A report examining a wrongful conviction case in Wayne County was released on Monday, highlighting what led to the inaccurate conviction and offering recommendations to prevent it from happening again.

A 34-year-old man is facing charges in connection with allegedly sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl at a McDonald’s in Detroit, officials said.

Outside of the courtroom at the 22nd District Court on Friday morning, Cedric Salisbury expressed relief that the mother and son who are charged with killing his daughter, London Thomas, were finally standing in front of a judge.

The mother and son charged in the murder of London Thomas appeared in court on Friday.

A mother and her son were charged Thursday in connection with the death of 17-year-old London Thomas.

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Three men from Detroit have been formally charged in connection with the fatal shooting of 6-year-old Rylee Love.

A Highland Park man has been charged with murder and hate crime for allegedly strangling a woman to death after learning she was transgender.

An 18-year-old has been charged in connection with the murder of a Taylor woman who was found dead in June.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged James Albert Britton, 78, of Detroit, in connection with the non-fatal shootings of a 64-year-old man, a 65-year-old man, and a 70-year-old woman, all of Detroit.

A longtime friend of the man accused of shooting and killing a Detroit mother who was last seen in 2020 testified to what he witnessed the days following the woman’s disappearance.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Javon Timarious Hawk, 21, of Detroit, and Joseph Lavar Houston, 23, of Sterling Heights, in connection with the fatal shooting of Michael Davis, 23, of Hamtramck. Police said Davis was the cousin of the defendants.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Joseph Robinson, 22, of Detroit, in connection with supplying four 17-year-old boys housed in the Juvenile Detention Center with marijuana gummies.

An Oakland County woman has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting two teenage boys while working at a Wayne County juvenile jail.

The man accused of murdering and sexually assaulting a missing Detroit teen is facing new charges in connection to a 2013 sexual assault case.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced that no charges will be issued in connection with the severe burns to beloved dog “Gideon,” sparking outrage from the Detroit Animal Welfare Group.

The Gideon animal abuse case got an update Friday while protestors were outside the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

The Gideon animal abuse case got an update Friday while protestors were outside the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

An Oakland County woman accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys while working at a Wayne County juvenile jail was found guilty on Tuesday.

A Detroit teen was arrested and charged in connection with the carjacking and robbery at gunpoint of a Warren woman.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax, 29, of Detroit, in connection with breaking into a 75-year-old Detroit man’s home and the theft of a 52-year-old Dearborn Heights man’s vehicle. It is alleged that Broadenax used his 11-year-old daughter to assist in the home invasion and car thefts.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Andre Stephon-Curtis Broadenax, 29, of Detroit, in connection with breaking into a 75-year-old Detroit man’s home and the theft of a 52-year-old Dearborn Heights man’s vehicle. It is alleged that Broadenax used his 11-year-old daughter to assist in the home invasion and car thefts.

The Gideon animal abuse case got an update Friday while protestors were outside the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

Two suspects in the disappearance of a Detroit teen who had been missing for weeks before she was found dead are in custody, according to Michigan State Police.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Brandon Lee Dwayne Little, 25, of Redford with abandoning two kittens at a gas station in Detroit.

A man has been charged nearly five years after a Detroit woman mysteriously disappeared after a call on Mother’s Day.

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Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Keyvonte Deshawn Clark, 31, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of Jessica Bedford, 24, also from Detroit.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Akida Diaba Dudley, 51, in connection with three serial sexual assaults committed in Detroit between 1997 and 2004.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Darren Joshua Bradford, 24, of Berkley, with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old Grosse Pointe girl.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy is facing murder charges after prosecutors said the child was smothered to death, bound, and buried in a shallow grave behind a house in Detroit.

The mother of a 9-year-old boy is facing murder charges after prosecutors said the child was smothered to death, bound, and buried in a shallow grave behind a house in Detroit.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old boy in Detroit in connection with fleeing from Garden City police officers.

