Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
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Medicare open enrollment begins Oct. 15 for 2027 coverage. Birmingham and Bloomfield area residents can get free counseling through AgeWays as Michigan officials warn about scams and pressure tactics.
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Via Manzoni remains closed after a Sept. 17 smash-and-grab that cost the downtown Birmingham boutique roughly $100,000 in luxury goods, and neighboring merchants are now reassessing their own security as police continue investigating.
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The Michigan DNR has confirmed epizootic hemorrhagic disease is killing deer in Oakland County, one of eight counties affected in 2026, as Bloomfield Township separately monitors its local deer population.
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The Oakland County Prosecutor's Office filed a felony reckless driving causing death charge against a 34-year-old Troy man nearly four months after a late-May crash at Woodward Avenue and Quarton Road killed 30-year-old O'Brian Nelson of Farmington Hills.
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Bloomfield Township's Board of Trustees voted Sept. 14 to ban e-bikes and e-scooters on sidewalks and township property for anyone under 16, with confiscation as the penalty, following a crash that critically injured two 13-year-olds on Telegraph Road.
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Oakland County identified its first probable West Nile Virus case of 2026 on Sept. 10, and health officials are urging Birmingham-Bloomfield residents to take mosquito precautions through the first hard frost.
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Bloomfield Hills earned an A- and Birmingham, Beverly Hills and Franklin each received a B in Niche's 2026 Crime and Safety grades for metro Detroit, based on FBI crime data, CDC health statistics and resident surveys.
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Bloomfield Township DPW crews cleared more than 30 storm-downed trees from roadways by Saturday, Sept. 5, as DTE Energy worked toward restoring power to all 388,000-plus affected customers by Sunday.
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Two 13-year-old Bloomfield Township boys are in critical condition after a Ford F-250 struck the e-moto they were riding at Telegraph and Hickory Grove roads Monday, with witnesses telling police the truck had a green light.
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Two rounds of severe storms swept through the Birmingham-Bloomfield area Wednesday night into Thursday, knocking out power for more than 100,000 DTE customers across Oakland County and prompting thunderstorm and flood warnings.
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Bloomfield Hills Schools and the Bloomfield Township Police Department issued a back-to-school advisory urging families to discuss e-bike and e-moto safety before classes resume the week of Sept. 8.
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Bloomfield Township police handled 556 calls for service and made 16 arrests during the week of Aug. 24–30, with notable incidents including a home invasion on Kemper Avenue, a porch package theft on Glenwood Court and a retail fraud at the Telegraph Road Target.
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