Thanks to a tip from the public, in the early morning hours yesterday, Tuesday, Jan. 17, Waterford Township police arrested one of three suspects in connection to the shooting of five people at the Rolladium skating rink that occurred Dec. 23, and the third previously unidentified suspect has been named. The incident is believed to be gang related. Investigators from the Waterford Township Police Department received information that one of the suspects, 17-year-old Pontiac resident [...]

Waterford Township police now believe that the Friday, Dec. 23 shooting of five people at the Rolladium skating rink was gang-related and have identified a second person believed to be involved in the early-morning incident. Township law enforcement officials announced on Saturday, Jan. 7 that they believe that one of the shooting victims, a rival to the three alleged shooters, was an intended target. The victim was also shot during a similar incident at a [...]

Walled Lake police are still investigating an assault involving multiple people that took place on New Year’s Day during a party in the 1170 block of Villa Court. Police were dispatched when one man was assaulted to the point of unconsciousness, according to a police department incident report. When police arrived on the scene, one female and four males were outside the apartment. Police then heard screaming coming from inside the apartment. Of the people [...]

A Wixom woman nearly came face-to-face with an intruder when she arrived home on Thursday, Jan. 5. The woman, who resides in the 360 block of Beck Road, was opening her apartment door when someone from inside braced the door shut. The woman ran to a neighbor’s residence and phoned police. After police entered the residence and conducted a search, they noted the subject had fled via a sliding glass door. The woman stated that [...]

A Waterford family is grieving the loss of their son for a second time after an unknown perpetrator broke into their home on Friday, Dec. 30, and stole only his cremated remains. Dave and Wendy Turnquist lost their 12-year-old son, Ryan, in 2007 to a debilitating disease. Waterford Township police officers responded to the couple’s home in the 900 block of S. Winding to investigate the crime that occurred sometime between 7 a.m. and 3 [...]

A Commerce Township teenager is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot in the face in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 27 at a house party in the 2000 block of Nacona. Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Commerce Township Substation deputies were called to the scene around 1:55 a.m. Initially, it was unclear whether the wound was self-inflicted or the result of an accidental shooting by one of the other teens at the [...]

Wolverine Lake police officers have wrapped up their end of an investigation into a 1-year-old home invasion case and nabbed a second individual thought to be involved in the crime that resulted in an estimated $125,000 in damage to a home on the 800 block of Adelaide. Wolverine Lake resident Justin Napier, 22, was taken into custody last week for his allegedly role in a home invasion that occurred in September 2010. During the crime, [...]

 Milford police are asking for the public’s help in recovering a stolen snow plow truck. Police are searching for a 2008 Ford F-550 dump truck with a white cab, a black steel dump up front and wood side panels. The doors have “Sunrize Irrigation Services” inscribed on them. Michael Walling, owner of Sunrize, said the truck was stolen between 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 28 and 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 29. He added [...]

What was supposed to be a night of fun and celebration for 250 to 300 people turned into chaos around 2 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 23, when gunfire erupted at the Rolladium skating rink in Waterford Township, wounding five people, including a 20-year-old White Lake Township woman. Waterford police have also identified one of the suspects in the shooting that wounded the five young adults — including a 20-year-old man, another 20-year-old woman, a 21-year-old [...]

A Commerce Township teenager is in critical condition after he was accidentally shot in the face in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Dec. 27 at a house party on the 2000 block of Nacona. Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Commerce Township Substation deputies were called to the scene around 1:55 a.m. Initially, it was unclear if the wound was self-inflicted or the result of an accidental shooting by one of the other teens at the [...]