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Oakland County Circuit Court
Coverage of Oakland County Circuit Court in the Nexus archive.
Davonte Demetri Franklinperson1Sidney Ward IIIperson1Tyrone Davis Glenn Jr.person1Oakland County juryorganization1Pontiac apartmentplace1Highland Parkplace1Judge Kwame’ L. Roweperson1Kelli Bryantperson1Mary Ellen Brennanperson1Oakland County Sheriff’s Officeorganization1Vonda Evansperson1welfare fraudtopic1child abusetopic1first-degree child abusetopic1
- Jury convicts man who killed 2 after losing $80 in Pontiac dice game
A Detroit man was convicted of first-degree murder for killing two men in a Pontiac apartment after losing $80 in a dice game. The jury also found him guilty of firearm-related charges, and his sentencing is scheduled for August 3.
- Pontiac mother sentenced in welfare fraud case linked to child abandonment allegations
A Pontiac woman was sentenced to two years of probation and 112 days in jail for welfare fraud after allegedly abandoning her children in squalor. She faces a trial in August for three counts of first-degree child abuse.