17-year-old Eric Ortega of Park Township was recently arrested on attempted murder charges. On December 17, Ortega was arraigned on charges of assault with intent to murder in the stabbing of his 32-year-old roommate, whose name was not mentioned in news reports. Ortega allegedly stabbed the victim in their Ottawa…
In November of 2011, 35-year-old Richard Anthony Strong allegedly shot and killed Ygnacio Bermudez Jr., a Lansing event promoter. News reports claim that Bermudez was found murdered in the 400 block of East Michigan Avenue in Lansing at around 2:15 a.m. following numerous 911 calls regarding shots fired. The police…
Reginald Brown, 25 years old, and Jeremy Brown, 20, were found guilty on Monday of the brutal kidnap and murders of two Hamtramck women, 18-year-old Abreeya Brown and 22-year-old Ashley Conaway. The two men are not related to Abreeya Brown. Two other men were allegedly involved in the kidnapping and…
Bob Bashara, a 54-year-old Grosse Pointe Park man, has been the central figure in a twisted murder plot since the first of this year, after his wife Jane was killed and Bashara’s handyman accused of killing her. Now, Bashara has been sentenced to 80 months to 20 years in prison…
On December 4th, Detroit police officers discovered four bodies which were shot to death in a Detroit home. This is unfortunate news, considering that the city’s homicide rate was already higher than last year prior to the four deaths. According to police, the four bodies found inside the home located…
In September of 2011, the bodies of Michael and Terri Greene were found slain in their home in the 7000 block of Eaton Highway in Delta Township. Michael Greene, who was 62 years old, was a retired Michigan State Police detective. His wife Terri was 46 years old. Christopher Perrien,…
D’Andre Lane was convicted on child abuse and first-degree murder charges on October 12 after being found guilty by a jury of slaying his 2-year-old daughter. On Monday, December 3, Lane will be sentenced to life in prison without parole by Wayne County Circuit Judge Vonda Evans. The crime took…
Brandon Carmack, a 20-year-old Michigan State University student of Saline, was scheduled for a preliminary examination for allegedly assaulting his ex-girlfriend in August of this year. Carmack waived the preliminary exam slated for November 26 at 1:30 p.m., and has now been ordered to stand trial. News reports state that…
Lester Chambers, a Harper Woods resident, is facing 27 charges after firing a “hand pump” shotgun at police officers and neighbors’ homes on Friday, November 16. The shooting incident occurred at approximately 2:30 p.m., resulting in several area schools being put on lockdown. Harper Woods police responded after receiving reports…
On November 5, police took a man into custody in Wixom who was suspected of being the shooter in the recent I-96 corridor shootings, which began on October 16 and had residents in the Detroit and surrounding areas very nervous. Only one person was injured during the ordeal; in all,…