The teenage driver who assaulted a Detroit police officer during a traffic stop on the city's west side has been bound over for trial.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Alahondro Von Fitzpatrick, 31, of Detroit, in connection with the non-fatal shooting of his three-year-old son.

The man charged in connection to a crash that killed a 7-year-old boy and injured three others, including a 5-year-old girl, pleaded no contest.

A 19-year-old from Detroit accused of stabbing his family members at a Dearborn hotel was charged Monday.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Dayjon Antwian Macon, 28, of Detroit, in connection with a car crash that killed off-duty Detroit police officer Cameron Richardson, 32.

The man accused of shooting and killing a man, then leaving the scene in Detroit’s east side, has been arrested and charged, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old boy, two 16-year-old juvenile boys, and a 14-year-old boy, all of Detroit, in connection with a carjacking of a 67-year-old Detroit man’s vehicle that led to an officer-involved shooting.

A man is facing multiple charges after prosecutors say he operated a “house of prostitution” out of his Wayne County home.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Michael Richard Navoy, 70, of Allen Park, in connection with human trafficking and prostitution of women.

The bailiff who fatally shot a Detroit man during an eviction in July will not be charged, the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office announced.

A Detroit teen was charged Tuesday for allegedly accidentally shooting his 12-year-old cousin Monday night.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Jameson Williams won't be charged with a crime after he was found with a gun in a car driven by his brother in October.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 15-year-old boy from Detroit in connection with the fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy and the non-fatal shooting of a 32-year-old woman, also of Detroit.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Ahmad Nyjahjuan Jatta, 30, of Roseville, in connection with a car crash that killed a seven-year-old boy and injured a five-year-old girl, a 21-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman all of Detroit.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jose Angel Oquendo-Torruella, 39, of Detroit, in connection with the fatal shooting of girlfriend Valentina Colban, 37, also of Detroit.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Marvin Lee Flentroy, 64, of Pontiac, in connection with a car crash that killed a 3-year-old girl from Hamtramck.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Aaliyah Daz Jhanay Renee Glenn, 23, of Detroit, in connection with a police chase that resulted in a car crash that killed MD Sujon Miah, 37, of Sterling Heights, and another person as yet unidentified.

73-year-old Gary Lansky is facing attempted murder charges.

A Detroit teen accused of stabbing a man to death is being charged as an adult.

The Detroit man charged in connection to the death and sexual assault of a missing 13-year-old is facing additional charges in connection to the sexual assault of two additional children.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy said Na'Ziyah Harris was pregnant at the time of her disappearance.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Lawrence Deonte Gilchrist, 30, of Detroit, with the homicide of Dieter Kirsch, 81, who was visiting from his home in Bremen, Germany.

One week after he was shot and killed, loved ones gathered to honor the life of Rayshawn Palmer and demand answers.

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Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy determined that no charges would be issued against the 40-year-old shooter in connection with the tailgate tragedy of Jalen Welch, 25, and Rayshawn Palmer, 40, both of Detroit.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has cleared the gunman in the shooting at a Detroit Lions tailgate in the Eastern Market as she ruled it a case of self-defense.

Officials reported on the ongoing violence reduction work being done by the One Detroit Violence Reduction Partnership and announced the work results as of Labor Day.

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Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy determined that no charges would be issued against the 40-year-old shooter in connection with the tailgate tragedy of Jalen Welch, 25, and Rayshawn Palmer, 40, both of Detroit.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy determined that no charges would be issued against the 40-year-old shooter in connection with the tailgate tragedy of Jalen Welch, 25, and Rayshawn Palmer, 40, both of Detroit.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Anthony Deshawn Sneed, 15, of Clinton Township, in the fatal shooting of Tasneen Sherrod, 42, and the non-fatal shooting of her 15-year-old in Detroit.

The parents of a Grosse Pointe teen killed in a high-speed crash are asking Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to charge the mother of the young man who was driving.

The parents of a Grosse Pointe teen killed in a high-speed crash are asking Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy to charge the mother of the young man who was driving.

