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Results 1 - 20 of 6,991 for "police" in Detroit, MI

  1. Redford man killed in shootout with policeRead the original story

    52 min ago | Ferndale Pleasant Ridge Mirror

    Police shot and killed a 30-year-old Redford Township man who fired at officers Friday as they tried to arrest him after a 10-hour standoff at his house, Chief John Buck said.

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    Related Topix: Livonia, MI

  2. Home invasion 'crew' busted in the HillsRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Hometown Life

    ... for up to 30 home break-ins in metro Detroit was busted at a Farmington Hills home on Monday. Farmington Hills police assisted officers from the Western Wayne County Criminal Response Team on this ongoing investigation, which pointed to a ...

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    Related Topix: Farmington Hills, MI, Wayne County, MI

  3. FBI joins probe of Wayne County's WareRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... or its findings. "I have had contact with the state attorney general's criminal division, with the Michigan State Police and the FBI, and I expect within a matter of days, FBI will submit a request for subpoenas for relevant information," Johnson ...

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    Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Wayne County, MI, Criminal Defense Law, Law

  4. Warren TV shows balance cops' imageRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... Patrol" takes a "Cops"-like look at patrol officers on the streets making traffic stops and responding to 911 calls. "Police Journal" is an ongoing series in which Police Commissioner Bill Dwyer highlights the sometimes peripheral elements of law ...

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    Related Topix: Warren, MI, Sterling Heights, MI

  5. Boy hit by Detroit-owned vehicle gets $15 millionRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... road to wait for a vehicle and then proceeding after the driver waved them along, another vehicle driven by a Detroit Police Department evidence technician struck Dallas, said Jeffrey Danzig, who with Geoffrey Fieger represented Dallas during a ...

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  6. Detroit news briefs: Cockrel creates energy officeRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... year on utilities. $3,000 reward offered in triple homicide Representatives from Michigan Crime Stoppers, the Detroit Police Department and the mother of one of the victims of a triple homicide outside a downtown nightclub Nov. 28 appealed for help ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Violent Crime

  7. Snow set to slam Metro areaRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Detroit News Online

    ... were experienced for flights departing Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Wednesday to Washington D.C. and Philadelphia. Police reported numerous crashes on area freeways. "Any time it snows, it is too much," said 54-year-old Sally Whitehead of ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Wayne County, MI, Plymouth, MI

  8. Brain-damaged teen wins $15M judgmentRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Detroit News Online

    ... On Easter Sunday 2005, Dallas Tyus, then 11, and several friends were walking across McNichols when he was hit by a Police Department evidence technician who was traveling between crime scenes. Dallas was the only person hit. According to court ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

  9. Wayne briefsRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Detroit News Online

    ... A reporter on Wednesday was ordered to stand trial, but most of the felony charges of obstructing and assaulting police at the scene of a double fatal motorcycle chase were dismissed. Diane Bukowski, 60, a freelance contributor to the Michigan ...

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    Related Topix: Wayne County, MI, Wayne, MI

  10. Editorial: Ensure Wayne Commission staff is working for taxpayersRead the original story

    6 hrs ago | Detroit News Online

    ... investigation. The county auditor general is turning over his report to the Wayne County prosecuting attorney. State Police officers and FBI agents are already investigating this situation. The auditor general notes that there are no county rules ...

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    Related Topix: Wayne, MI, Wayne County, MI, Oakland County, MI, Opinion

  11. Police making efforts to curtail string of robberiesRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | Courier

    ... Pierce to the ground. As he was going down, he managed to pull open the door's store and yell for someone to call the police, causing the assailants to flee. "It all happened so fast - I just wanted to get out of there," Pierce said, adding that ...

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    Related Topix: Ypsilanti, MI, Ann Arbor, MI

  12. $13M verdict against Detroit for crashRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Battle Creek Enquirer

    ... struck as he crossed McNichols Road to get an Easter basket. The car was driven by a civilian employee of the Detroit Police Department. The boy, now 15, was in a coma for a month and had 18 surgical procedures. The verdict came today in Wayne ...

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  13. On the runRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Metro Times

    ... the others' answers. The only scrum came after Hendrix criticized Mayor Kenneth Cockrel Jr. for staffing newly opened police mini stations with fully trained officers who, he said, needed to be out patrolling the streets. Cockrel waited for the ...

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    Related Topix: University of Detroit Mercy

  14. Major Pot Bust in Jackson CountyRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | WILX-TV Lansing

    "There's a lot of movement along I-94." In the last two years, nearly a dozen drug busts along the highway, this time Michigan State Police officers nabbed nearly 100 pounds of pot.

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    Related Topix: Drugs

  15. M-10 Ramp To Davison ReopensRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | ClickonDetroit.com

    Police have reopened the northbound M-10 ramp to eastbound Davison , just west of Woodward Avenue in Detroit after a crash Wednesday afternoon.

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  16. Snow blankets metro Detroit, roadwaysRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Detroit Free Press

    ... a low-pressure system moved into the region and the heaviest accumulation was expected south of M-59. Michigan State Police troopers were busy overnight responding to a number of accidents on the major highways in and around metro Detroit. In Monroe ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, White Lake, MI, Taylor, MI

  17. Georgia judge jails Muslim woman over head scarf in courtRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | The Detroit News

    ... civil rights were violated. A judge ordered Lisa Valentine, 40, to serve 10 days in jail for contempt of court, said police in Douglasville, a city of about 20,000 people on Atlanta's west suburban outskirts. Valentine violated a court policy that ...

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    Related Topix: Georgia, Religion

  18. Detroit ordered to pay brain-damaged teen $15M

    15 hrs ago | Detroit News Online

    ... Easter Sunday 2005, Dallas Tyus, then 11, and several friends were walking across McNichols when they were hit by a police department evidence technician. According to court testimony, the technician was speeding at the time of the accident. Tyus ...

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    Related Topix: Wayne County, MI

  19. Robert Blackwell, 84, ex-Highland Park mayor and county commissionerRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Crain's Detroit Business

    ... released Wednesday by the county. Blackwell was 84. Born in Meridian, Miss., Blackwell became the first black police and fire commissioner of Highland Park in 1958. He continued to break racial barriers, serving as that city's first black city ...

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    Related Topix: Highland Park, MI, Wayne County, MI, Hamtramck, MI

  20. Child struck by Detroit Fire vehicle awarded $15 millionRead the original story

    Yesterday | Detroit Free Press

    ... to wait for a vehicle, and then proceeding after the driver waved them along, another vehicle driven by a Detroit Police Department evidence technician struck Tyus, said Jeffrey Danzig, who with Geoffrey Fieger represented Tyus during a four-week ...

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