A celebratory cannon blew up when it was fired during a baby shower in Michigan on Saturday, killing one of the attendees. MLive reports that Evan Thomas Silva, 26, was standing 10 to 15 feet from the device when it exploded, sending shrapnel into three parked cars and the garage where the shower was held, …
A central Michigan woman has been charged with child abuse, assault, and domestic violence after she allegedly wrapped a cord around her infant’s neck, UpNorthLive reports. Skyler Warner, 21, was arrested on Thursday over the incident, which took place on Tuesday. Police said they were called to a home in Shepherd early that morning. The …
Two men were hospitalized in critical condition Saturday when a dating website hookup in Detroit turned into an attempted robbery, WDIV reports. Police said a 57-year-old man met a woman on the website and arranged to meet her at her westside apartment. When he arrived, however, the woman and her 18-year-old boyfriend were waiting. The …
Ex-Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was charged Thursday with two counts of willful neglect of duty in connection with the ongoing Flint water crisis. According to MLive, Snyder, 62, was one of nine former or current officials charged in connection with the ongoing crisis. A secret grand jury reportedly handed down the criminal charges after hearing …
A Michigan man with a lengthy criminal history was sentenced Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison for tying up and robbing his 72-year-old aunt. In November 2019, Monroe Nugent Jr., 47, entered his aunt’s home in Saginaw, grabbed her, and brandished a knife before tying her up and stealing her cash and car …
A Michigan man who was released from prison two years early due to coronavirus safety concerns allegedly shot his fiancée and her mother earlier this month. Ronald Segars, 49, was released from prison two months before the December 14 shooting that left his fiancée and her 64-year-old mother injured. Segars was originally scheduled to be …
The alleged killer called 911 and said he was going to kill himself and that police should track the call.
A Michigan man has been charged with the shooting deaths last week of his wife and adult sons at their home in Elberta, a village on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, MLive.com reports. Robert Michael Freebold, 58, appeared in a video arraignment on November 25 and was formally charged with the murders of Marilyn …
Authorities in Michigan are asking for the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old boy who vanished on Thursday afternoon. Detroit police said in a Facebook post that Cortez Cooper Jr. was last seen around 4 p.m. in the 18500 block of Hubbell Street. The teen reportedly left home to skateboard and never returned. Additional details …
The 14 men accused of devising a plot that included the kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer allegedly also planned to stage weeklong, televised executions of other public officials. WLS reported that the militiamen intended for 200 combatants to storm the state Capitol Building before the executions. Authorities said another plan involved burning down the …
Two members of a white supremacist group were charged this week with multiple felonies after an investigation alleged that they terrorized a Michigan family at their home, posting photographs and messages to their followers urging further harassment. Justen Watkins, 25, and Alfred Gorman, 35, thought they were at the home of an anti-fascist podcaster, the …
A Michigan couple already facing child abuse charges for their treatment of a 13-month-old baby now expects to be arraigned on Monday for the murder of that child’s twin, according to the Detroit Free Press. Ecorse police responded to a report of child abuse on July 28 and found Zyaire Reed and his brother Zion …
