Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald joined community and law enforcement leaders to provide an update on the county’s fight against human trafficking.

The Oakland County mom accused of abandoning her three children for years has pleaded no contest to welfare fraud, officials said.

The Oakland County prosecutor offered guidance to schools on how to handle Immigration enforcement activities at school.

A Sterling Heights man has been charged after a woman was forced to have sex for money, drugged to keep going, and beaten if she refused, prosecutors said.

A Farmington Hills officer is facing charges after he allegedly “forcibly fondled” a police cadet, officials said.

Testimonies were heard at the Michigan Senate Education Committee on Wednesday that focused on a proposed bill aimed to ensure students are followed through the process of transferring schools.

A Michigan prosecutor has filed a terrorism charge against a man accused of stabbing 11 people at a Walmart store.

Southfield police responded to a domestic disturbance call at the Quality Inn on Telegraph Road, where a woman reported that a man had smashed her windshield.

A former Oakland County substitute teacher has been sentenced to 10-15 years in prison in connection with assaulting multiple elementary school girls.

An Oakland County teacher is accused of having a sexual relationship with a student and telling another teacher about it.

A former Oakland County teacher was arrested and charged after she told another teacher that she was having a sexual relationship with a student, prosecutors said.

A Royal Oak doctor is accused of having sex with woman trapped in a sex trafficking ring and threatening a trafficked woman’s health care when he was unhappy with her, according to prosecutors.

A former Oakland County teacher was charged for allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship with a student.

Jennifer Crumbley’s attorney has been fined for filing an improper motion that sought to remove the Oakland County prosecutor from the case.

The arrest of nine people in recent sex trafficking cases are linked to several cities across Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties, according to prosecutors.

The woman accused of leaving her kids in a Pontiac home for years is finally a free woman after bonding out of jail with a few conditions.

The backpack was supposed to have the 3-year-old's snack in it, but instead, an employee at a Royal Oak child care center found a loaded gun.

Paul Katterman and his wife, Zixuan Wan, face serious charges regarding their ownership of massage parlors in Commerce Township, Farmington Hills, and Westland.

A Detroit man has been charged in connection with a fatal stabbing that happened outside a gas station in Southfield, officials announced.

The 20-year-old reportedly shot her in the head because she was “talking back” to him.

The 20-year-old reportedly shot her in the head because she was “talking back” to him.

The Oakland County Prosecutor charged the suspect accused of killing one and injuring two in Oxford on Christmas Eve as a habitual offender in hopes of enhancing his sentence if convicted.

A judge has denied a motion seeking to remove and disqualify Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald from Jennifer Crumbley’s case.

A Berkley man has been charged with additional counts of criminal sexual conduct in Oakland County after being accused of coercing a teen into sex in exchange for vape products, officials said.

Two people from Madison Heights were sentenced after a 9-year-old boy shot himself with an unsecured gun.

An Oakland County man has been charged for allegedly coercing a 15-year-old girl into sex in exchange for vape products, officials announced.

The Oakland County mother accused of abandoning her three children to live alone in a filthy home for years is back in court on Tuesday after allegedly calling her children’s caregiver multiple times.

Prosecutors want communication privileges revoked for an Oakland County mother who’s accused of abandoning her three children to live alone in a filthy home for years.

Zixuan Wan, 44, of Livonia, has been charged in connection to a human trafficking investigation involving illegal activity at massage parlors in Oakland and Wayne counties, officials announced.

Zixuan Wan, 44, of Livonia, has been charged in connection to a human trafficking investigation involving illegal activity at massage parlors in Oakland and Wayne counties, officials announced.

The Oakland County mother accused of abandoning her three children, leaving them to live alone for years inside a filthy home, was given three additional charges.

The lawyer of Jennifer Crumbley filed a motion Wednesday to remove Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald from the Crumbley case and appoint a special prosecutor.

Here's what the judge said when she gave an Oakland County mother who allegedly abandoned her three children and left them to live in deplorable conditions for years a $250 million bond.

A judge has set an extraordinary bond for a Michigan woman who is locked up and accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house full of trash and feces.

The Oakland County prosecutor described the horrific scene when three children were found inside a home where they had been abandoned and left to fend for themselves for several years.

An Oakland County mother has been charged with first-degree child abuse after she abandoned her kids and left them to live alone for years.

A Michigan woman has been charged with child abuse, five days after police found her three children living alone for years in a house teeming with trash and feces.

An Oakland County mother has been charged with first-degree child abuse after she abandoned her kids and left them to live alone for years.

An Oakland County woman was charged with animal cruelty for allegedly neglecting her two sick dogs.

A 16-year-old has been charged in connection to stabbing another student at an Oakland County high school, officials said.

A Detroit man is facing multiple charges for allegedly physically and sexually assaulting a woman at a motel in Royal Oak Township.

Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Kwamé Rowe issued two decisions denying motions filed by the Oxford High School shooter.

A Commerce Township man was found guilty of killing his wife in 2021.

A 28-year-old Waterford man was issued several charges after making threatening statements toward a Pontiac gas station clerk while pouring gasoline on the shelves with a lit cigarette in his mouth.

A Pontiac woman has been charged following an animal cruelty and unregistered shelter investigation in September, where 37 animals were rescued from her home.

Michigan is ranked 10th in the country for human trafficking.

A driver has been charged for threatening an Oakland County road worker who honked when she saw him driving carelessly in a construction zone, officials said.

Dr. Oumair Aejaz, an Oakland County doctor, faces 17 new felony charges for the alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child, bringing his total number of charges to at least 27.

The man who barricaded himself in a Farmington Hills home on Sunday and shot at police has been charged with multiple felonies.

