JAMES CRAIG

With Senator Debbie Stabenow announcing her retirement, Michigan had an open Senate seat up for grabs next year. All of which makes for hotly contested primaries.

Police believe a Colorado dentist laced his wife’s pre-workout protein shakes with arsenic and cyanide, eventually killing his spouse so he could be with a woman he was having an affair with.

Detroit police are expanding its crisis intervention unit in hopes of avoiding using lethal force, especially when handling those suffering from mental illness.

A 24-year-old Detroit man has been charged in connection with, and is soon to be sentenced for, the murder of 56-year-old Bashar Kallabat from Bloomfield Hills.

Former Detroit police Chief James Craig said he will run as a write-in candidate in the Republican primary for Michigan governor.

Former Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has been on the wrong end of this kind of trouble. He spoke exclusively to Local 4 about the current situation.

It wasn’t the debate on Mackinac Island anyone would’ve imagined a few weeks ago. But with former Detroit Police Chief James Craig and Perry Johnson disqualified from the ballot, the remaining candidates got a chance to show what they were about.

The Michigan Court of Claims on Wednesday rejected James Craig’s appeal to remain on the ballot for the state’s Aug. 2 gubernatorial primary after the Board of State Canvassers did not certify him to run.

A judge has declined to put a former Detroit police chief on the Republican ballot for Michigan governor.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said it’s “just plain nonsense” that he knowingly outed the identity of a confidential FBI informant who was wearing a wire for federal officials in a corruption probe.

Former Michigan Congressman Thaddeus McCotter has been on the wrong end of this kind of trouble. He spoke exclusively to Local 4 about the current situation.

Two more Republican candidates for governor are suing to get on the Aug. 2 primary ballot, just days before the Michigan lineup must be settled.

Business owner Perry Johnson filed a lawsuit Friday to try to get on Michigan’s August primary ballot, the first of many likely legal challenges after five Republican candidates for governor were barred because of too few valid petition signatures.

Thursday (May 26), five republican candidates were officially thrown off the ballot by the state board of canvassers. Those candidates include former Detroit Police Chief James Craig, Perry Johnson, Donna Brandenburg, Michael Markey, and Mike Brown.

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is set to meet Thursday to determine who will appear on the ballot for the 2022 gubernatorial primary election in August after five GOP candidates reportedly failed to submit enough nominating signatures.

Two of the leading candidates for the GOP nomination for Michigan governor will ask the courts to intervene after they were found ineligible for the August primary.

On Monday, five Michigan Republican candidates for governor failed to file enough nominating signatures that would qualify them for the August primary.

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is set to meet this week to determine who will appear on the ballot for the 2022 gubernatorial primary election in August after five GOP candidates reportedly failed to submit enough nominating signatures.

Republican candidate Michael Brown on Tuesday dropped out of the race for the next Michigan governor after the state’s elections bureau announced that five GOP contenders failed to file enough valid nominating signatures, and should not qualify to run in the August primary.

The Michigan Bureau of Elections says five GOP candidates for governor are ineligible for the August ballot, including former Detroit Police Chief James Craig and Quality Guru Perry Johnson.

Michigan’s elections bureau says five Republican candidates for governor, including two leading contenders, failed to file enough valid nominating signatures and shouldn't qualify for the August primary.

Republicans running for Michigan governor have met in their first debate.

Eight GOP Gubernatorial hopefuls had a chance to woo primary voters at the Livingston County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner. A debate, of sorts, was the feature of the evening.

Multiple campaigns that used the same paid signature gatherers appear to have the same petition problems, starting with forged signatures.

Petitions filed by three Republicans seeking to run for Michigan governor this year are being challenged due to alleged forgery and other signature and form issues.

The filing deadline for political office has come and gone and all sorts of busy bees have been combing through the candidate petitions looking for errors.

Police are holding a news briefing Wednesday afternoon to provide details on two recent non fatal shootings in Detroit.

The Michigan Democratic Party is challenging three top Republican gubernatorial candidates’ nominating petitions, alleging forged signatures and other issues that could keep them from qualifying for the GOP primary.

A group tied to Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon is challenging nominating petitions submitted by rival candidate James Craig, saying he likely did not turn in enough valid signatures to qualify for the GOP primary.

Ten Republicans have filed petitions to run for governor by the deadline, a record number in recent history, creating a huge field for a primary electorate that will decide who challenges Democrat Gretchen Whitmer.

A new poll offers some insight on where Michigan voters stand in the state’s upcoming election for governor.

The race to be Michigan’s next governor is heating up.

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Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig’s official announcement of his campaign for governor had to wait a little while longer after protestors derailed his speech before it even got started.

