WATERFORD TOWNSHIP

An Eastpointe mother who spent weeks searching for her missing teenage daughter only to find out her cousin had thrown the girl’s body in a dumpster delivered a powerful victim impact statement Wednesday in court.

An Eastpointe mother who spent weeks searching for her missing teenage daughter only to find out her cousin had thrown the girl’s body in a dumpster delivered a powerful victim impact statement Wednesday in court.

The cousin of a missing Eastpointe teenager was sentenced Wednesday for lying to police before he ultimately admitted that he had thrown her body in a dumpster weeks earlier because she stopped breathing while they were smoking marijuana.

There have been increased power outages around Cass Lake in Oakland County lately. It doesn’t appear to be faulty wires or old transformers but swans flying into the lines. And when it happens, it’s not pretty.

A self-described “sick monster” from Waterford Township has been sentenced to decades in prison after he sexually exploited at least 10 children through means such as blackmail, child pornography and assault.

Tuesday is an election day in Michigan -- that is, if you’re a voter in one of four Michigan House districts with a special election race.

Two men who were arrested in Bloomfield Township after they robbed a store at gunpoint and zip-tied the employees working there have been charged, police said.

Two people were arrested in Bloomfield Township after they robbed a store at gunpoint and zip-tied the employees working there, police said.

Residents at Waterford Square Apartments in Waterford Township say they’ve been without hot water since the beginning of the year.

A Waterford Township man is expected to plead guilty in the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A special delivery from across the country arrived at a food bank in Oakland County. The key delivery was made to a Lighthouse food warehouse in Waterford Township on Thursday (Jan. 27). It comes from a church in Utah. The church realized that the food program at Lighthouse was in trouble, not only did the church send funds -- but also two dozen pallets of food.

Michigan officials put $17 billion into education in the 2022 budget, but the need is much larger than that.

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Officials have provided updates on 11 students from Detroit, Wyandotte, Harper Woods and Waterford Township who were either charged or taken into custody for school threats.

An Mason Middle School student was arrested after posting a threatening message to social media, according to Waterford Township police.

A 13-year-old boy has been charged with a 20-year felony after he posted a threat directed at a middle school in Waterford Township, police said.

Two juveniles who are facing serious criminal charges escaped from the Oakland County Children’s Village over the weekend, police said.

A Pontiac man has been charged with trying to kill a man who says he was breaking up a fight outside a bar, police said.

Thieves smashed their way through a glass wall at a Highland Township car dealership while making off with four high-end vehicles, police said.

Noah Kerridge, 20, had been missing since April 19, 2021. Police say foul play is not suspected.

Gardner-White and the American Red Cross are teaming up to host blood drives on Aug. 19 and 20 in Metro Detroit.

Gardner-White and the American Red Cross are teaming up to host blood drives on Aug. 19 and 2 in Metro Detroit.

An argument over spilled beer led to a shooting overnight outside a bar in Pontiac, officials said.

Four men who have been stealing catalytic converters, some in multiple states, were arrested in Michigan, police said.

The B-24 Liberator, the plane that was used in World War II, was built in Metro Detroit.

Two people were shot overnight in the parking lot of Altadona’s Restaurant in Pontiac, police said.

A 28-year-old man drowned in a Pontiac lake while trying to retrieve his kayak, which had floated away from the dock, police said.

Brionna Johnson was an aspiring nurse and died in a fire that broke out in her apartment in Waterford Township.

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Neighbors say the smoke was so intense that firefighters had to put up their ladder so residents could climb out their windows.

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The Oakland County Medical Examiner’s office confirmed a woman died in a Waterford Township apartment complex fire on Saturday.

An adult said the grade school hockey player should hang himself after a bad game, that he’d provide the rope and would help tie the knot.

A youth hockey league based out of Waterford is investigating a threatening post an adult made online about one of its players.

State officials have eliminated poisoning as the cause of death of some mute swans at a small suburban Detroit lake and put the blame on a disease caused by a parasite.

WATERFORD, MI – At least some of the dead swans recovered from a Michigan lake in April were killed by a parasite, not poison as originally suspected, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Wildlife biologists confirmed that a disease caused by a parasitic flatworm called Verminous Hemorrhagic Ulcerative Enteritis killed three mute swans found dead near Maceday Lake in Waterford Township. Since January, DNR conservation officers have retrieved eight dead mute swans from the lake. The disease of waterfowl is caused by a parasitic flatworm that is passed to birds when they ingest certain freshwater snails. In Michigan, the disease primarily affects mute swans.

COVID-19 safety measures abundant at event Sunday at the Suburban Collection Showplace, including masking, use of hand sanitizers and social distancing.

An armed Waterford Township man accused of assaulting his mother barricaded himself inside a home for hours with another woman while heavily armed authorities surrounded the building, police said.

A Waterford Township school was on lockdown Friday due to a nearby situation that involved heavily armed authorities.

