Erika Erickson
Reporter
Erika has been reporting in Michigan since 2010 and is part of The Investigators on Local 4. Send her an email.
Erika has been reporting in Michigan since 2010 and is part of The Investigators on Local 4. Send her an email.
An Oakland County man accused of posing as a teen boy online to exploit girls, and as a father looking for a babysitter, has accepted a plea deal in the case.
A 13-year-old girl who had been shot four times called 911 from a home in Missaukee County, setting off a frantic investigation that ended with six people dead, including the suspected gunman, Chad Hickman, 39.
More than two decades after Michael LeSean Stokes was killed on Detroit’s east side, his family is making a renewed push for answers — hoping someone who saw or heard something back in 2004 will finally come forward.
Federal investigators say a Taylor man used the Kik messaging app to send and receive child sexually abusive material (CSAM) and kept dozens of images and videos in a password-protected folder called “Shhh” on his phone, according to FBI Detroit.
FBI Detroit announced it has added Darren Anthony Robinson, 56, to the bureau’s “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list Thursday and is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for any information that leads to his arrest and conviction.
A Westland man is expected in federal court this week after investigators say an anonymous tip about blackmail on social media led the FBI to an Instagram cybertip and explicit chats with someone who identified herself as 16, the FBI said.
A 13-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a car hit him and his 15-year-old sister as they rode an e-bike Saturday night in Redford, leaving him with a brain bleed and his sister with multiple serious injuries, his family says.
A Ferndale woman was sentenced on Friday to 10-20 years in prison in connection to the death of her teen daughter with special needs.
Investigators say a Metro Detroit pair is linked to hundreds of suspected fraudulent unemployment claims in 32 states, totaling more than $4 million. And when the operation started to unravel, investigators say text messages between the two captured the moment the alleged scheme went into panic mode.
Two teens were killed, and two others were injured in a shooting at a birthday celebration and pajama party at a short-term rental home in Oak Park early Monday morning.
West Bloomfield police say a former Henry Ford Health doctor accused of sexually assaulting patients during appointments in Metro Detroit appears to be taking appointments in India, nearly a decade after investigators say he fled the United States while facing potential charges.