Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Oakland County Sheriff's deputies and White Lake police responded to the incident in Highland on May 13.
Deputies with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation were called to a home on the 3000 block of Lester in Highland for a reported shooting. According to the report, a man called dispatch and said that shots were fired at the home. The man told deputies that he had left the address before the shots were fired, but returned to find that his friend had been shot in the leg. When police arrived, the homeowner told police that the shots had been fired outside the home in the street. White Lake police were called in to assist at the scene. The man who was shot, a 21-year-old from West Bloomfield, told police that he and his friend were at the home for a party. According to the report, the men were met in the street by two other …
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.
Oakland County sheriff's deputies were called to a home in Highland on May 4 for a domestic disturbance. According to the report, a woman told deputies with the Highland Substation that her 27-year-old son was out of control and breaking items around the house. Deputies arrived at the home on the 700 block of Milford Road at 11 a.m. and saw the son run out of the back door and away from the home, the report states. A deputy chased after the man and a struggle ensued, according to the report. The deputy struck a wooden screen door during the fight, and received cuts to both arms. The suspect was not harmed. The suspected was arrested and taken to Oakland County Jail where he was lodged pending arraignment. The deputy was treated on the …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.
A 10-year-old Highland girl was reported missing April 22 just after midnight. The girl's mother told Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies that she had gone missing from the family's home on the 2000 block of Honeywell Lake Road, and had never run away before. According to the report, the deputies searched the area but were unsuccessful in locating the girl. The aviation unit and K-9 were called out to try and find the girl. Both were unsuccessful. The report states that at 4 a.m. a man called the Sheriff's Highland Substation and said a 10-year-old had knocked on his door asking to call her mother. The man lives in a home two miles from the child's home. Deputies picked up the girl and returned her to her home. The report states the girl was…
Friday, April 19, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.
Brandon Alexander Markes, 16, was arraigned Thursday in 52-1 District Court on one count of assault with intent to murder, one count of assault by strangulation, one count of criminal sexual conduct first degree and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon. Markes' bond was set at $1.2 million cash and he remains in custody at Children's Village. He's scheduled to be back in court April 24. According to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, Markes is accused of raping a 15-year-old Highland girl at knife point. The report filed with the department states that the girl's mother called 911 to report the rape. Deputies were given a detailed description and Markes was subsequently taken into custody and interviewed. The report states that …
Thursday, April 4, 2013
An 8-month-old was found unresponsive in Highland on March 28.
Police do not suspect foul play in the death of an 8-month old baby in Highland Township, according to the Observer & Eccentric. As Patch previoulsy reported, deputies with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation were called to a home in Highland Township after the baby was found not breathing in his crib at 9:40 a.m. on March 28. According to the sheriff's report, the baby was transferred to Huron Valley Hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead. OCSO Det. Jim Bowie told the Observer & Eccentric that the death does not appear suspicious, but they are waiting on an autopsy report before closing the case.
Friday, March 29, 2013
An 8-month-old was found unresponsive Thursday morning in Highland.
Deputies with the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation were called to a home in Highland Township after an 8-month-old was found not breathing Thursday at 9:40 a.m. According to the report, the baby was transferred to Huron Valley Hospital by ambulance and pronounced dead. The report states that the Medical Examiner’s office was contacted and will be conducting an autopsy. There is no other information being released at this time. The incident remains under investigation.
Make your home look occupied and difficult to break into, police advise.
Reports of multiple break-ins across Oakland County this month have police issuing warnings and tips to area homeowners. On Tuesday, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard advised residents to take "simple steps to make your home more difficult to enter and less enticing to would-be burglars," he said in a release. Break-ins and home invasions are not uncommon in Highland and White Lake. Bouchard urged residents to make your home look occupied and difficult to break into by following these tips:
Monday, March 25, 2013
Police arrested Todd Lloyd Griffin in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan.
Updated: 6:59 p.m. Todd Lloyd Griffin, 44, was arrested Monday in connection with 16 home burglaries spanning five counties in southeast Michigan, according to the Oakland County Sheriff's Office. Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard held a press conference on Monday explaining that Griffin targeted homes that were awaiting estate sales or homes of families who were at funerals, earning him the nickname "funeral bandit." Just hours afterwards, Griffin, whose birthday also fell on Monday, was located by local authorities in Colorado at a pawn shop and taken in without incident at 4:30 p.m., according to the Sheriff's Office. Local authorities told them that Griffin was in possession of numerous jewelry items. "I can’t think of a better …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Oakland County Sheriff's Office Highland Substation. Arrests and charges do not indicate convictions.
Ross Austin Dimercurio, 18, of Highland and Devin Bradley Newell, 18, of Milford were arraigned Friday on a total of 20 felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from larcenies in both Highland and White Lake. Dimercurio has 11 charges ranging from larceny of a firearm, to felong larceny from vehicle. Newell has nine charges including possession of a controlled substance and felony breaking and entering of a vehicle with intent. Each was given a $50,000 cash bond and both remain in Oakland County Jail. The pair were arrested by Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies in Highland last week after an investigation led deputies to the suspects homes. They were arrested in the parking lot of a local pawn store. Det. Jim Bowie said they were at the …
Saturday, March 9, 2013
According to the dealership, the incident was an oversight.
Oakland County Sheriff's Deputies with the Highland Substation were patrolling the lots at local dealerships throughout the township March 5 when they found something interesting. According to the report, one deputy found full sets of keys sitting in the doors of at least seven vehicles. The report states that the deputy contacted the dealership to let them know that the keys were with the vehicles, the owner came to the lot, removed the keys and told police it was an oversight. "We've been going around the lots because we've had a rash of tires and rims being taken from cars at dealerships," Det. Jim Bowie. "Luckily our deputy was alert and saw this before anything bad could happen."
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10:12 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013
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