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Nessel charges massage parlors in metro Detroit with human trafficking in major crackdown

Nearly a dozen victims were freed, and five suspects were arrested

By Steve Neavling
Dec 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Michigan State Police, massage parlors, sexual exploitation, sex trafficking, Macomb County, St. Clair Shores, Detroit, Sterling Heights
Politics & Elections

Prosecutor Lucido prioritizes politics over abuse survivors, says longtime victim advocate

“It is as if he was a hurricane that came in and decimated a town, and then bragged about the number of new houses he built,” McGuire said

By Steve Neavling
Oct 23, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Peter Lucido, Kay McGuire, Victims, Victim's Rights Unit
Metro Detroit

Macomb Prosecutor Lucido likely broke campaign law, state determines

The Trump-loving Republican used taxpayer resources to promote his campaign

By Steve Neavling
Oct 21, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Peter Lucido, Mark Brewer, Michigan Department of State, Michigan Campaign Finance Act
Metro Detroit

Double voting scandal hits Macomb County as 4 face felony charges

The county is a former Democratic stronghold where white angst has spawned a pro-Trump movement

By Steve Neavling
Oct 4, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, 2024 Election, Crime, Michigan, Michigan Attorney's Office, Dana Nessel, Peter Lucido, Macomb County, voter fraud, Donald Trump, St. Clair Shores
Politics & Elections

Shelby Township police accused of breaking state law by hosting JD Vance campaign event

The Michigan Campaign Finance Act makes it a crime to use public resources to support a political candidate

By Steve Neavling
Aug 26, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, 2024 Election, Shelby Township, Shelby Township Police Department, Michigan, Police, Macomb County, Michigan Bureau of Elections, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Michigan Campaign Finance Act, election, politics
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: The ‘Hill-billy’ comes to (suburban) Detroit

JD Vance and his weird take on Motor City history

By Joe Lapointe
Aug 12, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, 2024 Election, Views & Opinions, Macomb County, JD Vance, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Detroit auto industry
Metro Detroit

Macomb County man files lawsuit over tiny home ban

Jordan McBain says a minimum square footage requirement for homes – what he refers to as “snob zoning” – violates state civil rights and equal protection laws

By Steve Neavling
Aug 9, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Government, Lawsuit, Macomb County, Macomb County Circuit Court, tiny homes, Chesterfield Township, Elliott Larsen Civil Rights Act, Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, Equal Protection Clause
Politics & Elections

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney loses spectacularly in yet another courtroom drama

Conspiracy-peddling lawyer Stefanie Lambert also faces felony charges for mishandling voting equipment

By Steve Neavling
Jun 27, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Donald Trump, Stefanie Lambert, Kraken, Conspiracy theories, Macomb County, Freedom of Information Act, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General, Jocelyn Benson
Politics & Elections

MAGA clown Mellissa Carone’s campaign debt grew after failed political runs

From SNL mockery to unpaid bills, the election fraud fantasist continues to stumble

By Steve Neavling
Jun 24, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Donald Trump, Republican, Macomb County, election, politics, campaign finance, Mellissa Carone, Michigan Department of State, Michigan Bureau of Elections
Politics & Elections

Warren Democrat aims to unseat scandal-plagued Macomb County Prosecutor Lucido

Christina Hines has spent her legal career as a professional prosecutor advocating for crime victims

By Steve Neavling
Jun 7, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, News, Christina Hines, Macomb County, Warren, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office, Peter Lucido, crime, courts, restorative justice
Politics & Elections

Lapointe: Trump’s trail of ‘blood’ goes back (at least) to Michigan

Trump runs a blood-curdling campaign of doom and gloom, fear and smear

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 25, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, Government, Views & Opinions, Donald Trump, 2024 election, Macomb County, Joe Biden
Metro Detroit

Lapointe: Clinton Township blast too close to home

On things that go ‘boom’ in the night

By Joe Lapointe
Mar 7, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Lapointe, News, Views & Opinions, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan vaping industry
Metro Detroit

Deadly Clinton Twp. explosion was result of illegally stored chemicals at vape shop

A 19-year-old man was killed from the blast

By Lee DeVito
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, Crime, Government, Weed, Clinton Township, Macomb County, Gretchen Whitmer, vaping laws in Michigan
Investigations

What a strange traffic stop in Romeo reveals about Michigan’s ‘wandering cop’ laws

The bizarre case is yet another example of what happens when law enforcement allows cops to move from agency to agency after committing alleged misconduct

By Steve Neavling
Mar 6, 2024

Tags: Investigations, Crime, Government, News, wandering cops in Michigan, Village of Romeo, Macomb County, Warren Police Department, police misconduct in Michigan, Cover Story
Politics & Elections

Macomb Prosecutor Lucido accused of ethics violation for photo with election fraudster

The complaint alleges Lucido used his office to promote a political candidate

By Steve Neavling
Feb 16, 2024

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Peter Lucido, Paul Manni, Macomb County, Sterling Heights, Macomb County Ethics Board, Macomb County Prosecutor's Office
Restaurant reviews

The lamb shanks are transcendent at Saj Alreef in Sterling Heights

This Iraqi spot opened in October

By Tom Perkins
Feb 15, 2024

Tags: Restaurant reviews, Restaurant Reviews, Views & Opinions, Saj Areef, Middle Eastern restaurants in metro Detroit, Macomb County restaurants, Chaldeans in metro Detroit, Macomb County, Sullaf, Saj Alreef Restaurant, Slideshow
Drink News

HopCat is coming to The Mall at Partridge Creek

It’ll be the Michigan-based craft beer chain’s first Macomb County location

By Lee DeVito
Jan 31, 2024

Tags: Drink News, Bars, Local Businesses, Restaurants, HopCat, The Mall at Partridge Creek, Macomb County, Clinton Township
Metro Detroit

Macomb County tackles hate crimes with beefed-up prosecutor’s unit

Prosecutor Lucido pledges ‘commitment to confronting intolerance and bigotry’

By Steve Neavling
Jan 26, 2024

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Civil Rights, Government, Crime, Peter Lucido, Macomb County, Macomb County Prosecutors Office, racism, ethnic intimidation, hate crimes, Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Program, Patrick Coletta
Metro Detroit

Macomb County porn star charged for role in Jan. 6 riot

The FBI said Paul Caloia bragged about participating in the riot on an intimate Skype chat

By Steve Neavling
Dec 13, 2023

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Paul Caloia, Macomb County, Roseville, Jan. 6, insurrection, U.S. Capitol, FBI
Politics & Elections

Marlinga aims to win over Black voters in bid to unseat U.S. Rep. James

Since 2000, Macomb County’s Black population has surged from 21,326 to 103,840, a nearly five-fold increase

By Steve Neavling
Oct 6, 2023

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Carl Marlinga, John James, 10th Congressional District, MIchigan, Macomb County, Rochester, Rochester Hills, politics, election, black voters

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