A Macomb County jury convicted 31-year-old Samantha Franz, a childcare worker from St. Clair Shores, on Friday, Nov. 14, after video showed her violently mistreating a 10-month-old in her care.

A woman has been sentenced in Mount Clemens after pleading guilty to charges related to the shooting of her father.

A prominent Macomb County businessman and the man accused of shooting him in an ambush outside his mansion both appeared at the arraignment on Wednesday.

Eddie Jawad was shot at his Macomb Township home as he was backing out of his driveway.

Eddie Jawad was shot at his Macomb Township home as he was backing out of his driveway.

The 14-year-old reported the alleged assault immediately, leading to his arrest.

Three men were charged for their alleged role in stealing over 30 infotainment centers from Dodge Rams, as well as other auto theft-related crimes in Metro Detroit.

A woman is accused of firing a gun at her friend’s dad when she was asked to leave a Macomb County home.

A man is accused of trying to meet up with a 15-year-old girl from Reddit to have sexual relations in Macomb County, prosecutors said.

A teenage driver is going to be arraigned as an adult after police say he ran a red light while fleeing and crashed into an Oakland County father, killing him.

Police pursuit cases in Macomb County have nearly doubled since 2019, prompting Prosecutor Peter Lucido to announce a zero-tolerance policy that eliminates plea deals for suspects who flee from law enforcement.

A plea deal has been reached between the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office and the Detroit Animal Welfare Group.

A judge has increased the bond for the man accused of assaulting a 15-year-old girl at Lake St. Clair Metropark.

The Macomb County prosecutor has filed a motion requesting that a judge increase or modify the personal bond that was issued for the man charged in connection with assaulting a girl at Lake St. Clair Metropark.

An unusual legal battle is brewing in Macomb County involving an animal rescue group, the Michigan DNR and deer.

In an updated report, The Associated Press has cataloged at least 147 state lawmakers in a total of 44 states who have been accused of sexual harassment or sexual misconduct since 2017.

The family of Ashley Elkins sat in the gallery of a 39th District courtroom as ex-boyfriend Deandre Booker was arraigned on additional charges.

Police continued to search a Macomb County landfill on Friday as they await test results on what they call "lookalike items" to determine if they are connected to the case.

A Macomb County man is accused of killing his neighbor’s dog when it got close to his property line.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido announced today his office will not be authorizing charges in connection with an alleged double-voting incident during the August primary election.

A doctor is accused of making an unwanted sexual advance on a 76-year-old woman in Macomb County and then performing an inappropriate act after driving her to a hair appointment.

A woman blocked the doors of a Macomb County home and set the building on fire to try to kill the three adults and two children inside, officials said.

A Macomb County man has been convicted of severely injuring his 11-week-old son.

A Macomb County mother has been sentenced to probation after her 5-year-old son wandered outside in the middle of the night and died due to the freezing cold conditions, officials said.

A Macomb County man is accused of handcuffing and assaulting his roommate without her permission.

A man has been sentenced for killing two of his neighbors outside an apartment building Macomb County.

The former head of the Michigan Democratic Party has filed an ethics complaint against Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido, claiming Lucido allowed a failed Sterling Heights City Council candidate to use county property for campaign purposes.

A drunken driver crashed head-on into a family of three in Macomb County and then lied to police about who had been driving the car, according to prosecutors.

The numbers are staggering. According to the federal government, more than $100 billion in child support arrearages exist in the US. Closer to home, the Macomb County prosecutor has run the numbers for his county, and they're equally appalling.

The man suspected of kidnapping and killing 2-year-old Wynter Cole Smith is accused of committing crimes in three different counties, but the state’s attorney general wants to consolidate the case to just one county.

A teenager from Macomb County is facing a possible life sentence after officials say he stole iPhones from a truck driver at gunpoint.

A Macomb County jury has convicted a man of sexually assaulting his stepchild in a hotel room.

A Macomb County man has been convicted by a jury of three charges linked to criminal sex acts with a child under 13 years old.

An employee and a driver are facing possible prison time for stealing frozen fish from a Warren business, prosecutors said.

A man is accused of driving drunk and crossing the center line of a Macomb County road, causing a head-on crash that killed another driver.

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has charged a former department head at the city of Fraser with embezzlement.

Two people were charged Tuesday after a man robbed a Warren salon worker at gunpoint while pretending to want a haircut, prosecutors said.

