A judge found probable cause and moved the Hazel Park hatchet case to circuit court; the defendant’s active probation raises possible extra penalties. Arraignment is scheduled for March 17.

An off-duty Detroit officer received one year of probation after pleading guilty to entering a neighbor’s home and assault during a parking dispute in Lincoln Park. The plea deal dropped more serious counts.

A Southfield man was bound over to circuit court after waiving a preliminary exam in the hit‑and‑run death of 71‑year‑old William Mapp in Oak Park. The driver is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash.

The family of an 18‑year‑old killed in a Grosse Pointe crash filed a rare citizen's warrant accusing the driver's mother, reopening a legal fight prosecutors had declined.

A federal court ordered USDA inspectors into a Saginaw exotic‑animal shop after allegations the owner blocked inspections and animals faced inadequate care.

A Sterling Heights man pleaded guilty March 3 to a felony DUI charge after a Sept. 5 crash in Commerce Township that killed a 30‑year‑old driver. Sentencing is set for April 7 in Novi.

A west Detroit shooting left a man in critical condition Tuesday while three children in his car were unharmed; police have posted a suspect photo and are offering a reward.

A 29-year-old Detroit woman is wanted after a Jeep struck a parked Michigan State Police cruiser on the Lodge Freeway. The trooper was evaluated and taken to hospital as a precaution.

Hamtramck councilman Muhtasin Sadman pleaded guilty to a reduced loitering charge, was fined $500 and given probation under a deal tied to the city's absentee-ballot probe.

A Mount Clemens man pleaded no contest to distribution of child sexually abusive material and computer‑facilitated offenses; he faces sentencing on April 28.

CBSA officers at the Blue Water Bridge seized 111.4 kg (about 245 lbs) of suspected cocaine on Feb. 19 and arrested two men; the case is now before a Sarnia court.

A Wayne County judge vacated the 1999 murder conviction of George Calicut Jr., clearing him to leave prison after 27 years amid new testing and clinic review. The decision follows a re‑examination of forensic evidence and questions about past police practices.

Two Detroit teenagers were arrested after Birmingham police linked them to a December stolen-vehicle case; Oakland County prosecutors also filed criminal enterprise charges tied to a Troy probe.