Plymouth Teacher Arraigned, Faces Felony Charges
CANTON (WWJ) - The Plymouth-Canton school teacher who allegedly threatened a fellow faculty member has been arraigned and now faces three felony charges. Fifty-two year-old Raymond Charles Schepansky...
View ArticleCharged Plymouth Teacher Says He Meant No Harm
PLYMOUTH (WWJ/AP) – A high school teacher with Plymouth-Canton Community Schools who authorities say brought a gun to school says he never intended to harm anyone. Fifty-two-year-old Raymond Schepansky...
View ArticleDetroit Parent Disturbed By Student Threat
DETROIT (WWJ) – A Detroit Public School parent is speaking out after another student reportedly threatened her daughter and other students. Angelique Peterson of Detroit said she was alarmed this week...
View ArticleMan Pleads Guilty In Stupak Threat Case
BAY CITY (AP) – A 74-year-old man accused of threatening a Michigan congressman over his support for a health-care law has pleaded guilty. The Bay City Times says Russell Hesch of West Branch pleaded...
View ArticleClasses Resume After Threat At Plymouth-Canton Schools
CANTON (WWJ) - Classes at all three Plymouth-Canton high schools are back in session Tuesday morning after a threatening note sent everyone home Monday. Canton Police Detective Sergeant Dave Schreiner...
View ArticleAnother Threatening Note Found At Plymouth-Canton Schools
CANTON (WWJ) - The “all clear” has been given at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park, following a second police investigation this week that had the three high schools on lockdown. Canton Police Det....
View ArticleReward Offered After Pair Of Threats At Plymouth-Canton Schools
CANTON (WWJ) - Police in Canton hope a $2,000 reward will help them find whoever is behind a pair of threatening notes left at the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park this week. Police hope the money will...
View ArticleCanton Police: Campus Threat More Than Just A Prank
CANTON (WWJ) – The search continues for the person or people responsible for leaving threatening notes on the Plymouth-Canton Educational Park this week. The notes, found Monday and Wednesday, caused a...
View ArticleArrest In Plymouth-Canton School Threat
CANTON (WWJ) – A student has been taken into custody in connection with threatening letters found at Plymouth-Canton Schools. In a statement late Friday afternoon, the Canton Police Department said a...
View ArticleThreat Reported At Henry Ford Community College
DEARBORN (WWJ) – Text and email alerts have gone out to the 18,000 students at Henry Ford Community College about a possible threat. HFCC Vice President Controller Marge Swan told WWJ that they...
View ArticleJudge Orders Terrorism Trial In School Threat Case
MUSKEGON (WWJ/AP) - A man faces trial on a charge of terrorism on accusations he threatened to shoot up Muskegon High School. The Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office said 21-year-old Ryan J. Day went...
View ArticleHigh School Closed After Death Threats
HARTLAND (WWJ) - Investigators say they know who spread death threats that led to the closing of a Livingston County high school Tuesday. Sheriff Bob Bezotte said administrators at Hartland High School...
View ArticleCorrections Officer Suspended Over ‘Dark Knight’ Remark
ROYAL OAK (WWJ/AP) – A Michigan Department of Corrections parole officer has been suspended with pay after making threatening remarks while buying tickets to see “The Dark Knight Rises” in metro...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Threatening Lawmakers To Face Trial
FLINT (WWJ/AP) - A federal magistrate says a 53-year-old ex-convict from Flint accused of threatening to kill three Michigan members of Congress is competent to stand trial. Randall Dellinger was...
View ArticlePolice: Man Makes Bomb Threat, Says ‘All Sinners Must Pay’
ROSEVILLE (WWJ) - Some fast food restaurants in Roseville were evacuated Tuesday afternoon following a bomb scare. Outside the Del Taco in the parking lot of the Macomb Mall on Gratiot at Masonic, WWJ...
View Article2 Face Charges After Threatening Store Detective With Gun On Black Friday
HOLLAND TWP. (WWJ/AP) – Two Grand Rapids women face armed robbery charges after threatening an Old Navy store detective with a gun during Black Friday shopping. Ottawa County Sheriff’s Deputies say the...
View ArticleHigh School Student Faces Sentencing In Bomb Threat Case
MONROE (WWJ/AP) - A high school senior faces sentencing in connection with a bomb threat at his school in southeastern Michigan. Milan High School senior Anthony Caputo is scheduled to be sentenced in...
View ArticleNearly Naked Man Arrested After Threatening Motel Guest With Gun
FERNDALE (WWJ) - Ferndale police say a 69-year-old man was arrested after threatening another man at the Motorama Motel with a gun. Arnold Parker was arraigned on an assault charge Tuesday in 43rd...
View ArticleMan Allegedly Pulls Knife On Cafe Owner Over $3 Sandwich
DEARBORN (WWJ) - An argument over the price of a submarine sandwich has landed a Dearborn man in trouble with the law. The 26-year old first called Mango’s Cafe, on West Warren Avenue near Greenfield...
