.m. Cost is $10 per person.

    • 12:23 AM, Jan. 23, 2011
  34. Hackel: Give Dave Bing chance to fix Detroit's water department

    Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel dismissed a state proposal to give management of Detroit's water system to a regional authority.

    • 2:29 PM, Jan. 21, 2011
  35. 3 charged in video game armed robbery

    Two men and a teen were charged with armed robbery this afternoon in 38th District Court in Eastpointe for stealing a video game and video game console from a man at gunpoint, police said

    • 2:09 PM, Jan. 21, 2011
  36. Vosburg, LaFontaine to meet constituents at Chesterfield Township library

    Macomb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Kathy Vosburg and state Rep. Andrea LaFontaine, both Republicans, are to hold joint district office hours Jan. 31 at the Chesterfield Township library.

    • 11:40 AM, Jan. 21, 2011
  37. Hackel, Patterson trade barbs

    This year's newcomer to the annual Big 4 gathering of local leaders stole the comedy part of the show today from the sharp-witted Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson.

    • 4:42 PM, Jan. 21, 2011
  38. Sterling Heights execs take cuts again

    Sterling Heights executive staff has agreed to a 4% reduction in wages and benefits this year. This is the third consecutive year the executive staff has agreed to reductions, bringing their total cuts to 10% over that period. The city council approved the cuts Tuesday.

    • 10:33 AM, Jan. 19, 2011
  39. Macomb County retains AAA rating

    Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel said the county joins Oakland and Kent counties as the only three in the state to receive an AAA stable rating.

    • 2:46 PM, Jan. 19, 2011
  40. High schooler, 16, dies in car crash

    A 16-year-old Richmond High School student died in an accident Tuesday in Ray Township, the Macomb County Sheriff's Office said today.

    • 12:37 PM, Jan. 19, 2011
  41. Trial date set for man accused of killing wife

    A May 24 trial date was set today in Macomb County Circuit Court for a Chesterfield Township man accused of fatally stabbing his wife in December 2009.

    • 1:45 PM, Jan. 19, 2011
  42. Mom guilty for her role in teen fight

    A St. Clair Shores woman who police say drove her 15-year-old son to a fight with a younger teen has been found guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

    • 12:19 PM, Jan. 19, 2011
  43. Mom in fake cancer case to stand trial

    Carol Schnuphase, 47, spoke for the first time in the 39th District Court this morning, answering only "yes, your honor," to visiting Judge Sherman Faunce's questions on her decision to waive her preliminary exam.

    • 11:01 AM, Jan. 19, 2011
  44. Woman faces trial in granddaughter's strangling

    A Warren grandmother accused of strangling her 4-year-old granddaughter in June 2009 was bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court today after a preliminary exam.

    • 7:32 PM, Jan. 18, 2011
  45. Richmond woman in fatal wreck ID'd

    The 53-year-old victim of a fatal accident Sunday in Sterling Heights has been identified as Annette Eileen Evans of Richmond.

    • 10:47 AM, Jan. 18, 2011
  46. Polygraph ordered for man in child's burning

    Scott Carlson, accused of burning the feet of his girlfriend's child on Christmas, will undergo a polygraph test next week.

    • 3:26 PM, Jan. 18, 2011
  47. 16-year-old girl charged in fatal car accident

    The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office authorized charges today in two fatal accidents, including one last month that killed a 16-year-old Rochester Hills girl.

    • 6:42 PM, Jan. 18, 2011
  48. Report implicates gas can in death of girl, 6

    A pretrial for a Lenox Township man charged in the death of daughter in a fire pit accident was adjourned so attorneys could review test results.

    • 5:19 PM, Jan. 18, 2011
  49. Can you help nail Kid Rock ticket scammer?

    Roseville police are looking for help in finding the man who sold three people fake Kid Rock tickets at a restaurant within the city.

    • 5:04 PM, Jan. 18, 2011
  50. Royal Oak woman charged in deadly car crash

    A 20-year-old Royal Oak woman will be arraigned Tuesday in an accident that killed a Richmond woman.

    • 12:03 AM, Jan. 17, 2011

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