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has formally announced his campaign for governor but not before protesters derailed his kickoff event on Belle Isle and forced him to move.

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James Craig visited Belle Isle on Tuesday to formally announce his plan to run for Michigan governor, but he was shouted down by protesters and forced to leave after just 10 words.

Former Detroit police chief James Craig is going to announce his candidacy for Michigan governor on Tuesday.

Mayor Mike Duggan announced his selection for the permanent chief of the Detroit Police Department on Monday afternoon.

Mayor Mike Duggan has named James White as his selection for the permanent chief of the Detroit Police Department.

Mayor Mike Duggan announced Monday he has selected James White as chief of the Detroit Police Department.

About a half-dozen police chiefs and high-ranking law enforcement officers are running for higher office more than a year after George Floyd’s murder prompted debate over police reform and whether to slash law enforcement funding.

Kalamazoo chiropractor Garrett Soldano raised nearly $625,000 since launching his run for governor, topping the field of Republican candidates vying to face Democrat Gretchen Whitmer next year.

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Retired Detroit Police Chief James Craig appeared on Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson Tonight program to announce the launch of his campaign for governor.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s reelection campaign has raised $8.5 million this year, the most for any gubernatorial candidate in a non-election year in Michigan history.

The former chief of the Detroit police has formed a candidate committee to start raising funds in preparation for Michigan’s upcoming gubernatorial race.

The expectation is that he’s going to throw his hat into the ring to be Michigan’s next governor.

Retired Detroit Police Chief James Craig made his first political speech in front of the Jackson County GOP Tuesday tonight.

Former Detroit police chief James Craig is stepping back into the spotlight.

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig has not definitively said whether he’s running for governor yet, but he sure is making moves like he is.

"It’s not us and them," White says, "It’s we."

For the first time in eight years there is a new leader at the Detroit Police Department.

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Soon-to-be retired Detroit Police Chief James Craig looks back on his decorated career, capping off a profession spanning over four decades.

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Major changes are coming to the Detroit Police Department (DPD) next month.

Police chief James Craig held his final graduation ceremony Friday as head of the Detroit Police Department.

The 2022 Michigan gubernatorial election is more than a year away, but there are already questions about who will and won’t be running.

James White will serve as the interim chief of Detroit police after James Craig steps down in June.

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Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on Monday is announcing the city’s interim police chief after current chief James Craig announced his retirement, effective this June.

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After announcing his retirement, Detroit police Chief James Craig sat down with Local 4 to talk about his experience and what’s next.

Detroit police Chief James Craig announced his retirement during a news conference Monday after heading the department for eight years.

Dale is 52 years old and has witnessed good and bad things about the city.

Detroit police Chief James Craig announced his retirement during a news conference Monday after heading the department for eight years.

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“He’s had a pretty good career already,” Rev. Sheffield said. “And if he doesn’t do anything else, he will still probably hear those words, job well done.”

“Look, I’m not an advocate for bad police, I demonstrated time and again,” Craig said. “I hold bad police accountable, but the vast majority of our men and women do it right.”

Local leaders across Metro Detroit are weighing in on the speculation that Detroit police chief James Craig is retiring and might be eyeing a run for Governor.

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James Craig is set to announce his retirement as chief of the Detroit Police Department, according to sources.

As protests continue, some believe a decision Detroit police made over summer to quickly release body-cam video of a shooting helped stop a potential riot.

In the days following George Floyd’s death in May 2020, protestors took to the streets across the United States, including in Detroit, demanding change within police departments.

Police were called to a home on Hanna Street and found a man armed with a large knife and stabbing himself.

A Detroit police officer was shot in the area of East Winchester Avenue and Hanna Street.

As we await the verdict of the trial of Derek Chauvin Detroit Police Chief James Craig made it clear the department is ready for any type of social unrest that happens as a result. He says either way something is bound to happen as a result of the verdict.

Police shot and killed a man who drove through a crime scene in Detroit where five people had been shot and one person was killed in a car crash.

A man was shot and killed by Detroit police after he targeted officers as they investigated a scene where five people were shot, led police on a 100 mph chase and instigated multiple shootouts, according to the chief.

Friends and family of Detroit police Sgt. Elaine Williams protested in front of Wayne County Judge Lawrence Talon’s Livonia home for more than an hour Thursday.

There are second-degree Manslaughter charges against Kim Potter, the former Minnesota Police Officer who said she mistook her gun for a Taser when she fatally shot a Black man after a traffic stop.

On Monday it was announced that five legal observers with the National Lawyers Guild are suing the Detroit Police Department.

Friends, family and Detroit police gathered on Friday to remember slain Sgt. Elaine Williams after bond was reduced for her accused killer

A prosecutor has decided not to charge Detroit officers in the fatal shooting of a Black man who was man recorded by police body cameras as he shot at an officer.

