Driver of Vehicle Fatally Shot in Pontiac, Second Victim in Serious Condition (Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, Oct. 21, 2014) INCIDENT 23:35 Hrs. – Oct 20 – City Of Pontiac – Homicide #14-166574 SUMMARY: Deputies responded to the 300 block of Linda Vista for multiple shots fired in the area. Upon arrival, deputies discovered…
Bob Daddow to Represent Oakland County on Great Lakes Water Authority (Oakland County Press Release, Oct. 18,2014) Deputy County Executive Robert J. Daddow will represent Oakland County’s water and sewer ratepayers on the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) board, County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced today. Daddow, a certified public accountant, was part of the…
“An Abundance of Caution”: CDC Monitoring Man in Oak Park (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 18, 2014) A Liberian man visiting family in Oak Park is under scrutiny by the Centers for Disease Control and Oakland County Health Division. Although the man has never come in contact with anyone infected with the Ebola virus, and…
Suspect Sought in Armed Robbery of Magic Cleaners in Pontiac (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 14, 2014) INCIDENT: 14:55 Hrs. – Oct. 13 – City of Pontiac- Armed Robbery -#14-162313 SUMMARY: Deputies responded to the 700 block of West Huron (Magic Cleaners) for an Armed Robbery. The complainant stated that the suspect inquired about having…
Suspect Sought in Armed Robbery of Magic Cleaners in Pontiac (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 14, 2014) INCIDENT: 14:55 Hrs. – Oct. 13 – City of Pontiac- Armed Robbery -#14-162313 SUMMARY: Deputies responded to the 700 block of West Huron (Magic Cleaners) for an Armed Robbery. The complainant stated that the suspect inquired about having…
Shooting in Pontiac Injures Teenager (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 6, 2014) INCIDENT: 0159 Hours- Oct. 5 – City of Pontiac-Shooting # 14-157574 SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for the report of a shooting victim seeking treatment. Deputies arrived and made contact with the female victim who stated that she was walking…
Shooting in Pontiac Injures Teenager (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 6, 2014) INCIDENT: 0159 Hours- Oct. 5 – City of Pontiac-Shooting # 14-157574 SUMMARY: Deputies were dispatched to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital for the report of a shooting victim seeking treatment. Deputies arrived and made contact with the female victim who stated that she was walking…
Geibel and Langton Vie for Circuit Court Seat in County-Wide Race (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Oct. 4, 2014) Oakland County has budgeted to reinstate a Judge position in the Sixth Circuit Court that had been vacant for several years. This opening, created in the Family Court Division, means that on November 4 voters of Oakland…
One Stop Shop Business Center Helps Saginaw Street Consignments in Pontiac to Prosper (Nicole Rupersburg , Oakland County Prosper, reprinted with permission, Oct. 4, 2014) For more than 50 years, April Ogg-Ivankovich’s family has had a presence in downtown Pontiac, owning and operating the building at 150 N. Saginaw St. April has had space in…
Rochester Hills Author Recalls Year in the Combat Zone of Vietnam as a Donut Dolly (video) Joann Puffer Kotcher was one of just 600 women who went to Vietnam with the American Red Cross to go into war zones and bring comfort and support to troops entrenched in battle. Just out of college from the…
Rochester Hills Author Recalls Year in the Combat Zone of Vietnam as a Donut Dolly (video) Joann Puffer Kotcher was one of just 600 women who went to Vietnam with the American Red Cross to go into war zones and bring comfort and support to troops entrenched in battle. Just out of college from the…
Three Drug Deaths in Pontiac Unrelated (video) (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 3, 2014) FROM DAY SHIFT: 10-01-14 THROUGH MIDNIGHT SHIFT: 10-02-14 All three deaths below in Pontiac appear to be heroin overdoses. Detectives are following up and have submitted the suspected heroin recovered at each scene to the Sheriff’s Forensic Lab to see if…
Three Drug Deaths in Pontiac Unrelated (video) (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Oct. 3, 2014) FROM DAY SHIFT: 10-01-14 THROUGH MIDNIGHT SHIFT: 10-02-14 All three deaths below in Pontiac appear to be heroin overdoses. Detectives are following up and have submitted the suspected heroin recovered at each scene to the Sheriff’s Forensic Lab to see if…
Sheriff’s Department Searching for Murder Suspect Travis Hudson (Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oct. 2, 2014) Arrest warrants have been issued by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office for a 31-year-old Pontiac man wanted in the shooting death of 21-year-old Steffan Causey on Sunday, Sept. 28. Travis Lamar Hudson has been charged with one count Open…
Sheriff’s Department Searching for Murder Suspect Travis Hudson (Oakland County Sheriff’s Department, Oct. 2, 2014) Arrest warrants have been issued by the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office for a 31-year-old Pontiac man wanted in the shooting death of 21-year-old Steffan Causey on Sunday, Sept. 28. Travis Lamar Hudson has been charged with one count Open…
Education Advocates Connect Across District Borders (video) (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept. 30, 2014) “It was about one month ago that I went to my mailbox and I opened it to find a letter from the EAA [Educational Achievement Authority]… This was a letter that was inviting my child to attend an EAA school, or shall…
Man Stopped Bringing Gun into Courthouse (Oakland County Sheriff’s Dept, Sept. 29, 2014) INCIDENT: 09:15 hrs. – Sept. 26 – City of Pontiac – Carry Concealed Weapons (CCW) Violation 6th Circuit Court – #14-152660 SUMMARY: Deputies at the 6th Circuit Court located a loaded firearm in a leather bag as a subject was entering the…
Oakland County Health Fair Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 (press release, Sept. 29, 2014) The Oakland County Health Division is hosting a Health Fair from 8:30am – 5pm each day from Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 at North Oakland Health Center, 1200 N. Telegraph Road, Building 34, in Pontiac. The event will have multiple booths,…
Pontiac Pushes for Downtown Parking Program, Town Hall Oct. 15 (Crystal A. Proxmire, Sept.27, 2014) Months of planning and negotiating hang in the balance as the City of Pontiac and the Downtown Pontiac Business Association wait to see if the Pontiac Receivership Transition Advisory Board will allow them to move forward with plans for a…
DIA Oakland County Day – Free Transportation from Several Cities – Oct. 18 (DIA Press Release, Sept. 27, 2014) The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) is providing free bus transportation to and from the museum on Saturday, Oct. 18 for Oakland County residents as part of its “County Days,” which provides this service four times…