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Miami Herald
27-05-2025
- Miami Herald
Worship director hid a camera in church bathroom, MI cops say. He's prison-bound
A former worship director convicted of hiding a camera in a church bathroom is headed to prison, Michigan court records show. William Eugene Johnson, who in September was arrested when a 2|42 Community Church staff member found a camera hidden in a bathroom, must serve at least five years of a maximum 20-year sentence, a Livingston County judge ruled. In April, Johnson pleaded guilty to 15 charges, including seven counts of using a computer to commit a crime, two counts of possession of child sexually abuse material, and four counts of surveilling an unclothed person, according to court records. 'You have shattered what we, as a community, value most: the sense of safety and security,' Judge Matthew McGivney said on May 22, according to the Livingston Daily. 'When the headlines broke about the actions at your church, every family in this community thought, 'Was I filmed? Was my wife filmed? Was my child filmed?'' McClatchy News reached out to an attorney representing Johnson on May 27 but did not immediately receive a reply. 2|42 Community Church, located in Brighton, said in September that the camera was found 'inside a non-public, unisex bathroom.' Johnson, the church's worship director, confessed to hiding the camera, and he was 'immediately terminated,' the church said in a Facebook post. 'We are shocked and deeply saddened by this crime and violation of our community,' church leaders said in a statement. 'The protection, safety and privacy of every person who enters our church is our priority. We are fully cooperating with the sheriff's office as this is an ongoing investigation.' Over a two-year span, Johnson targeted individuals he knew would 'use that specific bathroom,' according to The Livingston Post. The victims included at least 10 women, the Livingston Daily reported, including one victim recorded at least 540 times. Brighton is about a 50-mile drive northwest from Detroit.
Yahoo
22-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Sellers in Livingston County asked for more money in February. Here's how much
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — The median home in Livingston County was listed for $452,250 in February, up 4% from the previous month's $434,725, an analysis of data from shows. Compared to February 2024, the median home list price decreased 6.9% from $489,619. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Livingston County, not houses that were sold. Information on your local housing market, along with other useful community data, is available at Livingston County's median home was 1,890 square feet, listed at $243 per square foot. The price per square foot of homes for sale is down 3.2% from February 2024. Listings in Livingston County moved briskly, at a median 54 days listed compared to the February national median of 66 days on the market. In the previous month, homes had a median of 60 days on the market. Around 162 homes were newly listed on the market in February, an 11% increase from 146 new listings in February 2024. The median home prices issued by may exclude many, or even most, of a market's homes. The price and volume represent only single-family homes, condominiums or townhomes. They include existing homes, but exclude most new construction as well as pending and contingent sales. In Michigan, median home prices were $265,350, a slight increase from January. The median Michigan home listed for sale had 1,552 square feet, with a price of $170 per square foot. Throughout the United States, the median home price was $412,000, a slight increase from the month prior. The median American home for sale was listed at 1,791 square feet, with a price of $227 per square foot. The median home list price used in this report represents the midway point of all the houses or units listed over the given period of time. Experts say the median offers a more accurate view of what's happening in a market than the average list price, which would mean taking the sum of all listing prices then dividing by the number of homes sold. The average can be skewed by one particularly low or high price. The USA TODAY Network is publishing localized versions of this story on its news sites across the country, generated with data from Please leave any feedback or corrections for this story here. This story was written by Ozge Terzioglu. This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Sellers in Livingston County asked for more money in February
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Yahoo
'Be courteous': LCSO asks for patience after road rage reported following fatal crash
LIVINGSTON COUNTY — Three people were killed in a two-car collision on I-96 on Wednesday; but many drivers on the road that night were just as shocked by the illegal maneuvers and road rage that came after. According to Livingston County Undersheriff Jason Pless, investigation and clean-up from the crash took about four hours, during which a large portion of the freeway was closed. A post shared to the r/Michigan subreddit described impatient drivers riding the shoulder; turning around and driving in the wrong direction; blocking an ambulance; and confronting other drivers. Pless said LCSO received numerous calls about road rage and drivers going the wrong way. Deputies were occupied with the crash, however, and unable to confirm. More: Three killed, two critically injured after vehicle crosses median on I-96 in Howell Twp. 'When you shut the highway down like that, sometimes it takes a minute to get organized, to be able to get people off the highway,' Pless said. 'A lot of people don't have that patience.' In the future, Pless said, police ask that drivers remain calm. "Don't reciprocate, be courteous," he said. "That's really all we ask people to do.' A man from Sterling Heights, 54, and two women from Fowlerville, 69 and 37, were killed in the crash. Two others were left in critical condition. The crash took place when a 2010 BMW 528I traveling west on I-96, driven by the Sterling Heights man, left the roadway and entered the grass median. The vehicle continued into the eastbound lanes of I-96 and crashed into a 2006 Mercury Mountaineer. Police have not identified the victims in the crash. — Contact reporter Tess Ware at tware@ This article originally appeared on Livingston Daily: Livingston County Sheriff's Office asks for patience from drivers
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Why do far-right demonstrators gravitate to Howell?
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A of protests in Howell has brought a lot of negative attention to the city over the past year, including a where a group of masked individuals waved Nazi flags outside a theater showing of a documentary about white supremacy in Mid-Michigan. But, why has Howell become a target of protests like these? Buddy Moorehouse is a local historian who spent decades tracking white supremacist groups as a reporter with the Livingston Daily. He says the whole movement can be tracked down to one man. 'We never had a Klan here, we had one Klansman who died 33 years ago,' says Moorehouse. 'And his ghost is still haunting us today because people think of how, in that way, all because of Bob Miles, it all goes back to him.' Robert E. Miles moved to mid-Michigan in the 1950s for work—and brought his racist ideology with him. For decades, he hosted far-right leaders from across the country at his Livingston County farm, and he loved the media attention that came with it. 'He was a beloved figure in that movement in the Klan movement. And that included skinheads and Neo Nazis and all the other, you know, far-right people,' says Moorehouse. 'And again, what made him so dangerous is that he was so willing to be out there, and he never shied from publicity.' Moorehouse says these groups continued to give Howell a bad reputation in the press even after Miles died, and after a rally in the 90s, they learned they could capitalize on that. 'They also rallied in Ann Arbor and they rallied in Lansing, but it was the one in Howell that got all the attention,' says Moorehouse. 'I do firmly 1,000,000 percent believe that the reason they come here is that they know they'll get attention.' After decades of tracking this issue, Moorehouse says most people in Howell don't share the same beliefs. He says the best thing to do is ignore people who come to town looking for a fight. 'It is a warm, wonderful, welcoming community we have great stores and great people who live here,' says Moorehouse.'I think that the best thing that we could do next time people show up here looking for attention is to ignore them. I wish we had done that when it happened last week that everyone had just ignored them.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
