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Keego Harbor City Council OKs contract for new police chief BY GENA JOHNSON gjohnson@candgnews.com
KEEGO HARBOR — Keego Harbor City Council members voted unanimously to authorize the con-
tract for Robert Barnes to be the city’s police chief and swore him into office at their meeting March 20. Barnes’ contract is for three years with a negotiated salary and fringe See BARNES on page 15A
ABOVE: Keego Harbor Police Department Chief Robert Barnes poses with retired Madison Heights Police Department Sgt. Stephen “Sarge” Worton, who hired Barnes as a Madison Heights Police Department reserve officer in 2001. LEFT: Prior to becoming a police officer, Barnes worked as a graphic designer for more than 17 years. He still uses his artistic talents and designed the logo for the department’s vehicles, business cards, IDs and letterhead. Photos provided by Robert Barnes
Local physician faces sentencing for sex crimes against young athletes OAKLAND COUNTY — A local physician who provided medical assistance to youth hockey teams recently pleaded no contest to 28 counts, includ-
ing for charges of criminal sexual conduct and sexual abuse. He awaits sentencing April 29 in Oakland County Circuit Court in Pontiac. The majority of the charges facing Zvi Levran, 68, of Farmington,
stem from incidents of allegedly sexually abusing teenage boys, many of whom he reportedly met while providing medical assistance to youth hockey teams, according to a press release issued by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald.
The plea was entered in March. The charges against Levran, who had a urology practice in West Bloomfield, include 11 counts of criminal sexual conduct in the fourth-degree, 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct in the thirdSee SENTENCING on page 16A
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