MACOMB COUNTY JAIL

A Roseville babysitter accused of abusing a 23-month-old boy has been charged with murder following the child’s death.

A 23-month-old boy has died after he was abused by his babysitter, Roseville police said.

A Roseville babysitter has been arrested for abusing an 11-month-old boy, causing serious head injuries, police said.

The first person to be charged in the ongoing Boy Scouts of America (BSA) investigation has been found competent to stand trial.

A Clinton Township man accused of murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in the basement for at least seven months has been bound over for trial.

The first person to be charged in the ongoing Boy Scouts of America (BSA) investigation was arraigned Monday morning, according to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.

John Robert Galvan is a registered sex offender whose drunk driving incident nearly killed a Highland Park police officer in 2011

A Clinton Township man is accused of murdering his girlfriend and hiding her body in the basement for at least seven months.

A man who was granted a new trial in 2019 has waited nearly two years for the trial to start.

Here are tonight's top stories.

A Macomb County father shot and killed his daughter’s boyfriend for assaulting her earlier in the night, according to police.

(CBS DETROIT)- The Macomb County Jail is the latest facility to fall victim to the corona virus crisis. County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham says until now they have done very well keeping the virus at bay. When a handful of inmates tested positive for COVID-19 at the end of October, staff tested other inmates on the same floors. “And 143 on the rapid test came back positive they then did the PCR test and when the results came back the same 143 inmates tested positive.” said WickershamHe says those inmates are quarantined in an isolated area of the jail where they will remain for at least 14 days. Wickersham says he’s seeing cases of the virus from in coming inmates.

click to enlarge Macomb CountyMacomb County Jail in Mount Clemens. The coronavirus has infected more than a quarter of Macomb County Jail’s 550 inmates, prompting the Sheriff’s Office to administer rapid tests to every new inmate entering lockup.At least 30 jail employees have also tested positive for COVID-19.The outbreak occurred on two floors of the jail in Mount Clemens. Wickersham says the jail only had five COVID-19 cases between March and the end of October.The 1,438-bed jail is far below capacity after hundreds of inmates were released as a preventive measure during the pandemic.Since March, Wickersham says all new inmates have been quarantined for 14 days. In other jails around the country, health officials believe employees are unwittingly bringing the virus into the facilities.In Michigan-run jails, nearly 14,000 inmates have tested positive for COVID-19 and 89 have died. An additional 1,981 jail employees have tested positive and three have died.

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – An outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) inside the Macomb County Jail has forced the isolation of nearly 150 inmates. The jail will now be testing every single person coming into the jail even if they don’t have any symptoms. Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said they’ve done their best to keep COVID-19 out of the jail. Macomb County is now changing so tests happen immediately instead of waiting through a quarantine period. Whitmer order requires COVID-19 testing in Michigan prison, jailsGov.

CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – An 18-year-old man has been arrested by the Chesterfield Township Police Department Wednesday on suspicion of multiple drive-by shootings. According to authorities, Christian Koussa is charged with discharge of a firearm from a vehicle, a felony charge. Police said on Sept. 12, multiple homes were randomly targeted in drive-by shootings in an area near Donner Road and I-94. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years imprisonment. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Chesterfield Police Department at 586-949-3426.

BRUCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. On Friday, Michigan State Police were sent to the area of Brown and Ebeling roads in Bruce Township after receiving information on a driver being slumped over the wheel. When police located the vehicle it was running. The unconscious driver, a 26-year-old Armada man, was found drunk and arrested for Operating While Intoxicated. Police seized three guns from the vehicle. The driver was taken to the Macomb County Jail pending charges of OWI-High BAC and possession of firearm while intoxicated.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. - Two women and a man have been charged with creating fake checks that look like the ones given to released Macomb County Jail inmates and using them at party stores throughout Oakland and Macomb counties, officials said. Deputies said the checks looked nearly identical to the ones given by the Macomb County Sheriff's Office to inmates when they're released from jail. The fake checks had a Macomb County Sheriff's Office logo in the upper right corner with the address and "inmate funds." The fake checks varied in amounts from $300 to $725 and were all dated July 3, July 5 or July 7, officials said. They were made out to people who were not inmates at the Macomb County Jail, according to authorities.