Erika Erickson
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Erika has been reporting in Michigan since 2010 and is part of The Investigators on Local 4. Send her an email.
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Residents protest against planned ‘Covergirls’ strip club reopening on Detroit’s east side
Read full article: Residents protest against planned ‘Covergirls’ strip club reopening on Detroit’s east sideNearly 100-degree heat didn’t stop East Side Detroiters from gathering in protest, calling on the owners of a newly renovated building on Whittier near Roxbury to find another use for it before it reopens as a strip club.
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Accused ex-Southfield teacher barred from contact with kids listed with youth-facing choir
Read full article: Accused ex-Southfield teacher barred from contact with kids listed with youth-facing choirConcerns were brought to Local 4’s attention about Lamar Willis, 44, a former music teacher who resigned after being charged with multiple sex crimes against children in the Southfield Public school system before moving to the Detroit public school system.
‘The Devil himself:’ Farmington Hills murder suspect caught after nearly 25 years
Read full article: ‘The Devil himself:’ Farmington Hills murder suspect caught after nearly 25 yearsEdgardo Luis Perez, 44, evaded capture for nearly 25 years. Perez, who is accused of killing Gordon Machek, 56, of Farmington Hills back in 2001, has been arrested in Guatemala and extradited back to Michigan.
Vista Maria survivors rally to rewrite Michigan’s sexual assault deadlines
Read full article: Vista Maria survivors rally to rewrite Michigan’s sexual assault deadlinesWith a new billboard now staring back at Vista Maria’s campus and survivors gathering nearby Thursday morning, a long-running fight over accountability at the Dearborn Heights facility moved into an even more public phase, one aimed as much at Lansing as it is at the institution itself.
Michigan man accused of cyberstalking, years of threats tied to New York church
Read full article: Michigan man accused of cyberstalking, years of threats tied to New York churchThe FBI said a Michigan man and former Cornell University Ph.D. student who was banned from an Ithaca, New York, church is now charged with cyberstalking after what investigators describe as years of harassing and threatening emails aimed at the church’s pastor and two female congregants.
Feds bust alleged Michigan child predator ‘Handsome Rob’ again
Read full article: Feds bust alleged Michigan child predator ‘Handsome Rob’ againA Clarkston man, who allegedly goes by ‘handsome Rob’ and was previously arrested in a child sex and human trafficking sting operation out of Genesee County, is now accused of distribution of child pornography and receipt and possession of child pornography.
Taylor police chief gives update after officers shoot armed robbery suspect outside Sheetz gas station
Read full article: Taylor police chief gives update after officers shoot armed robbery suspect outside Sheetz gas stationAn investigation is underway outside a Taylor gas station after an attempted traffic stop for an outstanding felony warrant ended with a police shooting that left the driver injured.
Driver of stolen U-Haul shot by Taylor police outside of Sheetz gas station
Read full article: Driver of stolen U-Haul shot by Taylor police outside of Sheetz gas stationAn investigation is underway outside a Taylor gas station after an attempted traffic stop for an outstanding felony warrant ended with a police shooting that left the driver injured.
What we know about man accused of killing his grandmother in Farmington Hills
Read full article: What we know about man accused of killing his grandmother in Farmington HillsA man was charged with first-degree murder after allegedly murdering his 78-year-old grandmother at the home they shared in Farmington Hills.
Westland couple sues apartment management group, alleging hidden microphone and pregnancy bias
Read full article: Westland couple sues apartment management group, alleging hidden microphone and pregnancy biasA lawsuit was filed by a Westland leasing agent and her fiancé, alleging pregnancy and race discrimination, retaliation, and illegal eavesdropping after a management change at the Waynewood Apartments.