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OBIT-LEVY WILLIAMS

Roy Levy Williams, aide to 3 Michigan governors, dies at 83

GROSSE POINTE WOODS, Mich. (AP) — Roy Levy Williams, a former auto executive who also worked for three Michigan governors, has died at his suburban Detroit home. He was 83. Williams’ family says Monday in a release that he died Feb. 11 in Grosse Pointe Woods following a brief illness. They said Williams served as an aide under governors William Milliken and John Engler, both Republicans, and Democrat James Blanchard. He later started a management consulting firm and spent nearly two decades with the then-Chrysler Corp. where he oversaw community relations. He also was president and chief executive of the Detroit Urban League and a member of the Detroit Board of Police Commissioners.

THREE SLAIN-DETROIT

Man, woman and her young son fatally shot in Detroit home

DETROIT (AP) — A man, a mother and her young son have been found shot to death inside a westside Detroit home. Police Chief James White says the boy, believed to be between the ages of 4 and 7, was shot multiple times. White said a relative had not heard from the victims in about a week and went to the home Sunday afternoon to check on them. The relative found the back door open or kicked in. The bodies of the man and woman were found in one room. The boy’s body was in a bedroom. No arrests have been made and investigators were looking at surveillance cameras in the area.

BOTCHED BAPTISMS-MICHIGAN

Like in Arizona, botched baptisms roiled Michigan church

DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of Arizona Catholics recently learned they may have been improperly baptized with the wrong words. In Michigan, a separate but similar controversy has been ongoing since 2020. For years, a deacon at St. Anastasia Church in suburban Detroit used the words “we baptize” instead of “I baptize.” The Vatican says that phrase makes the sacrament invalid. The Detroit Archdiocese says it found about 200 baptisms were done properly, and 71 people so far have been baptized again. But 455 people haven’t responded. One person who was affected was a priest, the Rev. Matthew Hood. He was quickly baptized and ordained again as a priest in 2020.

CHARGING STATIONS-MICHIGAN UTILITY

Consumers Energy to add electric vehicle charging stations

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) — Consumers Energy plans to add 200 new electric vehicle charging stations — including 100 fast chargers — across Michigan by the end of the year. The Jackson-based utility says Monday that the stations are part of its commitment to powering one million electric vehicles in its service areas by 2030. Consumers Energy has installed more than 1,500 electric vehicle chargers for homes, businesses and along roads across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. The utility says its Clean Energy Plan calls for eliminating coal by 2025, eliminating energy waste and adding renewable energy sources. Consumers Energy provides natural gas or electricity to 6.8 million people in the Lower Peninsula.

SEWAGE DISCHARGE-FLINT

Equipment failure sends raw sewage into the Flint River

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Officials have issued a health advisory for the Flint area after equipment failed at a municipal pumping station, sending an unknown amount of raw sewage into the Flint River. The Flint Journal reports that Genesee County Health Department officials recommended Sunday afternoon that people avoid bodily contact with the Flint River due to the untreated sewage. The health advisory was particularly aimed at the Flint River west of Mill Road Bridge at Flushing Road in Flint Township because that area is downstream from where the sewage was released. The sewage release happened around 1:25 p.m. Sunday at Flint’s Northwest Pump Station.

HUMAN REMAINS FOUND

2 charged after human remains found in North Carolina

HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police department says human remains found in January are those of a woman who has been missing since July, and two people have been charged in her death. The Charlotte Observer reports the Huntersville Police Department identified the woman as 47-year-old Alibria Kerns of Rowan County. Huntersville Police say they received a tip on Jan. 27 from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department about a potential homicide involving a missing person. Remains were later found in a residential area. Cody Camarda Graham is charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and concealing a death, She is already in custody in Michigan on unrelated charges. Police have already charged Christopher John Nailor in the case.

COLD CASE-ARREST

Indiana man arrested in Michigan woman’s 1987 slaying

ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) — An Indiana man has been arrested in the 1987 killing of a woman whose husband found her dead in their southwestern Michigan home after a night of bowling. Sixty-seven-year-old Patrick Wayne Gilham of South Bend was arrested Thursday in the northern Indiana city, where he is awaiting extradition to Michigan to face charges in Roxanne Leigh Wood’s killing. The Berrien County Prosecutor’s Office has charged Gilham with open murder and breaking and entering of an occupied dwelling. Terry Wood found his 30-year-old wife dead in their home, her throat cut, on Feb. 20, 1987, after they had driven separately to go bowling and she returned home first.

MOSQUE FIRE-SHOOTING

FBI: No political, ideological motivations in mosque fire

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Investigators have found no indication of political or ideological motivations behind a fire at a Detroit-area mosque set by a man whom police later killed in a shootout. FBI Special Agent Josh Hauxhurst said Saturday that there is no evidence that Ahmed Taqi acted as part of any group. The Detroit News reports that Hauxhurst spoke during a community meeting at the Al-Huda Islamic Association in Dearborn. Officers on regular patrol noticed the fire at the mosque around 1 a.m. on Feb. 12. Dearborn Police Chief Issa Shahin says the 37-year-old Taqi shot at officers then ran away. Shahin says officers followed and shot Taqi when he shot at them again.

ALMA POLICE SHOOTING-TRIAL

Man accused of shooting at Alma officers to undergo 2nd exam

ALMA, Mich. (AP) — A man who allegedly fired gunshots at Alma police officers last fall will undergo a second psychiatric evaluation before a judge determines whether or not he will stand trial. The Morning Sun reports that all future court appearances for 28-year-old Tyler Moreno of Alma have been canceled until the results of the evaluation have been received. Moreno, who’s being held without bail, faces 18 charges, including three attempted murder counts for allegedly firing at three Alma police officers in October. During a Friday hearing, a Gratiot County judge granted a motion filed by prosecutors to retain an independent forensic psychologist to evaluate Moreno.

FATAL FIRE-CHESANING

Man, 71, dies after fire engulfs residence in mid-Michigan

CHESANING, Mich. (AP) — Police say a 71-year-old man died early Sunday after a fire swept a mid-Michigan home. State troopers who were called to the home about 3:15 a.m. Sunday after a caller reported to Saginaw County dispatch that a house was on fire in the village of Chesaning. Michigan State Police say troopers arrived to find the residence fully engulfed in flames before fire crews arrived. Police say responders later found the man dead in the debris of the home. MLive.com reports that the man’s name was being withheld pending notification of his relatives.