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Vaccine rollout prep is underway for teens
On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday expanded emergency use authorization of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in the United States for older children ages 12 to 15.
WEDNESDAY NEWS HIT - The Michigan governor is planning on holding a press conference Wednesday morning with a coronavirus update on its status in the state. She ll be joined by her chief medical executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun at 10:30 a.m.
FOX 2 will stream the press conference onsite and on TV.
Nightside Report May 10, 2021: Beloved Cass Technical High School coach killed in Detroit; In-person work can resume in 2 weeks as Michigan reaches first of its vaccine milestones
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Beloved Cass Technical High School coach killed in Detroit
DETROIT – Family and friends are still trying to process the untimely death of Cass Technical High School coach Dennis Smith who was widely known as “Coach Smitty.”
Smith, 46, was shot and killed on Livernois Avenue May 5. There is surveillance footage showing the suspect firing the weapon.
“He was more than just a football coach,” said Maria Adams-Lawton.
All Adams-Lawton can do now is remember the good times she had with the coach.
Serial robberies, mutilating a body, and prostitution; Warren police detail citywide drug probe
By Jack Nissen
Warren police accomplishments detailed from Operation PEACE.
The Warren mayor applauded his police department and Operation PEACE, executing 18 search warrants and arresting dozens for everything from fenatyl and heroin and prostitution to mutilation of a dead body to sexual assault.
WARREN, Mich. - A crackdown on drugs and illegal activity in Warren yielded dozens of arrests and more than 80 felony and misdemeanor charges.
Dubbed Operation PEACE, 39 people were arrested in connection to drug offenses like possession, sale, and prostitution activity over a five-day period at the beginning of May.
‘Operation PEACE’: Warren police reveal results of citywide crime sweep
39 arrested in recent phase of operation
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The operation tackles drug trafficking, prostitution, armed robberies and violent crime.
“If they commit a crime they’re going to be arrested, convicted and they’re going to go to prison,” Dwyer said.
Dwyer said 39 people are behind bars now because of the most recent phase of the operation. They face more than 65 felony charges and nearly $2 million in cash and drugs were recovered during the 5-day operation.
A father and son were arrested after a body was discovered last month in the parking lot of a dentist’s office in Warren.
Scam, threats aimed at elected officials investigated
Warren Mayor Jim Fouts cautioned friends and supporters after bogus social media accounts were created using his name and likeness.
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WARREN Many people get Facebook friend requests from people they’re already friends with, accompanied by vague questions like, “How are you doing?” It’s a sure sign that a friend’s account has been “hacked” for some unknown purpose by someone sitting who knows where.
But when the operators of fake accounts start asking for money, that’s crossing the line.
“I just urge citizens to disregard anything where I would be asking them for money or anything like that,” Warren Mayor Jim Fouts said on May 6. “Obviously, it’s a fraud. I guess they’ve been sending things to City Hall employees under my name.”