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Robert Locker has joined Acme Manufacturing Company of Auburn Hills as director of engineering. Locker will oversee the manufacturer's mechanical design and electrical controls engineering activity, and direct new technology programs for integrated robotic solutions.

A fire broke out at Deville Apartments in Pontiac early Thursday morning, the fourth blaze at the abandoned apartment complex since March. The cause of the fire is still under investigation, according to Matt Covey, deputy fire chief for the Waterford Regional Fire Department. Upon arrival to the scene, three squatters were found trapped inside the building on the second floor.

Troy police issued a misdemeanor citation to a 56-year-old man who allegedly admitted to masturbating in a store, telling them it was a "bad habit" of his.A woman at the At Home Store at Oakland Mall told officers she realized she was being followed at about 6:20 p.m. Monday, June 18. She turned around and saw a man masturbating.

Beginning June 25, you may notice an increase in police presence along certain Wixom roadways. Ron Moore, director of public safety, said residents have been expressing their concerns about the number of speeders along various east-to-west roadways. On Monday, June 11, Wixom resident Justin Lee, 14,

A Sept. 10 trial date is set for the teenager charged with making a false threat of terrorism about South Lyon High School.Ryan DeBruyne, 18 of Green Oak Township, allegedly made a Snapchat post to a private group of 30 on Feb. 16 about re-enacting the school shootings that took the lives of 17 students and staff Feb 14.

The Oakland University Police Department discovered an arson fire in a campus restroom Thursday, June 21, the third such incident in the past two months.The fire was reported at about 10 p.m. Thursday in a third-floor women's bathroom at South Foundation Hall.Two similar incidents occurred at the following times and locations:.

The Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency recently designated Oakland University as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education.The recognition is for the university's Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, 128-credit program under the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Colby Iverson never imagined that at 15-years-old, he'd be heralded as a pioneer of a new breed of extreme sport known as GTramp. But that's exactly what thousands of social media followers see him as - a pioneer and sponsored athlete for the budding freestyle trampoline word.

Two suspects in an armed bank robbery in Wayne County's Taylor were arrested in Bloomfield Hills shortly before 11 p.m. June 18.Bloomfield Hills Public Safety reports receiving a call about the armed robbery earlier that day, and officers from that department along with Bloomfield Township police officers located the suspects' vehicle traveling along Woodward Ave.

Troy Athens High School was recently awarded The Irvin F. Swider Eternal Flame Award by the Society of St. Vincent de Paul-Detroit for its Charity Week fundraising drive.The annual event is organized by Athens Student Congress. The school has donated nearly $450,000 to various charities over the last four years alone.