On March 28, 30-year-old Dewayne Kerperien was found guilty of armed robbery in connection with an incident at a Burton Meijer store last year in which he allegedly robbed a woman in the parking lot. Kerperien, who is a resident of Flint, was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in…
On Friday April 19, a 20-year-old woman was shot in the head as she was walking to her apartment after getting off work. The woman, who is a resident of Pittsfield Township, was treated for non-life threatening injuries following the shooting, although the suspect was still at large. Chief Gordy…
In January of this year, 31-year-old Raymond Burger of Meridian Township was arrested for allegedly robbing a gas station in December of 2012. Burger was accused of holding up the Marathon gas station located at 3010 Lake Lansing Road with a weapon. News reports at Mlive.com state that no one…
A woman nick-named the “Ragu Bomber” in connection with robbing a Clinton Township bank using two jars of spaghetti sauce on Saturday April 6 has been arrested. 53-year-old Ophelia Amelia Neal was arrested after robbing the Fifth Third Bank using spaghetti sauce in a bag which she claimed to be…
On Wednesday April 10, a woman was allegedly carjacked after coming out of a west Detroit Dollar Store, where she and her 4-year-old son had been shopping for balloons. The incident took place in the middle of the day, when the woman was carjacked at gunpoint as she unlocked her…
Troy police have captured a man they believe to be responsible for as many as 20 home invasions in the Detroit area, according to a news article at Mlive.com. D’Mario D. Thornton, a 32-year-old Sterling Heights resident, was suspected of breaking into multiple homes in Rochester, Troy, West Bloomfield, Shelby…
A man believed to have been involved in at least eight bank robberies throughout Washtenaw County over a year time period spanning 2011 and 2012 has been arrested by a fugitive task force in Los Angeles. Charles Anthony Williams, a 40-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was arrested on Thursday March…
Two Detroit police officers have been charged with numerous felony counts related to crimes which were allegedly committed between May of 2012 and March of this year according to a news report at Mlive.com. The two officers, Jeffrey Armstrong and Clifton Whatley, have been suspended from duty after an investigation…
On Monday March 25, Independent Bank in Meridian Township was robbed by an unknown suspect in broad daylight, according to news reports at Mlive.com. Police are still on the lookout for the suspect, who was seen on surveillance tape. They have also released a sketch of the man they believe…
On Sunday March 17, Ypsilanti police arrested Derrick Jackson in connection with the weekend robbery of TCF Bank in Ypsilanti Township. The bank, located at 2150 Packard Road, was robbed on Saturday; police responded after the holdup alarm went off at approximately 2:25 p.m. Following the robbery, deputies searched the…