Prosecutors provided an update Wednesday on whether or not Detroit police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a civilian in 2020 will be charged.

A Garden City man charged in the shooting death of his domestic partner, a Detroit police officer, was granted bond.

DETROIT – In two separate Detroit shootings, parents are facing charges because their children got their hands on guns. The two shootings happened on the same day and now both sets of parents have been charged. Brianna Williams was charged with second-degree child abuse after her 13-year-old son was shot by his 10-year-old cousin. READ: Detroit mother charged with child abuse in non-fatal shooting of 13-year-old sonAccording to authorities, the 10-year-old found a gun that had not been locked up or hidden. Police said a 3-year-old found an unsecured gun and it went off, shooting himself in the arm.

It’s coming in the form of a bill that was just passed by the U.S. House -- and it’s named after George Floyd. After months of protests over the last summer, Americans across the country said that the killing of George Floyd -- a Black Minnesota man -- was a wake up call for the nation. Lawrence says that members of Congress couldn’t ignore what happened to George Floyd and the cultural aftermath. “The George Floyd (Justice in Policing Act) is not a ‘Black bill,’ it’s not just for African Americans,” Lawrence said. We wanted body worn cameras,” Craig said.

DETROIT – After two shootings that involved children occurred just hours apart on Tuesday, Detroit police chief James Craig says the parents must be held accountable. On March 9, two separate shootings took place in Detroit that involved and injured children. One shooting occurred on Justine Street, where a 13-year-old boy was accidentally shot by his 10-year-old cousin. The second shooting took place on Omira Street, where a 3-year-old was accidentally shot in the arm by another child. Police said a 4-year-old and a 13-year-old were also inside the home when the shooting happened, but no adults were there.

DETROIT – Jury selection begins Monday in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, who is charged with killed George Floyd. After more than 100 days of protest over the summer in cities across Metro Detroit, activists said their work is far from done. “This is how we stand up in defense of our lives,” Wallace said. Activists said they’re prepared too. READ: Detroit Protests

DETROIT – Derek Chauvin will stand trial for the death of George Floyd Monday. There are concerns that the verdict in the trial could spark violence or protests. “The need to be the forces that de-escalated conflict and stop being a force that implements inequality,” said Tristan Taylor, with Detroit Will Breathe. “We want justice for George Floyd and if we don’t get it, we expect an explosion that happened last summer to happen again,” Taylor said. READ: Detroit Protests“We support peaceful protests, but when individuals embedded within peaceful protesters opt to engage in criminal behavior, then we will address that,” Craig said.

DETROIT – A man wanted for a triple homicide and two attempted murders in Cincinnati was shot by officers in Detroit, police said. Detroit police located the suspect at the Rivertown Inn & Suites on Monday in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Rivard Street. Detroit Police Chief James Craig said that officers shot back at the suspect, who was struck several times. READ: More local crime coverageChandra Moore (Cincinnati Police Department)Warrant for Chandra MooreCincinnati police said that there is an active warrant for murder and felonious assault for Moore. Cincinnati police reached out to the Detroit police to let them know that Moore had fled to Detroit and as at the Rivertown Inn & Suites.

Nick joined the Local 4 team in February of 2015. Prior to that he spent 6 years in Sacramento covering a long list of big stories including wildfires and earthquakes. Raised in Sterling Heights, he is no stranger to the deep history and pride Detroit has to offer.

Nick joined the Local 4 team in February of 2015. Prior to that he spent 6 years in Sacramento covering a long list of big stories including wildfires and earthquakes. Raised in Sterling Heights, he is no stranger to the deep history and pride Detroit has to offer.

DETROIT – For the second time in the span of a week, a child in Detroit found an unsecured gun in a home and accidentally pulled the trigger. “We’ve seen tragedy after tragedy. It’s too many stories like this,” Detroit police Chief James Craig said. “Another tragic situation where another gun owner falls asleep with a gun,” Craig said. “If you’re a gun owner and you invite guests to your home and there’s children or adults that you may not want to have access -- you need to secure the weapons.

DETROIT – Multiple Michigan residents have been taken into custody after Wednesday’s deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol Building with more arrests likely to come. U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said if they crossed state lines with intent to riot, they will be charged. RELATED: Several Michigan residents charged after deadly siege on US Capitol BuildingThe FBI has been receiving many tips from residents who are scared and want to help. Nearly everyone who went into the Capitol Building was caught on camera and authorities are looking to identify them. RELATED: Top federal prosecutor in Michigan seeks tips on Capitol mob“If you think about the U.S. Capitol, there are cameras all over the place,” Schneider said.