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About $90 Million Worth Of Loot Seized
(WWJ Photo/Stephanie Davis) Detroit Police announced Wednesday that they’ve tripled the amount of drugs and cash taken off the streets this year over last year. The value of drugs, cash, weapons, and...
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Police: Paris Hilton Arrested
Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton was arrested Friday night and booked into the Clark County Detention Center for possession of a controlled substance, described by Las Vegas Metro Police as cocaine. CBS...
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Former Brighton Lawyer Sentenced In Drug Case
A former Brighton lawyer has been sentenced to three years of probation in a drug case involving the death of a 22-year-old woman. Ronald Plunkett was sentenced Monday in Ann Arbor after earlier...
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Former Prosecutor Pleads Guilty To Misconduct
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – The Detroit-area’s former top drug prosecutor has pleaded guilty to misconduct in office for covering up the role of a paid police informant in a major cocaine bust. Karen Plants’...
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5 Arrests After Drug Raid In Saginaw
SAGINAW (WWJ) – Local and federal authorities have made five arrests and seized a half-kilo of cocaine and four guns following a raid at a home in Saginaw. City police Detective Sergeant Kevin Revard...
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Pair Gets Prison In Child Sex-Cocaine Swap
SAGINAW (AP) – Two people in Saginaw have been sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for a sex-for-cocaine swap involving a 9-year-old girl. Johnnie Griffin and the girl’s grandmother were convicted...
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Police: Elderly Man Had 100 Bricks Of Cocaine
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – An 87-year-old Indiana man appeared at a detention hearing Monday after authorities said he was stopped on I-94 in Washtenaw County with a load of cocaine in his pickup truck. Leo...
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Elderly Indiana Man Indicted In Michigan Drug Bust
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – An 87-year-old Indiana man has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit, three weeks after he was stopped with a load of cocaine in his pickup truck. The indictment replaces...
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Feds: Elderly Man ‘Experienced Drug Mule’
CHELSEA (WWJ/AP) – An 87-year-old northern Indiana man caught in Michigan last year with more than 200 pounds of cocaine has been hit with new charges that describe him as a very experienced drug mule...
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Citizen Tip Leads Detroit Police To Major Drug Bust
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit Police say a tip by a concerned citizen led them to a vacant home where over $700,000 in illegal drugs were confiscated. The lead came into the department’s narcotic unit which...
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Ex-Pontiac Councilman Charged With Corruption
PONTIAC (WWJ/AP) – An FBI sting operation has led to bribery and drug charges against a former Pontiac City Council member. Federal authorities say 61-year-old Everett Seay accepted $25,000 from a man...
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Pot, Cocaine, Cash Seized In Pontiac Drug Bust
PONTIAC (WWJ) – A 34-year-old Pontiac man faces drug charges after police said they caught him with a large stash of marijuana and cocaine. Oakland County Sheriff’s officials said they arrested Mark...
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Men Arrested After Alleged Drug Deal At Vacant Grocery Store
INDEPENDENCE TWP. (WWJ) – Police in Oakland County say two men were arrested after officers witnessed a drug deal taking place in the parking lot of a vacant grocery store. The Oakland County Sheriff’s...
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Pontiac Man Sentenced In Colorado Cocaine Killing
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A Detroit federal judge has sentenced a Michigan drug dealer to life in prison for hiring a hit man to kill another man in Colorado to avoid paying a $400,000 cocaine debt. Judge...
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6 Family Members Charged In Macomb County Drug Ring
MOUNT CLEMENS (WWJ) – Three generations of a Macomb County family are charged with selling cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, K2 and hydrocodone out of a pair of Shelby Township businesses. The Macomb County...
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Michigan Lawyer Faces ‘Double Penalty’ Drug Charge
MUSKEGON (WWJ/AP) – A West Michigan defense lawyer who previously had his law license suspended following problems with cocaine is facing a new drug-related charge. Terry Nolan, 55, was arrested...
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3 From Mich. Arrested In Multi-State Drug Ring Bust
INDIANAPOLIS (WWJ/AP) – A pair of brothers and 18 other people from Indiana, Michigan and Ohio have been indicted on charges they ran a major operation that smuggled cocaine and methamphetamine from...
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Eastpointe Men Who Allegedly Mailed Drugs Arrested With Kilo Of Cocaine
EASTPOINTE (WWJ) – Police say two Eastpointe men who used the mail to transport large quantities of illegal drugs were arrested with over a kilo of cocaine. Claude Davis, 34, and Freddie Ross, 41, were...
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Ex-Pontiac Councilman Sentenced In Bribery Case
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – A former Pontiac city councilman who pleaded guilty to accepting bribes has been sentenced to two years and two months in prison. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 61-year-old Everett...
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Detroit Police Make $3.3 Million Drug Bust
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit police made a major drug bust at home on the city’s west side Friday, getting over $3.3 million worth of illegal drugs off the streets. Police say their investigation began...
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