Detroit, MI
Metro Detroit community members, parents react to Jennifer Crumbley verdict
OXFORD, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) – Families who have or had children in Oxford High School say Tuesday’s verdict in Jennifer Crumbley’s trial is a relief, but at the end of the day, just another step in the legal process.
“There’s no playbook for something like this,” says George Stoffan, who had two children, both in Oxford High School at the time of the November 2021 shooting.
“We don’t talk about it much anymore. We feel like we are covering a lot of the same ground and having the same conversation over and over and it gets tiring. It gets mentally and sometimes physically tiring,” says Stoffan.
Stoffan says while the conversations with his family don’t come up like they once did, it feels like a band-aid gets ripped off every time he sees “Oxford” resurface in the headlines.
“When I see information in the news. Particularly in the national news about court dates and trials, I am triggered. I think that it is those types of events that take me back to that day,” Stoffan says. He says his mind automatically goes to the families who lost children while following Jennifer Crumbley’s verdict.
It also goes to his fellow community members and collectively everyone who has been impacted.
“I think we often think in terms of closure with a tragedy such as this but there is no closure. There’s just steps in the process, Stoffan says. “It just brings us back to that day in ways that are raw,” he said.
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DETROIT (FOX 2) – A 16-year-old moped driver was hospitalized after a crash on Detroit’s west side on Wednesday night.
The backstory:
Detroit police say the teen disregarded a stop sign while going east on Vassar when he collided with a vehicle turning south on Outer Drive at about 9:30 p.m.
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The boy was taken to a nearby hospital where he is listed in critical condition. The driver of the car, a woman in her 30s, was not injured.
The Source: Information for this report is from Detroit police.
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Chickens and geese that went missing from a local nonprofit’s Detroit site were found in the backyard of a nearby home, the director of operations said Wednesday.
The Full Circle Foundation, a Grosse Point Park-based nonprofit, said more than a dozen chickens and geese were believed stolen from a chicken coop on Detroit’s east side that also features the Full Circle Edible Garden.
The nonprofit provides training and job opportunities for young people with special needs.
Neighbors who learned from news reports about the missing flock found the “chickens were being held in the backyard of a vacant home not far from the Full Circle Edible Garden,” said Stephanie DiVirgil, director of operations. She said Ribbon Farm 4-H owns the flock.
“The homeowner was contacted, and she reached out to Full Circle to confirm,” said DiVirgil. “We were able to retrieve all of the chickens and geese that were found on the property, 19 in total.”
The foundation and Ribbon Farms 4-H are working to secure the site, including cameras, fencing and lights.
“We will likely start a fundraising campaign to have these items installed,” DiVirgil said. “We’ve gotten amazing support from the community, including offers to help pay for these additional security measures.”
DETROIT (WXYZ) — Human remains were found in a furnace of an home on Detroit’s west side, the Detroit Police Department tells us.
The remains was found by an individual working on the home in the 5200 block of S Clarendon just after 11 a.m.
Anyone with information can call 313-596-2260 or CrimeStoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
Stay with WXYZ.com for updates on this developing story.
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