A 16-year-old from Shelby Township is in serious trouble after being charged with threatening terrorism at Eisenhower High School last March.

A man got angry that the fish counter at a Warren market was closed Sunday night, so he grabbed a frozen fish and struck the clerk in the head with it, prosecutors said.

The parents of a 2-year-old boy from Clinton Township have been charged after the child starved to death, authorities said.

A 21-year-old man threatened to shoot up a McDonald’s in Macomb County after employees refused to tell him if his ex-girlfriend was there, officials said.

A Clinton Township man was found guilty of grabbing his on-again, off-again girlfriend of 10 years by the throat and striking her, officials said.

A jury found a Detroit man guilty of murdering a 38-year-old who was found shot to death in the basement of an Eastpointe home.

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has implemented a competition for students to spread messages to their peers about school threats, violence, weapons and bullying.

A man who was out on bond for a previous intoxicated driving incident ran a red light while drunk and killed an innocent driver in Macomb County over the weekend, prosecutors said.

The Macomb County prosecutor has issued an apology after coming under fire for social media posts marking the birthday of Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

A 17-year-old boy from Macomb County is facing five felony charges after fleeing police in a stolen car and being in possession of an unregistered gun, police said.

A Macomb County woman is accused of murdering her ex-boyfriend during an argument at her home, officials said.

A driver crashed his car and pointed a gun at police officers after fleeing a traffic stop in Warren, authorities said.

A man who was being held in the Macomb Correctional Facility is facing first-degree murder and attempted murder charges in connection with the death of his cellmate and assault of another man in the prison.

Three women have been charged for operating a brothel after undercover officers were offered sexual favors at a massage business in Warren, officials said.

A 10-year-old boy who created a "hit list" of fellow students who were mean to him has been charged for bringing a knife to school, officials said.

A Macomb County man is facing a possible life sentence after carjacking an elderly woman outside a Walmart in Sterling Heights, officials said.

Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido and Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard are among the leaders who say something needs to be done as another problem surfaced Wednesday.

A 16-year-old Macomb County student faces a felony charge after bringing a loaded weapon to school.

The family of teenager Ty Hale, who was killed in an Eastpointe road rage incident, wants to know why the other driver isn’t facing charges.

In the ongoing power struggle between Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido and County Executive Mark Hackel, it is Lucido that has the courts backing him.

A well-known local activist believes he was wrongly arrested and charged for exercising his right to protest. Two years later, he’s taking that claim to federal court.

Macomb County released the results of an independent investigation into Prosecutor Peter Lucido on Monday. The investigation looks into multiple allegations of inappropriate behavior in the workplace by Lucido.

Loren Courts was certainly a hero to his family, his wife, and two kids, but he was making a difference in his five years with Detroit Police Department.

Local 4 is uncovering new information about the accused shooter and his criminal past.

School leaders said multiple handwritten notes were left at three different teacher work areas.

The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has been selected to receive a grant from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) program.

There are new calls for Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido to step down from his position.

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – On Monday, a group of legal scholars called for an ethics investigation into Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido. The group says he can’t be impartial in his investigation into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s decision to put COVID-19 patients in Michigan nursing homes. They say Lucido might have crossed the line by blurring about politics with his duty to prosecute fairly. It appears that Mr. Lucido has a personal, political axe to grind regarding governor Whitmer,” read the complaint.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Macomb County prosecutor and former Michigan House Rep. Pete Lucido said his office is flooded with calls from families who said their perfectly-health loved-ones died in nursing homes. READ: Michigan AG looks into requests to investigate state nursing home policyHe said they’ve told him they are unable to get any answers from nursing homes or from the state about what has happened. Some believe their deaths may have been connected to a nursing home policy put in place by Gov. Initially, patients who tested positive for COVID were placed in the same facility with patients who did not have COVID. The report, released by the Center for Health and Research Transformation (CHRT), evaluated the state’s regional nursing home hub strategy, comparing the approach to outcomes in other states.