View ArticleMan Accused Of Threatening Lawmakers Ruled Incompetent
FLINT (WWJ/AP) - A Flint man who authorities say threatened to kill three lawmakers from Michigan has been ruled incompetent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge Mark A. Goldsmith made the determination...
View ArticleMan Makes Gun Threat At Selfridge
HARRISON TOWNSHIP (WWJ) - Michigan State Police were called to Selfridge Air National Guard Base overnight after a man walked up to security officers and said he had a gun. Military police had disarmed...
View ArticlePolice Patrol Fraser High School After Apparent Shooting Threat
FRASER (WWJ) – Students at Fraser High School can expect to see a large police presence on Wednesday after a threat was found on a bathroom wall at the school. Police and school officials say they...
View ArticleBoy, 15, To Stand Trial In Plan To Kill Students
MONROE (AP) – A Michigan 15-year-old will stand trial after authorities say they found his plans to kill up to eight students at his high school, including a girl who may have shunned his advances. The...
View ArticlePolice: Intoxicated Student Threatens Shooting At Central Michigan University
MOUNT PLEASANT (WWJ) - A Central Michigan University student is under investigation after he allegedly threatened to shoot an instructor. The incident happened around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in Pearce...
View ArticleJudge Yanks Bond For Man Convicted Of Making Campus Threats
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) – A former Western Michigan University student convicted of making threats about a campus shooting is in jail after the government said he made another threat. Federal prosecutors...
View ArticleSpurned Teen Accused Of Plotting To Kill Students Put Under House Arrest
MONROE (WWJ/AP) – A 15-year-old boy accused of planning to kill a girl who spurned him and up to seven other students at his Monroe County high school has been ordered placed under house arrest....
View ArticlePolice Urge Michigan Residents, Visitors To Watch For Suspicious Behavior...
LANSING (WWJ) – Michigan State Police are urging residents and visitors to be on the lookout for suspicious activity over the Fourth of July holiday. Police said there are currently no known threats to...
View ArticlePolice Arrest Suspect Accused Of Threatening African-American Students At...
HOUGHTON (WWJ) – Police say the person accused of making threats against African-American students at Michigan Technological University has been taken into custody. Police say the suspect was...
View ArticleCharge Dismissed Against Michigan Tech Student Who Threatened...
HOUGHTON, Mich. (WWJ/AP) – A charge of disturbing the peace against a Michigan Technological University student who authorities say threatened blacks on social media has been dismissed. The misdemeanor...
View ArticleMan Faces Terrorism Charges After Threatening Tweet About ‘Killing Kids’ At 4...
HOWELL (WWJ) – A comment about “killing kids” on a school Twitter account has led to several charges of terrorism for a 21-year-old Canton Township man. The Livingston County prosecutor’s office has...
View ArticleOfficials: 3 Boys Left Death Threat In Girl’s Locker
DEARBORN (WWJ) – Authorities in Dearborn have identified three students who put a handwritten note inside the locker of an eighth grader, threatening to kill the girl and her entire family. One of the...
View ArticleMan Facing Terrorism Charge After Placing 911 Call Threatening Employer,...
AUBURN HILLS (WWJ) – A 39-year-old Flint man is facing a felony charge of making a false report or threat of terrorism at two Auburn Hills businesses, including his place of employment. Reginald...
View ArticleSchools Remain Open, Tensions High As Police Investigate Widespread Threats
LAKE ORION (WWJ) – Several local schools are reassuring parents and students about their safety, in the wake of recent threats that are still under investigation by multiple police agencies. The...
View ArticleSecurity Stepped Up At Detroit’s Cass Tech High School Following Online Threat
DETROIT (WWJ) – Detroit’s Cass Tech High School will remain open Thursday after an investigation determined that an online threat made toward the school was not credible. School officials say the...
View ArticleAdministrators Reverse Course, Cancel Classes At Detroit’s Cass Tech...
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) – Administrators have changed their minds and are closing Cass Technical High School in Detroit Friday after a threat against teachers was made on social media. Detroit Public Schools...
View ArticleMichigan Lawmaker Won’t Apologize for Calling Company ‘Terrorists’
LANSING (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker says he doesn’t regret comparing the state’s largest energy provider to “terrorists” he’d like to “shoot” despite calls for him to publicly apologize. Republican Rep....
View ArticleMagazine, Bullets Found in Auditorium Force School Lockdown at Farmington...
FARMINGTON (AP) — A gun magazine filled with .40-caliber bullets has been found in a suburban Detroit high school, forcing officials to place the building on lockdown. School officials say the magazine...
View ArticleStudent Who Threatened Violence At WSU Faces Sentence
Federal prosecutors are recommending probation and six months of home confinement for a college student who made threats of violence against Wayne State University.
View ArticleWoman Charged In Threats Against Michigan Election Official
DETROIT (AP) — A woman angry with a Detroit-area election official sent photos of a dead body and threatened her family, a day after a clamorous meeting at which Republican board members initially...
View ArticleCounselor: Warned Crumbley Parents That Teen At Risk Before Shooting
(AP) – The counselor of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school says he told the teen’s parents the morning of the shootings that he believed their son was a...
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