A Michigan father was bound over for trial last week after gunning down his teen son and wounding two of the boy’s siblings. Jeffrey Smerer, 44, slashed his wrist and took “multiple forms of medication” after shooting 17-year-old Kayleb Smerer, 13-year-old Bentley Smerer, and 12-year-old Kinzley Smerer on September 11, police said at a preliminary …
A US Marine veteran flying American flags on his pickup truck rammed into Michigan Church of Latter-day Saints Sunday morning and opened fire on hundreds of congregants after setting the church ablaze. At least four members of the church are dead and eight other injured. The killer, 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, was shot and killed …
A 35-year-old Michigan man was charged with multiple counts after his fiancee called police to say he had assaulted her 11-year-old daughter and was dragging the girl down the street. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said the woman told dispatchers she was following the abusive boyfriend as he dragged the little girl down the street, …
Detectives running a Florida undercover operation netted a Michigan family practice doctor, charging him with soliciting a sexual relationship with a 5-year-old girl. The Port St. Lucie Police Department said that William Murdoch exchanged “stomach churning messages” with their undercover “mom,” detailing “his plan to groom the child and quickly turn the situation sexual.” The …
Police in Michigan have arrested a suspect in the murders of a 41-year-old Hazel Park woman and her 12-year-old son. The 43-year-old man, who has not been named, was arrested on Tuesday, the Hazel Park Police Department said. The victims, since identified as Linda Hill and her son Kardi Jackson, were found dead in their …
A 51-year-old Michigan man was arrested this week months after his 77-year-old father was found dead in his bed from dehydration. Michael Stirling identified himself as his father’s full time caretaker on November 3, 2024, when a neighbor called police after seeing Stirling trying to enter his home but appearing disoriented, WDIV reported. Clinton Township …
A 42-year-old Michigan man was charged with one count of terrorism and 11 counts of assault with intent to murder in a knife attack at a Traverse City Walmart late Saturday afternoon. The Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office said calls began coming in at 4:46 p.m., and by the time a deputy arrived just a …
A 31-year-old man showed up at a suburban Detroit church on Sunday dressed in a tactical vest and armed with a long gun and a hand gun, but parishioners and staff members acted quickly and likely prevented a deadly mass shooting. A parishioner hit Brian Anthony Browning with their vehicle as the gunman fired at …
A Michigan judge on Wednesday released a long awaiting decision denying the parents of a convicted school shooter a new trial for their own convictions for their complicity in the deadly shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley were convicted of four counts each of involuntary manslaughter in separate trials in 2024, as CrimeOnline reported. They were …
A Michigan mother and her former boyfriend have been charged with first degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old son more than seven years ago. Amanda Maison, 33, and Maurice Houle, 28, were denied bond at their arraignment on Monday. Houle was also charged with three counts of resisting and obstructing a police officer …
At least one person was shot Thursday morning at a suburban Detroit hospital in a targeted shooting at the facility’s parking garage. According to WXYZ, the suspect — a hospital employee — was taken into custody shortly after a police news conference about the shooting. Police said they arrived at a home in Macomb Township, …
A Michigan woman was convicted this week of driving drunk into a birthday party at a Monroe boat club last year, killing two children and injuring a dozen other people. The jury deliberated less than two hours after a four-day trial before returning guilty verdicts for Marshella Chidester on all counts, including two counts of …
