Erika Erickson

A jury has awarded roughly $897 million to a family of a child severely injured when a high-speed vehicle crashed into a guardrail during a 2023 field trip at a test track in Auburn Hills.

A Detroit-area mother allegedly kept nearly $30,000 in Social Security benefits intended for her son -- even bringing an imposter to a medical appointment to keep the money coming in, according to a federal criminal complaint.

A former Metro Detroit doctor who pleaded guilty in May to a federal child pornography charge was sentenced this week to serve nine years in prison.

A Detroit woman is facing federal charges after allegedly stealing thousands from her uncle with dementia.

A federal civil rights lawsuit accusing Birmingham police officers of forcing their way into a home, beating a man, and prosecuting him without probable cause has ended in a settlement of over half a million for a former Birmingham resident.

A former Metro Detroit doctor was sentenced this week to 108 months -- or about nine years in federal prison -- after pleading guilty in May to a federal child sex abuse charge. The charge stemmed from a multi-state investigation into the sexual exploitation of children involving three other men.

A Chinese businesswoman is accused of traveling to Michigan and across the United States multiple times to gather information for Chinese intelligence officials, according to the FBI.

Laura Whisenant is accused of spending $121,980 on personal expenses while her uncle, living with Dementia, stayed in a Detroit home without running water, electricity, or heat, according to the feds.

A Metro Detroit doctor said a billing error has left her waiting weeks for more than $200,000 in insurance payments.

A social media post showing a black pistol with black hair coming out of its muzzle -- allegedly with the words, “Pistol whipping btcs… I got weave stuck in my Gen” -- may be connected to the alleged pistol-whipping of a woman in Royal Oak. That’s according to agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Detroit.

A 33-year-old man, according to Harper Woods police, has been charged after exposing himself to children and staff at Beacon Elementary School.

Dr. Reina Salazar has spent 35 years treating patients as an allergist, so she says she never expected that, after decades in practice, she would be scrambling to figure out how to pay her employees, rent, and utility bills.