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 [...]

The Waterford Township Police Department brought holiday cheer to nearly 90 children this Christmas season during its fifth annual “Shop With a Hero” event on Saturday, Dec. 17. “The kids were full of excitement and very appreciative,” said Waterford Police Sergeant Scott Good. “They were concerned about making sure they bought gifts not only themselves, but for their siblings and other family members. Their hearts were full of giving to others ahead of receiving for [...]

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 [...]

 An 80-year-old Waterford Township woman was killed in a car crash on Wednesday, Dec. 21, that also sent a 21-year-old West Bloomfield woman and two young children to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. According to a Waterford Township Police Department press release, the woman was traveling southbound on Telegraph Road near Pontiac Lake Road in Waterford at around 10 a.m. when her 2004 Chrysler Concord crossed into the northbound lanes, striking a 2004 [...]

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 [...]

Waterford Township police continue to investigate a fatal accident that occurred on Dixie Highway near Shoreline Drive on Saturday, Dec. 3. At 12:16 p.m., Waterford police and fire personnel responded to the scene. An initial investigation revealed a 1993 GMC 1500 pickup truck was traveling northbound on Dixie Highway when it crossed over all southbound lanes of traffic and was struck by a 2008 Cadillac Escalade traveling southbound in the right lane. After the collision, [...]

Waterford and White Lake townships were recognized for their collaborative efforts in information technology when they earned the award for Best Technology Project of 2011 from the Michigan Chapter of Government Management Information Science (Mi-GMIS). Mi-GMIS is the state chapter of the federal organization that is comprised of information system (IS) professionals from cities, townships, villages, counties and states at large. The award specifies that Waterford contracted with White Lake to provide information technology (IT) [...]

Waterford Township Trustee David Kramer was expected to broach trash collection issues at the Board of Trustees’ Monday, Nov. 14 meeting, but just prior to the meeting, asked to remove the discussion item from the agenda. “We need to do more research before it’s brought back,” he said. Kramer initially intended to present a preliminary proposal to address trash collection, but one that steers clear of the single-hauler concept scrapped in 1998 when two-thirds of [...]

One of the three suspects reportedly involved in an armed robbery that resulted in one man being shot at the River’s Edge apartment complex in Waterford Township on March 26 has negotiated a plea agreement and will be sentenced later this month. Waterford resident Aaron Padilla, 19, is accused of shooting a 20-year-old man in the arm outside the apartment complex located at Airport and Pontiac Lake roads. According to police reports, Waterford police officers [...]

The Waterford Police Department and Waterford School District are the recipients of a $188,512 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Secure Our Schools Program. The funds will go towards improving security measures in the district through implementations such as building surveillance cameras, installing surveillance cameras and GPS tracking systems on buses, and using amplification systems to increase radio signal coverage. The district will also utilize Knox boxes that provide building access for first [...]