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Tea Party Trysters / Teen Sex Offender / Fake-A-Baby / Socks-Not-Pot / World's Oldest John / Dead Voters: Top Michigan Reads
If you miss a day on Patch, you miss a lot. Here's a roundup of some the stories that made headlines in the last couple of weeks.
Between the Labor Day holiday and getting the kids back to school, you may have missed some of Michigan Patch’s top stories. Click on the links to see what you missed.
Michigan Lawmakers Ousted After Bizarre Sex Scandal
Judge Issues New Ruling In Case Of Teen Ordered On Sex-Offender Registry for 25 Years
The teen ordered by a Michigan judge to register as a sex offender for having sex with an underage teen he met on a dating app got a new sentencing and a new judge, who gave him a reprieve.
Touching Story of Surrogate Dad Cops Making Kindergartener’s Dream Come True: Watch
Fallen Detroit Police Officer Patrick Hill always put colleagues’ wellbeing first; on the first day of school, they had his son’s back.
Michigan Worst State On Group’s Dead Voters List
Michigan led the nation in Public Interest Legal Foundation list of of counties with more registered voters than living eligible voters.
Grammy Winner Miguel Gives Private Concert for Woman Turning Life Around
The concert in Farmington Hills was part of the Make Room movement raising awareness of 11 million families a paycheck away from homelessness.
Police: Teen Used ‘Fake a Baby’ Website to Con Boyfriend
A Wyandotte teen is under investigation for allegedly using the FakeABaby.com website.
Michigan Man Gets Stiff Prison Time For ‘Dirty Socks’ Case
When asked to facilitate a drug deal, defendant admits: “I didn’t bring any weed. I brought a bag of dirty socks.”
‘World’s Oldest John’ Won’t Face Charges
An 87-year-old man charged with soliciting a prostitute said he thought he recognized from church.
News & Features
- Feds Say Michigan State Mishandled Sexual Assault Complaints (Read the Report)
- Pot Smoking Reaches 35-Year High on U.S. College Campuses: Study
- Sotheby’s Wins Right to Auction $500M Taubman Collection
- Internationally Acclaimed Sculptor David Barr Dies at 73
- Michigan Reports First Human Cases of West Nile Virus
- Tigers First Baseman Miguel Cabrera Rumored Buyer of Grosse Pointe Farms Estate
- Black Widow Spider Found in Grapes
- 2 Michigan Pilots, 2 Crashes, 1 Death
- Art Teacher from Michigan Killed in Nepal
- Golfer Dies After Being Stung 20 Times at Treetops Resort
- Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Claims Another Victim
Cops, Fire & Courts
- Reality Star Robbed in Detroit; Disagrees With Cops Over Details
- Police: Michigan Firefighter Dies After He Was ‘Deliberately’ Run Down in Charity Event
- Kids Who Refused Lunch with Dad Now Living With Him
- Heart Attack Victim Thanks Farmington Hills Police, Paramedics for Saving His Life
- Dearborn Police Chief Orders Overtime for Officers
- Oakland County Man Held in Stabbing of Son-in-Law
- 2 Novi Men Die in Crash Up North
- West Bloomfield Man Sustains Multiple Broken Bones, Royal Oak Woman Charged in Watercraft Accident
- Oakland County Narcotics Team Makes Big Heroin Bust
- 3 Farmington Hills Firefighters to be Honored for Bravery
- Oakland County Man Charged in Fatal Punch
- Rochester Hills Man Gets Life for Killing Parents with Hammer
- Royal Oak Police Officers Save 2 Lives in 2 Days
- Rochester Hills Man Found Dead in ‘Prayer Position’ on Troy Lawn
Business & Jobs
- Meijer Sells Bad Gas, Urges Customers to Call to Have Vehicles Checked, Repaired
- Michigan’s First Business Aviation Expo Planned Sept. 25
- Novi-Based Kroger Hopes to Fill 1,400 Jobs in SE Michigan with Veterans, Families
- 10 Jobs that Don’t Require a College Degree in Metro Detroit
- Chinese Company to Invest $26M in Northville Township, Create 125 Jobs
- Birmingham Natives Create Vodka that Speaks to Adventurous Spirit
Politics & Government
- $7Michigan Gets $7.5 Million Grant to Clear Rape Kits, Go After Rapists
- Annoyance’ Ordinance Would Require Township Adults Live By Same Rules As Kids
- Couple Wins Right to Produce Ammunition in Their Home
- Whistleblower Lawsuit Filed in Long-Running Bloomfield Township Feud
- Oil Company Agrees to Mackinac Straits Heavy Crude Oil Ban
- Michigan Imam: Release of Marine Detained in Iran May Be Imminent: Listen
Arts & Entertainment
- Listen: West Bloomfield Teen’s Big Voice Earns Him a Spot Singing Before U.S. Open
- Near-Record Crowds Attend Arts, Beats and Eats - But Few Arrests
- How to Audition in Detroit for Season 11 of ‘America’s Got Talent’
- ‘Dinosauria’ Exhibit Held Over at Detroit Zoo: Watch
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