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The Flint Township Police Department searched a home on Tuesday morning and discovered what officers described as “overwhelming filth,” toxic air, and dozens of dead and living animals inside.

A 37-year-old Flint man was convicted of multiple felonies in connection with the 2022 sexual assault of a child, officials said.

A Flint high school student has been charged after a loaded handgun was found in his backpack during a routine search, officials said.

Romeo Maxwell, 27, who is an inmate in Genesee County, viciously attacked Josie, the jail comfort dog.

Police say a groom struck a groomsman with a vehicle and killed him after a wedding in Flint, Michigan.

A Michigan woman who forced a puppy to live in conditions so bad that the fur on its paws changed color was arrested after beating the dog in front of a delivery man, officials said.

A Michigan father is facing hate crime charges after prosecutors say he threatened to burn down the school and kill the staff.

A Michigan man has been charged under the state’s new law requiring safe storage of guns after his 2-year-old daughter shot herself in the head with his revolver the day after the law took effect.

The law has only been on the books for seven days, but a Flint man was formally charged under Michigan's new safe gun storage law.

A Michigan man has been convicted in the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was out celebrating a family member’s birthday at a Flint nightclub.

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton charged an 18-year-old Mount Morris Township man in the assault of a manager at the Macys department store in the Genesee Valley Center in Flint Township. In surveillance video obtained from Macys by Flint Township police, Palmer is seen walking around the store; he then approaches and punches the manager in the head from behind knocking him to the floor. The video shows Palmer continuing to strike the manager while he is on the floor. Leyton indicated that despite public comments on social media, the police investigation did not uncover any evidence of provocation by the store manager. He also said there is no audio on the Macys store surveillance video contrary to what some had indicated.

DETROIT A Flint-area prosecutor said Tuesday that his office will no longer authorize criminal charges in cases that begin with a police officer stopping someone for simply walking in the street. It's more often used in urban areas where minorities live instead of suburban communities, said Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton. The new policy comes while officials across the U.S. talk about how minorities have been treated in the justice system. He said Flint has an ordinance barring people from walking in the street when there's a sidewalk, even though the sidewalk might be in bad shape or poorly lit. The majority of the stops don't result in anything other than detaining a private citizen.

Sharmel L. Teague, 45, of Flint, was arraigned Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in 67th Distirct Court on first-degree murder and felony firearm charges. Sharmel Teague, 45, was arraigned via video Tuesday in district court, according to the Genesee County prosecutor's office. Larry Teague and Bishop have yet to be arrested and were believed to be on the run, prosecutor David Leyton said. Two men later came to the store, and one of them shot Munerlyn in the back of the head. Witnesses identified Bishop as the man who shot Munerlyn, according to Leyton.

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. A medical examiner delivered damaging new testimony Friday as a husband stands charged with spiking his wifes cereal with a fatal amount of heroin. Jason Harris, 44, allegedly openly spoke about getting rid of his wife and had allegedly been looking for a hit man. We believe he put heroin in her cereal and milk the night she died, Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said. In court Friday, Genesee County medical examiner Brian Hunter spoke about what he found on the victims body during the autopsy. He said the victim didnt have a history of heart failure and she didnt drown.

Christy Ann Thompson Harris was found dead in September of 2014 in the bedroom of the home she shared with Jason Harris. A former co-worker of Jason Harris testified that he gave Harris 10 pills of Klonopin. More coverageWhat happenedProsecutor Leyton said Jason Harris had a history of seeing other women outside their marriage. The prosecutor said at one point Jason Harris hired a hit man. The alleged hit man was on parole and sent back to prison.

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. - A Michigan man charged with murder after allegedly killing his wife by spiking her cereal with heroin is due in court. MORE: What a man accused of murdering wife by spiking cereal with heroin said in depositionJason Harris' preliminary examination is Tuesday. Harris, 44, is accused of putting heroin in Christy Ann Thompson Harris' cereal in 2014. What happenedGenesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Christina Harris' husband, Jason Harris, had a history of seeing other women outside their marriage. The prosecutor said at one point Jason Harris hired a hit man.

"We believe Jason Harris murdered his wife," Leyton said. Robinson said Jason Harris has been cooperating with state police and has been mourning his wife since she died. He said they also felt Jason Harris was seeing other women prior to his wife's death. Christina Harris, Leyton said, had recently been promoted to manager of Genesee County's busiest Subway restaurant, where said she was a mentor and friend to her coworkers. CORRECTION: A photo caption in an earlier version of this article incorrectly reported Jason Harris' plea.

Jason Harris was charged with premeditated murder and is facing life in prison. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said Christina Harris' husband, Jason Harris, had a history of seeing other women outside their marriage. The prosecutor said at one point Jason Harris hired a hit man. "We believe Jason Harris murdered his wife, we believe he put heroin into her cereal and milk the night she died," Leyton said. Two years after Christina Harris' death was ruled an accidental overdose, a key piece of evidence was located at her parents house.

DAVISON, Mich. - A Michigan man has been charged with murder after investigators concluded he spiked his wife's bowl of cereal with heroin. The medical examiner initially classified Christina Ann-Thompson Harris' 2014 death as an accidental overdose. But investigators now believe Jason Harris poisoned her at their home in Davison, 60 miles (100 kilometers) north of Detroit. Leyton says Jason Harris' siblings told police that he had talked about "getting rid" of his wife. Co-workers told investigators that Harris had been looking for a hit man.