{"id":124344,"date":"2026-01-07T23:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124344\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T23:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T23:31:11","slug":"man-hit-killed-by-road-commission-for-oakland-county-plow-truck-driver-charged-and-more-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/124344\/","title":{"rendered":"Man hit, killed by Road Commission for Oakland County plow truck, driver charged &#8212; and more news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day. So, let\u2019s get to the news.<\/p>\n<p>Man hit, killed by Road Commission for Oakland County plow truck, driver charged<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">An employee of the Road Commission for Oakland County is accused of hitting a pedestrian with a plow truck.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Jan. 1 at around 8 a.m., a 68-year-old Macomb County man was found unconscious lying on the side of Middlebelt Road near Eldon Street in Farmington Hills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/man-hit-killed-by-road-commission-for-oakland-county-plow-truck-driver-charged\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/man-hit-killed-by-road-commission-for-oakland-county-plow-truck-driver-charged\/\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oakland County man pleads guilty in sexual conduct case involving 15-year-old he met on Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A Rochester Hills man accused of meeting a 15-year-old girl he met on Instagram for sexual purposes has pleaded guilty to his charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In July 2025, Valor Harrison, 22, allegedly contacted a 15-year-old girl on Instagram. He then met with the teen to engage in sexual activity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/oakland-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-sexual-conduct-case-involving-15-year-old-he-met-on-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/oakland-county-man-pleads-guilty-in-sexual-conduct-case-involving-15-year-old-he-met-on-instagram\/\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Washtenaw County police chase ends in deadly shooting after shotgun reportedly pointed at deputies<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A police chase in Washtenaw County ended in a fatal shooting early Tuesday after the suspect allegedly pointed a shotgun at deputies, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The incident began around 2 a.m. when Washtenaw County sheriff\u2019s deputies attempted to stop a white van in Ypsilanti for driving without license plates or headlights. The driver refused to stop, initiating a pursuit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/06\/washtenaw-county-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-shooting-after-shotgun-reportedly-pointed-at-deputies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/06\/washtenaw-county-police-chase-ends-in-deadly-shooting-after-shotgun-reportedly-pointed-at-deputies\/\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>US seizes 2 sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in North Atlantic and Caribbean<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The U.S. has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in North Atlantic and Caribbean, officials revealed early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">U.S. European Command announced the seizure of the merchant vessel Bella 1 for \u201cviolations of U.S. sanctions\u201d in a social medial post. The U.S. had been pursuing the tanker since last month after it tried to evade a U.S. blockade on sanctioned oil vessels around Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/01\/07\/us-forces-board-venezuela-linked-sanctioned-oil-tanker-in-north-atlantic-us-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/politics\/2026\/01\/07\/us-forces-board-venezuela-linked-sanctioned-oil-tanker-in-north-atlantic-us-official-says\/\">Read more here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Weather: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/hazy-morning-with-warmer-rainy-days-ahead\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/07\/hazy-morning-with-warmer-rainy-days-ahead\/\">Hazy morning in Metro Detroit with warmer, rainy days ahead<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Some lingering haze this morning, fog remains more dense in our far western suburbs. Temperatures won\u2019t rise much above where we are starting today, so highs top out on either side of 40.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WDIV ClickOnDetroit &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morning 4 is a quick roundup of stories we think you should know about to start your day.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[994,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-124344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-morning-4","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}