Police consider Mouzon armed and dangerous and urge residents to not approach him.

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- Three Oakland County lawyers have been charged with multiple felonies after allegedly filing fraudulent documents in Genesee County courts. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton and county sheriff Chris Swanson announced the charges at a Tuesday, April 6, news conference. Investigators through the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office uncovered hundreds of allegedly fraudulent court filings by Fishman Group law firm. Fraudulent filings uncovered by the department were not only found in Genesee County, Swanson said. Ichim and Marc and Ryan Fishman were arraigned in Genesee County District Court Tuesday, April 6, according to district court documents.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A U.S. airman was arrested after deserting the U.S. Air Force and a warrant issued for his arrest out of Oakland County. Ian Mitchell Wilson, 20, was arrested in the state of Washington after trying to cross the border into Canada. Wilson was extradited back to Oakland County and made his first appearance in the Waterford Township district court. During the hearing, it was revealed that he is a suspect in five other criminal sexual conduct cases going back to 2017, all in Waterford and Independence townships. AdREAD MORE: Oakland County news

A look at the Detroit riverfront from Windsor, Ontario on Jan. 31, 2021 at 6:43 p.m. The weather did not stop a search party in Oakland County from looking for a missing man. Friends and family members of Creg Lyles, 33, walked through Pontiac and Waterford Township neighborhoods Sunday trying to find him. Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterford Township Department at 248-618-6041. WATCH Local 4 News at 11Metro Detroit weather: Lakeshore Flood Advisory and snow showers Sunday evening, overnightWith an east-northeasterly wind and the storm system still being overhead, scattered snow showers will affect more of the Motor City and the region.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The weather did not stop a search party in Oakland County from looking for a missing man. Related: Live weather radar: Snow in MichiganFriends and family members of Creg Lyles, 33, walked through Pontiac and Waterford Township neighborhoods Sunday trying to find him. ORIGINAL STORY: Waterford Township police search for 33-year-old man missing for a weekDozens of people helped search for Lyles across Waterford Township. Creg Lyles Details Age 33 years old Height 5′5″ Weight 180 pounds Other Brown eyesA $1,000 reward is being offered for information regarding Lyles’ disappearance. Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterford Township Department at 248-618-6041.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Police are seeking the public’s help in locating 33-year-old Creg Lyles, who was last seen on Jan. 21. Anyone with information is asked to contact Waterford Township police Detective Sgt. Bartle at 248-618-6041. Anonymous tip can be submitted at 248-674-COPS.

PONTIAC, Mich. – A 30-year-old man taken into custody on an unrelated warrant is accused of being involved in a fatal shooting at a Metro Detroit Coney Island restaurant. According to authorities, just before 10 a.m. Jan. 13, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to D’Anton’s Coney Island, located on West Huron Street, between Telegraph Road and Woodward Avenue, on reports of a dead body. Original Story: 26-year-old man found dead in Pontiac coney island parking lot, deputies sayPolice said a friend of the dead man reported that he and the victim’s family were unable to find him, searched the area and found his body in a vehicle near the Coney Island restaurant. According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, Bryan Maurice Wilson AKA: Anthony Randolph Wilson, was connected with the shooting. He was taken into police custody on unrelated warrants and remains at the Oakland County Jail.

PONTIAC, Mich. – A 26-year-old man was found dead in a coney island parking lot in Pontiac, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said the Waterford Township man was found at about 9:47 a.m. Wednesday at the D’Antons Coney Island on West Huron Street. The victim’s friend and sister were unable to locate him and searched the area, finding him in a vehicle. Officials said when first responders arrived on the scene, they observed a gunshot wound. Deputies said the suspect is unknown.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Waterford Police Tip Line at 248-674-2677 or email policetips@waterfordmi.govDETROIT – Police in Waterford Township are searching for a man wanted in connection with a DTE scam. According to police, on Jan. 5 at around 3 p.m. a man approached an elderly woman at her home and identified himself as a DTE employee. The man told the woman he needed to come inside the home to shut her power off for a short period. Police say the man put $100 on the table and asked the woman if she had $50 to make it even. Anyone with information is asked to call the Waterford Police Tip Line at 248-674-2677 or email policetips@waterfordmi.gov.

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)Five Michigan businesses have been fined for violating COVID-19 safety rules and putting workers at risk, state officials said. Here are the five businesses, including how much they were fined and what the violations entailed. Not developing and enforcing policies and procedures for employees to report when they are sick or experiencing symptoms of COVID19. Reason for inspection: Employee complaintClick here to view the full citation document. Not posting signs at the store entranceReason for inspection: Employee complaintClick here to view the full citation document.

