Metro Detroit Crime Report -- Feb. 15, 2019

Witnesses testify after 3-year-old boy killed in road rage shooting

A passenger in the vehicle with the Detroit man accused in a road rage shooting on the Southfield Freeway that left a 3-year-old boy dead spoke in court Wednesday.

She said a horn honk is what sparked the road rage shooting that killed 3-year-old Christian Miller, who was riding in a car with his godmother. Miller's godmother said she didn't honk

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EPA: Company improperly storing hazardous waste could have caused 'catastrophe' in Oakland County

A Madison Heights businessman pleaded guilty to running a business that endangered the public and the environment, authorities said.

Gary Sayers, 69, pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to storing hazardous waste without a permit.

Prosecutors told the judge it took nearly $1.5 million of taxpayer money and more than a year to clean up the hazardous mess.

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Crime by county

Wayne County

• 3 men accused of breaking into home on Detroit's west side
• Detroit police release video of suspect in non-fatal shooting
• Mother seeks answers after son killed in Detroit hit-and-run crash
• Police seek hit-and-run driver who ran red light, killed 81-year-old man on Detroit's west side
• Contaminated dirt may have been used to fill demolition sites in Detroit neighborhoods
• Livonia animal rescue in danger of closing after $30,000 in donations turns out to be fraudulent

Oakland County

• Former Oak Park city employee accused of filing false invoices worth more than $400,000
• Birmingham financial adviser sentenced to 9 years in prison after stealing nearly $4M from clients
• Auto shop suspended for hiring uncertified mechanics, many other violations
• Thieves use tool to steal rent checks worth thousands from Madison Heights drop box
• Crime Stoppers offers reward for info in death of Sarah Billings in Waterford

Macomb County

• Arrest made in fatal hit-and-run of father riding bicycle in Warren
• Livonia man charged with home invasion, fleeing police in Macomb County
• Macomb County man found guilty in gruesome murder, mutilation of friend
• Clinton Township police seek two men after series of thefts

Monroe County

• Monroe Township day care owner dies by suicide after baby found with brain injuries
• Erie Township man sentenced for fatal collision that killed two teenage siblings
• 3 arrested after police find 50 grams of crack cocaine, assault rifle, handgun in Adrian, police say

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