Pontiac man stabbed in sleep by granddaughter after letting her stay on his couch
27-year-old woman accused of attacking 75-year-old grandfather
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PONTIAC, Mich. – A 75-year-old
Pontiac man was stabbed in his sleep by his granddaughter after he let her stay on his couch because she had nowhere to live, police said.
Officials said they were called at 12:08 a.m. Monday (May 10) to the Phoenix Place Apartments in the 47200 block of Woodward Avenue in Pontiac.
Oakland County deputies found a woman in the lobby of the apartment building, and she told them she had stabbed a man in an upstairs apartment because he tried to kill her, according to authorities.
Woman arrested for attempted murder of her grandfather in Pontiac
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A woman is in police custody for she told police she stabbed her grandfather multiple times because he was trying to kill her, the Oakland County Sheriff s Office said.
Officers responded to the Phoenix Place Apartments on Woodward in Pontiac around 12:08 a.m. Sunday for a report of a woman who was bleeding and carrying around a knife.
When deputies arrived at the apartment, the 27-year-old woman told them she had stabbed a man in an upstairs apartment because he had attempted to kill her, officials said.
Officers found a 75-year-old man in the apartment lying on the floor with multiple stab wounds to his head, face, arms, tongue, cheek and chest, police said.
April 6, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
A New Hudson man with multiple felony warrants out in two counties, including Livingston, has been arrested in Oakland County.
Deputies with the Oakland County Sheriffâs Office responded to a call just after 9:30pm, Saturday, at the 30400 block of Milford Road in Lyon Township. While in the area, they had observed a vehicle that was carrying a 21-year-old man from New Hudson in the passenger seat.
The suspect, unidentified in the Sheriffâs Office report, had multiple felony warrants out for his arrest from Livingston and Macomb counties.
Officers initiated a traffic stop and directed the subject to exit the vehicle, but he refused to do so. As deputies attempted to remove him, he physically resisted, and then tried to run away. A deputy hit him with two Taser shots that were ineffective, but they were eventually able to handcuff him.
WATCH: Oakland County deputy saves man found overdosing in moving vehicle
By Amber Ainsworth
Quick thinking leads to rescue of two men overdosed on heroin inside truck
A Oakland County Sheriff, EMTs and two good Samaritans all helped save a pair of men overdosing at the same time while on the road in Lake Orion.
Deputy Craig Stout, a 34-year veteran of the sheriff’s office, got a call at about 11:20 a.m. about a pickup truck moving slowly in the area of Dutton and Interpark Drive on the border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township. A driver followed the truck while another driver was able to get the truck to stop.
Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard praised the work of Deputy Craig Stout, a 34-year veteran.
“But for the training and quick thinking of Deputy Stout and the assistance of two alert motorists, the families of the men in that truck would be planning two funerals today,” the sheriff said.
According to a news release, Stout was on patrol in Orion Township when he was dispatched at 11:20 a.m. to the area of Dutton and Interpark Drive; he was instructed to investigate the report of a pickup truck moving slowly into traffic on eastbound Dutton east of the traffic light at Lapeer Road near the border of Auburn Hills and Orion Township.