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FORCE Team arrests 6 in auto theft ring with help of local police BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard addresses a May 13 town hall meeting at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills.
Sheriff hosts town hall to address high-end home robberies BY MARK VEST
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS — A recent town hall meeting drew more attention to an issue that has been a source of concern for some Oakland County residents going back at least as far as last year. More than 200 people attended a meeting at Christ Church
Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills May 13 to address concerns about international organized gangs that have been targeting affluent neighborhoods in the county, according to a press release from state Rep. Donni Steele. “Obviously, the Bloomfields have been very much in the crosshairs, Birmingham, Novi, Franklin, Farmington, Hills, Oakland Township, Rochester. I mean, you can name a bunch
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The state’s Focused Organized Retail Crime Enforcement team has arrested six members of a crew suspected of stealing over 400 vehicles in southeast Michigan. The alleged criminal ring targets new vehicle storage lots at manufacturing facilities, as well as car dealerships, parking lots and individual residences. State Attorney General Dana Nessel said the operation is alleged to have operated in over 40 jurisdictions in Oakland, Washtenaw, Macomb and Wayne counties, with other instances occurring in Eaton and Kent counties. The stolen vehicles are worth approximately $8 million, though the Nessel’s department said the stolen vehicles are sold below market value on the black market to buyers seeking unregistered vehicles. The stolen vehicles have been linked to armed robberies, weapons offenses, felony evasion of police, car-jackings, murder and attempted murder, according to Nessel.