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DECEMBER 20, 2023 • Vol. 16, No. 27
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One of the Road Commission’s 140 plow trucks is loaded with salt.
‘We are very much in the crosshairs’
SHERIFF CREATES TASK FORCE TO COMBAT RISE IN OC HOME BURGLARIES OAKLAND COUNTY — An increase in thieves breaking into multimillion-dollar homes across northern Oakland County and stealing valuables has prompted Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard to create a new task force targeting what he believes is a transnational crime ring. The Southeast Michigan Collaborate Arrest and Prosecute team, or SEMCAP, is a multi-jurisdictional task force made up of over a dozen police departments throughout southeast Michigan, the Michigan State Police, the FBI and others.
The task force is working together to combat organized and trained thieves who have been targeting certain areas of the United States — including Michigan — breaking into affluent homes in search of cash, jewelry, high-end clothing, purses and other products that can be easily shipped and sold. “All of the agencies involved have committed to do all they can to partner and share resources and information,” Bouchard said. “The reason it’s so important is because this group is so highly functional, they are well-trained, and they are targeting our region and other places across the country. We are very much in the crosshairs.” See BURGLARIES on page 8A
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Nonprofit group tests for road salt in the Rouge BY KATHRYN PENTIUK kpentiuk@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — A local environmental group will be testing four different data collection methods to assess chloride contamination in the Rouge River this winter. Starting Jan. 20 at its stonefly search to assess river health, the Friends of the Rouge will also focus on chloride contamination in the Rouge River, See SALT on page 5A
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ABOVE: Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard announces a new task force, called Southeast Michigan Collaborate Arrest and Prosecute, or SEMCAP, to investigate the rise in high-end home burglaries.
‘When you put salt on the road, a lot of it flows right into the river’