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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Detroit man charged with murder after crash during Warren police chase kills woman
The Brief A Detroit man is accused of hitting and killing a woman while fleeing Warren police. Authorities said officers tried to stop Anthony Eugene-Douglas Grier Jr. because he was going about 70 mph in a 40 mph zone. Grier is currently being held in the Macomb County Jail. WARREN, Mich. (FOX 2) - A Detroit man is facing several charges, including murder, after police say he caused a fatal crash while fleeing Warren officers over the weekend. Officers spotted a Chrysler 300, driven by 33-year-old Anthony Eugene-Douglas Grier Jr., going about 70 mph in a 40 mph zone on Van Dyke near Miller just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday. An update on this chase is expected at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Watch live above. The backstory Grier did not stop, leading police on a chase. The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office said he allegedly drove on the sidewalk, in the middle turn lane, ran red lights, and reached speeds faster than 100 mph as he evaded officers. While at the intersection of Van Dyke and Nine Mile, the suspect hit two vehicles, including one being driven by 71-year-old Wendy Drew. That woman was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Grier fled his crashed car on foot, but was caught. He was charged with second-degree murder, first-degree fleeing police, and assaulting/resisting/obstructing police, and remanded to the Macomb County Jail. "This matter is a prime example of the peril that results from a driver failing to stop for police. It is a terrible tragedy that an innocent woman was killed. The Warren Police Department can be commended for their efforts to protect the public and prevent what could have been an even greater loss of life," Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido said. "The Macomb County Prosecutor's Office will prosecute the defendant to the fullest extent of the law." The Source This information is from the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office and previous FOX 2 reporting.
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Yahoo
Suspect in custody after police chase, car crash kills woman at 9 Mile, Van Dyke in Warren
A suspect is in custody after a car crash claimed the life of an uninvolved motorist during a police chase in Warren on Saturday evening, May 24, according to authorities. The Warren Police Department said at approximately 9:33 p.m. Saturday, two police officers in a patrol car saw a black Chrysler 300 driving recklessly in the area of Van Dyke and Miller. Officers attempted to pull over the vehicle, but the driver of the Chrysler failed to stop, according to police, which leading to a vehicle pursuit. The suspect traveled northbound on Van Dyke before turning southbound, police said. At the intersection of 9 Mile and Van Dyke, the Chrysler collided with two vehicles, police said. The suspect then fled on foot, but was apprehended shortly thereafter, police said. Oakland County: 26-year-old Oxford woman dies after head-on crash in Brandon Twp. The driver of one of the vehicles in the crash, a 71-year-old female, was taken to a local hospital where she died from her injuries. The occupants of the second vehicle did not have serious injuries, police said. The Warren Police Department Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit is processing the scene. The intersection of 9 Mile and Van Dyke was closed while police investigated the crash. An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Follow the Detroit Free Press on Instagram (@detroitfreepress), TikTok (@detroitfreepress), YouTube (@DetroitFreePress), Twitter/X (@freep), and LinkedIn, and like us on Facebook (@detroitfreepress). Contact Amy Huschka: ahuschka@ or follow her on Twitter/X (@aetmanshuschka). Stay connected and stay informed. Become a subscriber. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Suspect in custody after police chase, car crash kills woman in Warren
CBS News
01-05-2025
- CBS News
Body camera footage shows Warren police officers save suicidal man from overpass
Nearing the end of their shift on Easter, a few Warren police officers got multiple 911 calls about the unthinkable: a suicide attempt. "There's a guy on the fence, like I don't know if he's going to jump off of it; I don't know what he's doing," said one caller. Concerned callers said the man was climbing the I-696 overpass at the Groesbeck interchange. Shown on body camera footage, officers found the 32-year-old sitting on top of the safety fence, preparing to jump. "Our officers get out, and they immediately go into crisis intervention, de-escalation, emotional intelligence, human empathy mode," said Lt. John Gajewski, Warren Police Department. For nearly five minutes, officers try to connect with the man, asking him his name and trying to find a safe way to convince him to come down. Gajewski says this situation is a prime example of their team's de-escalation training in action. "We do scenario-based exercises where officers encounter various types of role-playing scenarios, and you work on your communication skills," said Gajewski. Gajewski credits that near-constant training as the key to saving the man's life. "You see the officers develop that connection and talk to this male, not as an officer on a traffic stop, but as an adult to an adult. It's just a great example of officers working together, training together to help the community and save a life," said Gajewski. Warren police say the man was taken to the hospital for a mental health evaluation and is now back home.
