Crime & Safety
Oakland County Crime Blotter: Deputies Say Wife Stabbed Husband
The following information is from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office and took place between 7 a.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday.
Orion Township, Runaway/K-9 Assist
Deputies said a 10-year-old foster child who they said ran away from home around 7 p.m. Wednesday after being asked to change the television channel was located and returned home.
A caller reported her 10-year-old foster child had left their residence after a dispute, which arose when they asked him to change the channel on the television, according to deputies. The juvenile was last seen heading into the woods and a K-9 unit responded to the scene, deputies said.
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The 10-year-old was located in the woods and was returned to his residence, deputies said. The child was cleared by EMS and released to his foster parents, deputies said.
Pontiac, Felonious Assault, Stabbing
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A 39-year-old Pontiac woman was arrested Wednesday night after stabbing her husband in the arm, deputies said.
Oakland County Sheriff's deputies said they were dispatched to the 400 block of Harvey around 11:36 p.m. Wednesday for a stabbing that had just occurred. Deputies said they arrived and found a male victim bleeding heavily from a stab wound to his upper right arm. The victim was uncooperative and was evasive about how he was stabbed, deputies said. The victim told deputies he had been jumped outside, deputies said. The victim’s wife was present and was uncooperative, according to deputies. She told deputies to “take me to jail,” deputies said. Detectives were authorized to be called-in to investigate, according to deputies. An extensive crime scene was located inside of the residence, indicating the assault had taken place there and not outside, as originally told to responding deputies, according to detectives. An evidence technician was called to process the scene, deputies said.
Detectives arrived and began their investigation, deputies said. After interviewing the female suspect, she was lodged at the Oakland County Jail pending charges, deputies said.
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