The Detroit Zoo has announced a baby gorilla has been born for the first time in the Zoo’s 96-year history! 26-year-old Bandia, a first-time mother, gave birth in the early morning hours of Thursday, Aug. 8 – and the Zoo says that mom and baby, along with the father, 36-year-old Mshindi, are all doing very
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) An hearing in a metro Detroit courtroom took a turn after the defendant began to curse at the judge. It happened in Washtenaw County District Court Cedric Simpson’s courtroom, the same judge who went viral months ago after a man Zoomed in while driving
A 15-year-old was taken into custody Monday afternoon following an investigation into a break-in at a cannabis store early Saturday morning. On August 3, 2024, at around 1:50 a.m., Royal Oak Police received a call about a burglary alarm at a Cannabis Company located in the area of 14 Mile and Coolidge. Officers arrived at
A man has been arrested after allegedly attempting to smuggle 200 lbs of cocaine across the Michigan-Canada border. On August 1, 2024 at approximately 4:30 pm, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) discovered and seized 266 pounds of cocaine at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron. The suspect was
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) A Warren woman has died after a fiery crash in Sterling Heights on Sunday. The crash happened around 1:50 AM in the area of Van Dyke Avenue and 15 Mile Road. Sterling Heights Police and Fire Departments were called to the scene of a
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) Detroit police are investigating after a driver ran over a man on a bike. The suspect recorded the crash on camera and later posted the video to social media. The incident happened Thursday on Edgewood, which is near the major intersection of I-94 and
Vice President Kamala Harris and her future running mate who has not been announced yet are set to hit the campaign trail, with a stop planned in #Detroit next week. A location, day and time has not been released yet. Following President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race and his endorsement of Harris,
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A Detroit mother was sentenced to prison today after she killed her 3-year-old son and hid his body in a freezer. 33-year-old Azuradee France pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in early July of this year. She received a sentence of 35-60 years in prison on Monday as part of a sentencing agreement. The child, identified
View this post on Instagram A post shared by MDN (@metrodetroitnews) 4 people are dead after a crash on I-75 early Sunday morning. The crash happened around 3:00 a.m. in the Southbound lanes of I-75 near I-696. The Detroit Regional Communication Center (DRCC) started receiving calls about a wrong-way driver in a black Volkswagen driving
