Ross Jones
Investigative Reporter at WXYZ-TV (Southfield, MI)
@wxyzdetroit Investigative Reporter | [email protected] | (248) 827-9466 | “News is something somebody doesn't want printed; all else is advertising.” -WRH
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2 weeks ago |
wxyz.com | Ross Jones
SANFORD, Mich. (WXYZ) — Five years since hell broke loose in the lakeside village of Sanford, just about everything is on its way back. Everything except the lake. "I’d really like to see the water back," business owner Linda Shephard said earlier this month, staring into the former lake that she could now walk across.
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1 month ago |
wxyz.com | Ross Jones
LANSING (WXYZ) — Under the capitol dome in Lansing, earmarks have been a long-held tradition that few lawmakers wanted to talk about, but almost every lawmaker wanted to seek. “The way it worked was: we’d find out what (the earmark) was about a year later when (reporters) told us,” said Speaker Matt Hall last month.
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1 month ago |
wxyz.com | Ross Jones
FLINT, Mich. (WXYZ) — The deck was stacked against Kassius Lofton from the day he was born. The Flint toddler, known as Kass, suffered from Down syndrome and was developmentally delayed. At almost 3 years old, he could not walk on his own and was non-verbal. So when bruises started to appear all over his body, family members feared the worst and Kass couldn’t tell them where they came from.
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1 month ago |
wxyz.com | Ross Jones
DETROIT (WXYZ) — A jury acquitted a rookie Detroit police officer of two felonies after he was seen on video pointing his department-issued Taser towards his 10-year-old nephew. Officer Caleb Williams was charged last year by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, accused of felonious assault and second-degree child abuse. He was found not guilty of both counts last Thursday. “Next step is getting back to work,” Williams said in an interview with 7 News Detroit. “I’ve been off work for a year now.
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1 month ago |
wxyz.com | Ross Jones
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Wayne County’s sheriff is denying the latest sexual harassment claims leveled against him by a former appointee. The allegations mark at least the sixth time he's been accused of harassment during his law enforcement career. In his first public comments since former appointee Regina Parksfiled a federal lawsuit in February, Raphael Washington says the allegations are “absolutely not” true.
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Kassius Lofton's aunt begged CPS caseworkers not to return her nephew to his mother. Two days after they did, the toddler was dead. https://t.co/RYHKbcd6cL
Kassius Lofton's aunt begged CPS not to return her nephew to his home. Two days after they did, the toddler was dead. https://t.co/7gW3LjcT9H
RT @Simon_Schuster: Scoop: In a recording obtained by @BridgeMichigan, former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick said that before he campaigned…