Murder charges filed against the father of a 14-year-old boy accused of a Georgia school shooting follow the successful prosecution of two parents in Michigan.

Parents are planning to file a civil lawsuit in the case of a Huron Valley Schools substitute teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct.

Timothy Allen Daugherty, a 61-year-old resident of White Lake, has been charged with six counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald.

“The victimization is so broad and the perversion so great that we’re still trying to wrap our arms around it,” Bouchard said. “We have some very sick people in the world.”

A 25-year-old man was caught right after sexually assaulting a child at an Oakland County park in the middle of the night, police said.

Detroit resident Joshua Charston Brown-Hill, 25, was charged with three counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in the first degree of a 12-year-old girl in West Bloomfield.

Lake Orion resident Adam Richards Williams, 35, received 26-50 years in prison on Monday, July 22, for breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s home and raping and beating her with a baseball bat.

A man killed an Oakland County artist during an argument over paint supplies, a jury determined.

This new foundation aims to address the multifaceted issue of gun violence by focusing not only on the immediate actions taken when someone has a gun in their hand, but also on comprehensive prevention strategies.

An attorney targeted a former coworker by trying to break into her Oakland County home with a gun, a knife, handcuffs, rope, and duct tape, officials said.

The boyfriend of an Oakland County mother has been charged with murder after the death of a 1-year-old girl.

A jury convicted two men in the murder of well-known Oak Park jeweler Dan Hutchinson.

When Judge Cheryl Matthews gave both Jennifer and James Crumbley the maximum sentence, she did so because the couple failed to take any responsibility for what their son did the day he went on a murderous shooting rampage at Oxford High School.

When Judge Cheryl Matthews gave both Jennifer and James Crumbley the maximum sentence, she did so because the couple failed to take any responsibility for what their son did the day he went on a murderous shooting rampage at Oxford High School.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald released internal agreements between her office and Nick Ejack, the former Oxford High School Dean of Students, and Shawn Hopkins, an Oxford High School Counselor.

Prosecutors released internal documents that show agreements reached with two Oxford High School staff who aren't facing charges.

The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office is releasing internal documents that show the proffer agreements her office entered into with Oxford High School Dean of Students Nick Ejack and school counselor Shawn Hopkins.

The parents of four students murdered in the Oxford shooting say the recent convictions are only the beginning.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald will hold a press conference alongside the families of the victims following the guilty verdict of James Crumbley.

Attorneys made their closing statements Wednesday at the trial of James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter.

A jury in Michigan has heard closing arguments and started deliberating in the case of a Michigan school shooter's father.

Watch all of the witness testimony from James Crumbley's trial here.

The involuntary manslaughter trial continued Wednesday for James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter.

It’s time to seat a jury ahead of the trial for James Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter.

A man threatened to shoot a worker and police while robbing a Kroger in Oakland County, police said.

A man has been found guilty of murder at an Oakland County hotel after the jury heard from 26 witnesses during his trial.

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A Michigan jury has found a school shooter’s mother guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of four students in 2021.

A jury could decide on Monday whether to convict the Oxford High School shooter’s mother of four counts of involuntary manslaughter for her alleged role in the shooting.

Prosecutors made one point clear Friday during their closing argument at the trial of the Oxford shooter’s mother: Their involuntary manslaughter case is largely about the information Jennifer Crumbley knew and didn’t share or act on.

Prosecutors made one point clear Friday during their closing argument at the trial of the Oxford shooter’s mother: Their involuntary manslaughter case is largely about the information Jennifer Crumbley knew and didn’t share or act on.

Seven days of emotional testimony are over and attorneys have wrapped up their closing arguments in the involuntary manslaughter trial of a school shooter's mother in Michigan.

Tempers flared at the end of the second day of Jennifer Crumbley’s trial, as the defense and prosecutors got into a shouting match about jokes in the courtroom and the “parading” of evidence.

The Oakland County prosecutor and the defense attorney for Jennifer Crumbley got into an argument in the courtroom over “sobbing” during evidence that showed video of the Oxford High School shooting.

Jury selection is continuing into the second day for Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the Oxford High School shooter.

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The Oxford High School shooter was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering four students and injuring seven people in 2021.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald made the case for the Oxford High School shooter to be sentenced to life without parole during his sentencing hearing.

The sentencing hearing for the Oxford shooter is set to begin in one week -- but it’s unknown how long the hearing might last, with many people expected to provide victim impact statements in court.

The Oxford High School shooter will face life in prison without the chance for parole after an Oakland County judge decided Friday that the shooter’s age and life circumstances won’t mitigate his sentence.

A teenager who killed four students at Michigan’s Oxford High School is eligible for life in prison without parole.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald is fighting to keep the shooter behind bars for the rest of his life.

A college student who came home for the summer was found dead in the middle of an Oakland County roadway after jumping from a moving car. Here’s what we know about the case.

A woman is accused of continuing to drive away after her friend, a college student home for the summer, mysteriously jumped out of a moving car in Oakland County and died in the middle of the road.

Testimony has ended at a unique sentencing hearing for a Michigan teenager who killed four students at his school in 2021.

A man was arrested inside a Troy business after he made threats to shoot up a different store in Oakland County, police said.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald has charged Douglas Alan Fleury, 44, of Madison Heights, with one count of flying beam of light or energy aimed at a plane or train.

The Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office amended criminal charges in the March 22 Walled Lake crash that killed 13-year-old Piper Carrothers.

More charges have been brought against a former youth hockey doctor who is accused of sexually abusing patients at his Farmington Hills home.

A Dearborn man has been arrested and charged with ethnic intimidation following an antisemitic incident at a synagogue in Bloomfield Hills.

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