CBS News
30-04-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
One dead, another injured, after two-vehicle collision on Van Dyke Avenue
Selfridge ANB to get new fighter jets; Trump signs EO relaxing auto tariffs; and more top stories. Selfridge ANB to get new fighter jets; Trump signs EO relaxing auto tariffs; and more top stories. Selfridge ANB to get new fighter jets; Trump signs EO relaxing auto tariffs; and more top stories. One man has died as a result of a head-on, two-vehicle crash in Warren, Michigan, local police report. The accident happened about 6:20 a.m. Wednesday on Van Dyke Avenue near North Civic Center Drive. Warren Police Department, which is investigating, is asking motorists to avoid the area while they work on the investigation. Van Dyke is closed between Kennedy Circle South and Civic Center Drive North until further notice. The fatality was one of the drivers: a man aged about 50 to 60 years old who was pronounced dead at the scene. He was driving northbound when he lost control, police said, and entered the southbound lane. His vehicle then struck a southbound black Dodge Durango. That driver, a woman, was taken to a local hospital by Warren Fire Department. Warren's Traffic Crash Reconstruction Team is investigating the crash.
New York Post
29-04-2025
- New York Post
Wild bank-robbing bard with NYC publisher is busted in white Rolls Royce
He's the bank-robbing bard. A career crook and moonlighting crime novelist for a New York City publisher has been busted for allegedly continuing with his main source of income: robbing banks. Dorian Sykes of Detroit made his latest getaway in a white Rolls Royce SUV, only to be nabbed at an MGM Grand Hotel — where he'd been living for free using vouchers, authorities said. In a tale that could have been ripped from the pages of Detroit's poet laureate of crime, Elmore Leonard, the 41-year-old Sykes was about to celebrate his latest novel's release with Urban Books when he was pinched for the March 12 heist. 3 Career criminal and prolific author Dorian Sykes is accused of pulling off a bank heist last month and escaping in a white Rolls Royce. Warren Police Department Sykes is accused of entering the Chase Bank in Lathrup Village, a suburb of Detroit, and handing a teller a withdrawal slip with the message, 'Give me all the money, I have a gun…I will kill everyone in here' scrawled on it, according to the criminal complaint. The terrified teller forked over $3,400 in cash, and Sykes was caught on video then fleeing with the dough — in the luxury Rolls, authorities said. Sykes was still on parole after having been released from federal prison in February 2024 for another bank robbery he was convicted of in 2020. FBI investigators soon found out from Sykes' probation officer that he was living gratis at the hotel, staked him out and ended nabbing him in his Rolls. Sykes was also charged with another robbery in nearby Sterling Heights that occurred six days earlier in which $10,169 in cash was stolen. 3 Sykes' latest novel is set to be released next month. Kensington 'Sykes's history paints a troubling and unmistakable picture of a person who has a complete disregard for the law,' Assistant US Attorney Frances Carlson wrote in a sentencing memorandum in late 2020. Sykes has published nine novels with Urban Books, a company out of the Big Apple run by New York Times best-selling author Carl Weber. Weber told the Detroit News that he was vaguely familiar with Sykes and said each of his novels sold as many as 2,500 copies. 'He's pretty small fry, to be honest,' Weber said. 'He wouldn't be in this situation if he was' a more successful author. 3 The suspect robbed another bank here in 2019, authorities say. Warren Police Department Sykes will now celebrate the release of his latest book 'Born To Die' — due to come out next month — behind bars. Its cover features a dapper gentleman decked out in gangster couture standing over a table with a pile of cocaine and a rolled up hundred dollar bill to snort it The March 12 crime could provide him inspiration for his next book. Sykes composes his novels behind bars, and his author biography on Barnes & Noble's website says, 'Currently residing in Detroit, Mr. Sykes is constantly working to give the readers new hot material.' His books are available on Amazon as audiobooks as well.
