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A possible scam has been reported in Lapeer County. A home owner on Haines Road in Arcadia township says that two men stopped by and offered to seal coat their driveway for a low price. The resident paid for the job but workers never showed up to complete the work.

According to Lapeer County 911, Sunday at 1:58am Lapeer County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a motorcycle injury traffic crash on Burnside Road west of Slattery Road in North Branch Township.

Lapeer County Sheriff's Office reports that 44-year-old David Houghtaling of Lapeer was walking on Clark Road north of Turrill Road in Lapeer Township just before 6 a.m. Sunday.

In a case that brought national attention, James Wasson was sentenced to a 25-40 years in prison in connection with a home invasion and an 11-year-old girl who hid in a closet, grabbed a shotgun stored in a gun safe and fending him off from a North Branch Township home...

A Genesee County resident with a lengthy criminal record is behind bars again after shooting a man inside an Elba Township home over the weekend. Lapeer County Sheriff's Deputies were on the scene and able to apprehend Deonte McCoy within ten minutes of the 911 call.

Tellers at the Lapeer County Bank & Trust contacted the Lapeer County Sheriff’s Office regarding a man visiting their branches with a large amount of change requesting to exchange it for paper currency. This led to the arrest of Jorge Ortiz in the burglary of Hickory Place Car Wash in Columbiaville. "There were buckets of quarters taken," said Lapeer County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. J

Lapeer County Central Dispatch reports in the following press release that a Columbiaville man has died: On Wednesday 04-01-2015 at 3:06 PM, Lapeer County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to Caster Drive in Attica for an individual was that injured while cutting down a tree. Jeremy Machiela age 35 from Columbiaville and four family members were removing two trees at a privately owned residence. Read M

A 29-year-old woman was injured badly after a wind gust blew her vehicle across an icy road and into the path of an oncoming truck in Lapeer County.

The Lapeer County Sheriff is offering tips for keeping your home safe over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.