The man accused of killing a well-known Detroit neurosurgeon whose body was found wrapped in a carpet in his attic had his first court appearance Thursday.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Antwon Tryee Williams, 22, of Detroit, in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy in Inkster.

Last week Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy announced murder charges against 34-year-old Desmond Burks, naming Burks as the killer of Dr. Hoover.

Officials provided a major update Wednesday in the mysterious murder of a well-known Detroit neurosurgeon whose body was found wrapped in a carpet in his attic more than 15 months ago.

We now know much more about the timeline of events that led up to and followed the murder of a popular neurosurgeon whose body was found wrapped in a carpet in the attic of his Detroit home.

Officials provided a major update Wednesday in the mysterious murder of a well-known Detroit neurosurgeon whose body was found wrapped in a carpet in his attic more than 15 months ago.

Three people were killed and 24 others were injured in six recent block party shootings in Detroit, and officials said they have a plan to do something about the trend.

A 34-year-old Detroit man is facing several charges after his 6-year-old son found an unsecured gun and shot himself in the thumb.

Eddie Ray Jr. Johnson, from Garden City, was charged on one count of manslaughter for killing Detroit police Sgt. Elaine Williams back in 2019.

The third annual Summer Surge, a product of the continuing collaboration of the One Detroit partnership, will focus on the city’s public spaces and target Detroit’s 8th and 9th precincts, which have the highest rates of violence in the city.

An Oakland County woman is accused of sexually assaulting two teenage boys while working at a Wayne County juvenile jail.

A Detroit man has been charged with shooting five people at a night club.

The Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a Garden City man with making terrorist threats against his fellow employees and customers at a Kroger store.

Detroit Public School police officer Dajuan Dickerson, 33, was found guilty of false report of a felony and lying to a peace officer in a jury trial.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Michael Shawn Holcomb, 52, of Ecorse, with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl from Allen Park.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 17-year-old boy with a car crash that killed Flynn Mackrell, 18, in Grosse Pointe Farms.

“Absolutely reprehensible,” said Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin. “This was a terrible crime. In my 26 years, it’s one of the most heinous things I’ve seen and witnessed."

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Charles Evans,24, of Detroit, for killing his 9-month-old daughter.

A teen has been charged with first-degree murder in the killing of a transgender woman of color in Highland Park.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged a 16-year-old boy from Detroit with the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old boy, also from Detroit, at a hotel party.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged professional boxer Jared Davon "The Real Big Baby" Anderson, 24, of Toledo, Ohio, with fleeing Huron Township police.

A married couple has been charged in the fatal dog mauling of a Detroit man on the city’s west side.

A teenager was killed by her ex-boyfriend behind the front desk of a hotel in Canton Township, police said.

A man accused of shooting and killing a 19-year-old girl at a Canton Township hotel was arrested at a hospital after he was injured in a hit-and-run crash.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged licensed Psychiatrist Dr. Barika Butler-Quarles of Grosse Pointe in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a Texas woman.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Barry Holley Washington, 45, in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a Detroit police officer.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy charged De-L Alekshay-Makalo Wesley, 49, of Eastpointe, in connection with a car crash that killed Dylan Bradford, 27, of Detroit, and injured a 35-year-old Inkster man.

Detroit police officer Juwan Marquise Alexander Brown was dispatched to the Garden Bowl in Midtown on Sept. 1.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Detroit police officer Juwan Marquise-Alexander Brown, 29, with the fatal assault of Daryl Vance, 71.

Authorities have filed a murder charge in the October fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jamal Terrel Colbert, 31, of Detroit, in connection with the felonious assault on a motor vehicle.

Seven years of legal wrangling over the Flint water crisis had resulted in all cases being dismissed.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jerremy Thompkins, 43, of Detroit, in connection with the sexual assault of minors in Farmington.

Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Leandre Devon Love, 36, of Detroit, with the assault of a 44-year-old Ypsilanti woman.