Erika Erickson
Reporter
Erika has been reporting in Michigan since 2010 and is part of The Investigators on Local 4. Send her an email.
Erika has been reporting in Michigan since 2010 and is part of The Investigators on Local 4. Send her an email.
A federal grand jury has indicted Albert Egnis, 28, on one count of felon in possession of ammunition, court records show, after a Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) recognized Egnis on surveillance video.
Authorities in East Tennessee are making headway in the fight against drug trafficking with the latest bust targeting a Detroit-to-Tennessee pipeline.
Pamela Sanford fears that a mummified body found in a Livonia creek may be her missing husband, James Sanford, who disappeared in April 2024 after leaving their Westland home without crucial medication.
A retired Detroit police sergeant accused of leading a double life and raping multiple women over several years is now facing a sixth case involving a 14-year-old girl.
A 19-year-old Roseville man is accused in federal and state cases of producing and sharing child sexually abusive material, according to a federal criminal complaint and local law enforcement.
Sitting in a suit beside his attorney, Michael Justus appeared in federal court Thursday for sentencing with character letters from family, friends, his partner and therapist, along with a statement of his own.
A registered sex offender from Westland is back behind bars after federal agents said he was caught transporting graphic images and videos of children as young as infants.
A Washtenaw County judge on Monday barred prosecutors from using evidence that child sexual abuse material was found on one of Buster Robbins’ devices and narrowed consent-related evidence in the 1989 murder of Beverly Wivell.
Nathan Baker, 31, of Flat Rock, was indicted on one count of distribution of child sexually abusive material on March 11, 2026.
A veteran postal worker died inside a sorting machine. Now Congress is demanding answers -- and a visit from the Postmaster General to the Allen Park distribution center.
A woman whose high school photos were digitally altered to appear nude and then shared online says she feels “completely manipulated” and let down by a justice system that has so far spared one of the men involved from jail time.
Brian Allen Rose, 47, of Ferndale, was arraigned on a three-count indictment for allegedly trading photos and videos of children -- some as young as infants, said federal investigators.