K9 deputy battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer gets $15K surprise donation from community
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - FOX 2 first introduced you to I love my job and I hate being away from it, I truly do, he said. One of my goals is to get back to k-9 world.
Pet stores and community rally around Oakland County K9 officer with stage 4 cancer
On Wednesday, the store owners were able to present Deputy Bob Loken with a check for $15,500. Loken is a dedicated public servant who is no stranger to supporting others in need - and this money will go toward treatments and his family s mounting expenses.
Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. − Muhammad Ali
During the last 11 months, we have all learned how much we miss our friends. There are so many categories of friends: Some of us have Sorors, sorority sisters who are bonded for life. Some of us have Sunday buddies who have watched the Lions with us since the days of Bobby Layne playing on a snowy field at Briggs Stadium. Some of us have old school pals whom we met for lunch, at least before the pandemic, to tell old stories.
Flint parolee charged in Oakland County pharmacy heists
A 27-year-old Flint parolee is in custody and has been charged in a series of pharmacy armed robberies in Oakland County.
Marcel Marquaveon Hinkle was arrested Feb. 4 by the FBI Oakland County Violent Crimes Task Force following a multi-agency investigation of similar drug store holdups since January. Hinkle was paroled in November for serving a partial prison sentence for armed robbery.
According to investigators Hinkle is believed the man responsible for armed robberies which occurred in several communities in Oakland and Genesee counties, between Jan. 19-31.
“I am extremely proud of the team effort of all the agencies involved to bring this clearly dangerous serial armed robber to justice,” said Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard. “Hopefully, this time, he will stay behind bars and not threaten the public again.”
78-year-old woman in Oakland County loses more than $29K in scam, sheriff says
Scammers claimed to be an Amazon employee, MSP trooper and US Treasury agent
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ORION TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A 78-year-old Orion Township woman was scammed out of more than $29,000, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies said a scammer called the woman claiming to be an Amazon employee to verify that she purchased $8,000 worth of Apple products. Deputies said after the purchase was disputed, the caller transferred the woman to someone claiming to be a member of the Michigan State Police to make a report. The fake MSP trooper told the woman that she needed to provide all of her banking information to file the report.
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