Waterford Township police search for man, who they said broke into a gas station on Cooley Lake Road. WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Waterford Township police are seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they said broke into a Mobile gas station on Dec. 14. Police said that with a rock, the man broke the front door glass of the gas station, located in the 5700 block of Cooley Lake Road. The man is described as wearing a ball cap with white insignia, dark-colored hooded jacket, blue jeans and black shoes. Anyone with information is asked to call Waterford Township Police Detective Knapp at 248-618-6077 or send an anonymous tip at 248-674-COPS.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Waterford Township woman who spent 20 months in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in her husband’s death has been released. Tin Talbot’s family members lined up to wait for her release Tuesday morning, but not everyone is happy she’s out of prison. Talbot was released at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday after spending 20 months -- the minimum sentence from her conviction -- in prison. She was granted parole and released after exactly 20 months. READ: Waterford Township woman details alleged abuse she endured before killing her husbandSzczepanowicz’s family wasn’t happy about the plea deal or Talbot’s parole.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A Waterford Township woman convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of her husband was released from prison Tuesday morning. (WDIV)On Sept. 14, 2018, she told a judge that she shot Szczepanowicz while fearing for the lives of her son and herself. READ: Waterford Township woman details alleged abuse she endured before killing her husbandIn July, Talbot told supporters from behind bars that she was told she would be paroled on Nov. 17, which is exactly 20 months. Supporters have been calling on the state to free Talbot, while Szczepanowicz’s family has petitioned for her to stay locked up. READ: Waterford Township woman who killed husband, citing years of abuse, granted paroleWatch the report from July 21, 2020, below:

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The Waterford community got together to look back on what they loved about a father and his 6-year-old girl, both killed by a suspected drunk driver. Members of the Waterford community came out Saturday night to remember a father and daughter. Man accused of killing 6-year-old girl in Waterford Twp. drunken driving crash facing 5 chargesA man accused of being drunk and driving recklessly at the time of a four-car crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and injured her parents in Waterford Township is facing five charges. Trevor Duncan Taylor, 28, of Waterford Township, was driving a white 2016 Hyundai Sonata west on Highland Road at a high speed, according to authorities.

All rights reserved)Watch live coverage as President Trump travels to Waterford Township, Mich. to hold a Make America Great Again campaign rally. Watch live here:With the presidential election less than a week away, candidates from both sides are focusing their campaigning efforts on a number of key states, including Michigan. Presidential campaigns don’t spend time and money in states they don’t think are up for grabs and -- by that metric -- Michigan is very important to both candidates. Dr. Jill Biden visited multiple Michigan towns Thursday on behalf of her husband, former vice president Joe Biden; and Eric and Tiffany Trump made their own stops on behalf of their father, president Donald Trump. Trump will visit Oakland County Friday and Biden will be joined Saturday by former president Barack Obama in Michigan.

Several Donald Trump supporters during a recent Michigan campaign rally said they would be suspicious of the results if Joe Biden wins the upcoming election. Watch the video here:Vicki Guck of West Bloomfield said she would not accept a Biden win. “I think there’s too much fraud going on, lot of mail-in voting, lot of harvesting," she said. "I don’t trust it.”Guck, along with Eric Cooper of Waterford, expects the election could be decided in the U.S. Supreme Court. "I don’t know if that comes up to the Supreme Court, which is just more reason for the new justice to be confirmed.”Most were confident that Donald Trump had enough support to be reelected.

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, MI – A 38-year-old southeast Michigan man is accused of murdering his wife while their 13-year-old daughter was home. William Michell Kuchon, of Waterford Township, is charged with premeditated murder in the death of his wife who died after she was stabbed in the chest early Monday morning, Oct. 5, WXYZ Detroit reports. His 39-year-old wife was found with a stab wound to her chest. The couple’s 13-year-old daughter was found inside the home and uninjured, the report said. READ MORE:5 charged with felonies after fight with machete, baseball batPolice identify early morning homicide victim on Saginaw’s East SideArgument at RiverTown Crossings led to driver’s fatal shooting, police sayPolice identify married couple found dead in Ottawa County

click to enlarge Shutterstock.comA Waterford Township cop has been charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct, but authorities arent saying much about what happened.Officer Kevin Thompson, 29, was placed on unpaid administrative leave in late May after township officials learned he had been charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct, a felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.Thompson is due back in Genesee Countys 67th District on Monday for a preliminary examination to determine whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant a circuit court trial.The case stems from an alleged incident while Thompson was off-duty in Grand Blanc on Dec. 28, according to court records. But neither police nor the Genesee County Prosecutors Office would elaborate on the allegations.Authorities are typically more forthcoming after someone has been charged.Township officials said they took quick action after learning about the charges. On Thursday, May 30, 2019 the Waterford Police Department became aware that Officer Kevin Thompson had been charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct, 3rd degree, by the Genesee County Prosecutor, the township said in a news release. A woman told Michigan State Police that the chief was intoxicated and forcefully pushed his groin against her butt after making other unwanted sexual advances on June 8. Other women on the bus said the chief "smacked" their butts.