Police say 37-year-old Jeremy Johnson was suspected of stealing plants and landscaping items from English Gardens in Eastpointe early Friday, Sept. 25. Officers stopped his pickup, which was towing a trailer, around 1:40 a.m. and told him he was under arrest. He allegedly sped away, striking an officer who was beside the driver’s door and running over the officer’s legs with the trailer. During the pursuit toward Detroit, the trailer was damaged and spilled tools and a lawnmower onto the roadway, and police said Johnson drove erratically and tried to hit patrol vehicles. The chase ended near 8 Mile and Mound roads in Warren, where Johnson fled on foot and was arrested. He was treated for minor injuries, while the officer received medical care. Johnson was charged with fleeing and eluding, breaking and entering, resisting or obstructing an officer, and assault with a dangerous weapon; his bond was set at $1 million.

A Detroit family is demanding answers after arriving at Hutchison Funeral Home for 61-year-old Kimberly Moore’s viewing and discovering that a different woman was inside the casket. Family members said the stranger was wearing Moore’s dress, wig and makeup. The family claims they were then told that Moore may have been mistakenly cremated. Police are reviewing the incident, while the funeral home has apologized to the family and launched an internal investigation to determine exactly what happened. The family is also hoping to locate the relatives of the unidentified woman presented in the casket.

Three people connected to Los Angeles-area nonprofit organizations were arr*st*d following federal investigations into the alleged misuse of money intended to address the homelessness crisis. Prosecutors allege that the defendants diverted millions of dollars in taxpayer-funded homelessness assistance for personal benefit rather than using it to provide housing and services to people experiencing homelessness. The cases involve allegations of fr*ud, br*b*ry, and k*ckb*cks, with federal investigators including the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s inspector general examining the alleged schemes. According to federal prosecutors, one nonprofit executive allegedly misappropriated more than $7.5 million and spent portions of the money on luxury vacations, vintage-car restorations, commercial properties, and the construction of entertainment businesses. Another defendant allegedly received more than $180,000 in br*b*s and k*ckb*cks connected to homelessness contracts, while a third nonprofit executive faces separate allegations involving the misuse of homelessness funds. The defendants have been ch*rg*d, but the allegations have not been proven in court, and they are presumed innocent unless found glty.