Gretchen Whitmer has faced criticism over a nursing home policy that her administration put in place in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially, patients who tested positive for COVID were placed in the same facility with patients who did not have COVID. READ: Michigan AG looks into requests to investigate state nursing home policyAdWhitmer’s policy differed from New York Gov. The most current count puts the long-term care death count at 5,537 in Michigan, which is more than 35 percent of all of the state’s COVID deaths. I think that it sometimes can be a fool’s errand because the way that we are congregating data varies from state to state,” Whitmer said.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido is considering additional charges against a woman who was charged with a misdemeanor in the death of her granddaughter. Nichole Leas, 40, of Warren was charged with a moving violation causing death in October of last year in the death of her granddaughter. According to Lucido, one or more additional charges are being considered. While this is a heartbreaking situation, Michigan does not have a per se law pertaining to the amount of marijuana in a person’s system, as it does with alcohol. Macomb County Prosecutor Peter LucidoREAD: More Macomb County news

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Monday marks the first day of a new era in the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Former state Sen. Peter Lucido took over as prosecutor, replacing disgraced prosecutor Eric Smith. READ: New Macomb County prosecutor starts making changes before being sworn inIt was nearly two years ago when Michigan State Police investigators seized computers and banking records as part of its investigation into Smith. Lucido took his oath of office bright and early Monday morning and then the 58 assistant prosecutors who will work for him took theirs. Lucido said he wanted to heal reputational wounds and also remind everyone that it’s the taxpayer they really serve.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Newly-elected Macomb county Prosecutor Peter Lucido will officially be sworn in soon, but he’s already getting to work. Lucido ran after former prosecutor Eric Smith resigned after being accused of embezzlement. The changes are made in an effort to repair public trust after the former prosecutor resigned accused of embezzlement and obstruction of justice. Warren police bust drug ring selling cocaine laced with fentanylA big takedown in the fight against the opioid epidemic happened Wednesday in Metro Detroit. They believe the three taken into custody are the leaders of a ring selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that has killed three people in Warren.

LANSING, Mich. A bill aimed at keeping some of our states most vulnerable people from being exposed to coronavirus (COVID-19) cleared a hurdle in the State Senate. That bill would barr COVID-19 patients from being placed in Michigan nursing homes. READ: Whitmer defends nursing home policySenate Bill 956 passed through Michigan Senate with no problems. Gretchen Whitmers original nursing home decision that allowed elderly patients with COVID-19 to live in the same facility as patients without COVID-19. READ: Doctors Without Borders assists Metro Detroit nursing homes with COVID-19 proceduresYeah, I would say, we need to remember where we were 10 weeks ago.

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith announced Monday that he has resigned amid corruption charges. Smith has been hit with 10 criminal corruption charges -- including running a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony -- in connection with the alleged misuse of county forfeiture funds. "With that said, it is with heavy heart that today I am announcing my immediate resignation from the Office of the Macomb County Prosecutor. “To the citizens of Macomb County, thank you for allowing me to be your prosecutor for so many years. The Office of the Macomb County Prosecutor is bigger than any one person.

LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan lawmaker was stripped of a committee chairmanship and ordered to undergo training Thursday after the state Senate concluded allegations of sexual harassment lodged by several woman, including a legislator, were credible. UPDATE: Lucido after removal from Michigan Senate committee: ‘I have not sexually harassed anyone’Republican Sen. Peter Lucido of Macomb County’s Shelby Township lost his position leading the Senate Advice and Consent Committee. A female senator then accused him of sexually harassing her at a Capitol orientation. “We take accusations of inappropriate behavior in the workplace seriously,” said Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Clarklake Republican. “It is my sincere hope that this experience will serve as motivation for us all to do better and be better in our personal interactions and our public discourse.”Read back: 3rd woman accuses Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido of sexual harassment

LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan lawmaker was stripped of a committee chairmanship and ordered to undergo training Thursday after the state Senate concluded allegations of sexual harassment lodged by several woman, including a legislator, were credible. UPDATE: Lucido after removal from Michigan Senate committee: ‘I have not sexually harassed anyone’Republican Sen. Peter Lucido of Macomb County’s Shelby Township lost his position leading the Senate Advice and Consent Committee. The Senate had opened an investigation in January after a reporter complained that Lucido made a sexist comment to her before a group of high school boys. “We take accusations of inappropriate behavior in the workplace seriously,” said Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, a Clarklake Republican. “It is my sincere hope that this experience will serve as motivation for us all to do better and be better in our personal interactions and our public discourse.”Read back: 3rd woman accuses Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido of sexual harassment

The roads are crumbling and once again it doesn't appear Lansing will come together with a real solution on how to fix the mess. Whitmer offered up her solution, a 45-cent per gallon gas tax increase. Now with the budget clock ticking, both sides scrap roads in order to get the budget done. GOP State Sen. Peter Lucido says he was never in for the gas tax. He says the gas tax never got traction.