A Commerce Township man was killed when he was struck by a car on Thursday, March 17 in Waterford Township. The accident occurred at 10:34 p.m. on Cass Elizabeth Road near Iroquois Avenue. Waterford public safety personnel responded to the scene shortly thereafter. During the investigation it was revealed that a 55-year-old Waterford man was driving westbound on Cass Elizabeth Road in a 2003 Honda Civic when he saw something in the roadway. The man [...]

A Waterford Township couple is safe, but has been displaced after a fire ravaged their home on Sunday, March 20. Firefighters responded to the home in the 4100 block of Quillen after a 911 call was received around 11:30 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found smoke coming from the second floor of the home. Firefighters gained entry and found fire on the second floor, which they then extinguished. Thanks to working smoke detectors in the home [...]

White Lake Township police are investigating an incident that occurred at Dublin Elementary School sometime between Monday, March 14 and Tuesday, March 15. A small hole was burned into the siding on the outside of the building near the Media Center. It appears as if the hole was created using a lighter, causing approximately $200 worth of damage. There are currently no suspects at this time.

A suspect in several alleged frauds, including one in Milford, was arrested in Fort Wayne, Ind. on Tuesday, March 15 before being extradited to Michigan and arraigned in 52-1 District Court in Novi. The suspect, 43-year-old Samuel Demetrious Hill, is currently being held on a $500,000 bond. He was charged with allegedly obtaining money under false pretenses. Back in February, Milford police received a complaint from a resident alleging that Hill scammed him out of [...]

A residence in the 1000 block of Cedar Creek Road in White Lake Township was broken into sometime between 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 13 and 9 a.m. Monday, March 14. The suspect entered the home by throwing two rocks through the rear sliding glass door. A Gateway laptop computer along with an Xbox 360 was taken from the residence. The family was not at home at the time of the crime. Friends who were looking [...]

A 58-year-old Waterford woman was fatally struck by a vehicle on Walton Boulevard in the township on Monday, March 14. According to Waterford Police Sergeant Kevin Kazyak, Marian Kauilani Sadowski was walking westbound in the middle of Walton near Sashabaw Road when a GMC pickup truck driven by a 33-year-old Waterford resident struck her. Sadowski was transported to an area hospital where she was pronounced dead. It’s unclear why Sadowski was walking in the center [...]

A West Bloomfield Township man was killed in his driveway on Tuesday, March 8, after his car rolled backward over him. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. at a residence on Timberridge Drive, when 54-year-old Qasim Mohammad was unloading groceries from his 2004 Chrysler PT Cruiser. After he took one load out of his trunk and into his house, he came back for another. According to a West Bloomfield police report, the car then began [...]

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge has sentenced 47-year-old Ellery Bennett of West Bloomfield Township to life in prison without parole for the stabbing death of his wife. The sentence was handed by Circuit Court Judge Nanci Grant on Wednesday, March 9 after a jury previously found Bennett guilty of the charge of first-degree murder. The body of Bennett’s 46-year-old wife, Lisa, was discovered in their home in the 7100 block of South Oak Court [...]

What prompted a Waterford Township woman to commit suicide on Monday, Feb. 28, is still sketchy, but law enforcement officials say they are grateful that her apparent attempt to kill her four children was unsuccessful. The body of Shanda Yenglin, 37, was found in the garage of a home at 6415 Barker at 8:18 a.m. Monday after police and fire personnel responded to a 911 call from her daughter, who told dispatchers that her mom [...]

Several people were arrested for participating in a fight at the Bayside Grille in Walled Lake on Sunday, Feb. 20, including a father and son. Police officers were dispatched to the bar, located at 142 E. Walled Lake Drive, to assist security personnel who were fighting with subjects on the outside patio. One of the bar employees said that one of the subjects struck him in the face with an unknown object, triggering the brawl [...]