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3 days ago
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Man in custody after standoff with law enforcement at Oakland County apartment complex
A man is in custody after a standoff with law enforcement at an Oakland County, Michigan, apartment complex Saturday afternoon, according to the sheriff's office. A SWAT team was in the area of East 13 Mile Road near John R. Road in Madison Heights just before 3 p.m. for the report of a barricaded gunman. At that time, safety officials with the city sent an alert to residents asking people to avoid the area. The sheriff's office said in an update on Facebook at 4 p.m. that the man had been taken into custody. No one was injured. On Friday in Allen Park, a man who police believed was carrying a knife was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff at a Marathon gas station. Officials say no one was hurt in Friday's incident. This is a developing story. Stay with CBS News Detroit for the latest information.
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4 days ago
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MDOT invites I-75 travelers to respond to survey on HOV lanes
The Michigan Department of Transportation is asking motorists who use the high-occupancy vehicle lanes of Interstate 75 to participate in a survey on how the feature is working for them. The HOV lanes on I-75 are in Oakland County, between 12 Mile Road and South Boulevard. During the designated hours, which are weekdays from 6 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 6 p.m., vehicles must have at least two people occupying the vehicle in order to use the lane. Emergency vehicles, transit buses and motorcycles also can use the HOV lane, regardless of how many people are rising. The survey is open until June 30 to anyone who live or works nearby, and travels along the HOV feature. This 14-mile section has the first HOV designated lanes in Michigan. The intentions were to reduce congestion, promote carpooling and improve travel time.
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4 days ago
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Dearborn man accused of threatening kids, parents at Bloomfield Hills synagogue pleads guilty to gun crime
A Dearborn man who reportedly made antisemitic threats outside of an Oakland County synagogue has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms, federal officials said. Hassan Chokr, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday to being a felon in possession of a firearm after possessing multiple firearms inside a gun store. Chokr is accused of making racist and antisemitic threats to parents, children and security personnel at a parking lot at Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills on the morning of Dec. 2, 2022. After being asked to leave the synagogue's property, officials say Chokr went to a gun store in Dearborn and attempted to purchase three firearms. While at the store, U.S. attorneys say Chokr held all three guns and "at times pointed it and pulled the trigger." Chokr, who is a convicted felon, is accused of lying about his eligibility to possess firearms. While waiting for the results of his background check, officials claim Chokr said he would "even the score" and use the guns for "God's wrath." The store denied Chokr's firearms purchase after the background check. Chokr was charged by Oakland County prosecutors with two counts of ethnic intimidation. "Chokr's attempt to purchase several deadly firearms in an apparent attempt to follow through on his menacing threats against parents and preschoolers as they walked into a place of worship represents every American's worst nightmare. And we will not allow anyone to terrorize our Jewish neighbors. We are committed to protecting every American and their right to live and worship free of fear," said U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. in a statement. Chokr will be sentenced on Sept. 24. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
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6 days ago
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Southfield man to serve up to 60 years for shooting death of his younger sister
A man was sentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for first-degree murder in the shooting death of his 8-year-old sister in Oakland County, Michigan. Gyasi Stribling was sentenced Tuesday in Oakland County Circuit Court after having been convicted by a jury in April in the death of Bailei Singleton. He had faced up to life in prison. The fatal shooting happened in January 2021 at their home in Southfield. Stribling, who was 20 years old at the time, is reported to have shot his sister because she was "talking back" to him at the time. "Bailei Singleton should still be here with us today," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said about the case. "Her murder was a tragedy for her family. It's unconscionable that anyone, let alone an 8-year-old child, could be murdered by a relative and in their own home over the slightest of disagreements. This case is, unfortunately, a reminder of how gun violence is a public health epidemic that can end a life in an instant."
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6 days ago
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Farmington Hills man sentenced to prison for attacking 80-year-old man in YMCA locker room
A Farmington Hills man was sentenced Tuesday in the case of an 80-year-old man assaulted inside a Michigan YMCA locker room. Malik Ali Smith, age 20, was sentenced to 23 months to 10 years in prison credit for time served, on the charge of assault with intent to murder, according to court records. He could have faced life in prison. An Oakland County jury issued the verdict in April in response to the March 1 assault at the Farmington Hills YMCA. The two argued in the locker room, according to earlier reports, and during the confrontation, the older man's head was shoved into the counter. Another man who heard the altercation looked toward the scene and pulled the suspect away from the victim. The older man was hospitalized afterward for treatment of his injuries. "This was a vicious, senseless attack," Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald previously said about the incident.
