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DECEMBER 21, 2023 • Vol. 39, No. 29
I-75 noise, contamination sink inclusive park plans Troy CDBG park project denied, funds going toward City Hall work instead BY BRENDAN LOSINSKI The city of Troy will move forward with renovations to its City Council chambers after permission to use Community Development Block Grant funds to upgrade a local property to be an inclusive park were denied. The inclusive park, with equipment designed for people of all physical abilities, was intended to be located at 450 Long Lake Road, between Rochester and Livernois roads. A portion of the CDBG funds Troy receives each year from the federal government — administered by the county — had been set aside for several years for the intended use of the park; $685,605 was set aside for the park during the course of three years. However, an environmental impact study indicated that the park could not go on the site, based on the standards of the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, which administers the CDBG funds. See PARK on page 12A
‘We are very much in the crosshairs’
SHERIFF CREATES TASK FORCE TO COMBAT RISE IN OC HOME BURGLARIES BY MARY BETH ALMOND malmond@candgnews.com
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.
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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 20A
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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. Photo by Mary Beth Almond
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