Troy News This Week

Troy police quoted a $53,491 fee to release records on its Flock license-plate cameras, Troy Thrive's own records request found. Two people face mail-theft charges after police used the same cameras to trace a car tied to package thefts at Somerset Park Apartments. A Troy man faces a preliminary exam Tuesday, Oct. 13, in a fatal May crash. Comments are open below.

The Weather: Rain Tuesday, Drizzle Friday; Highs Fall to 51 by Saturday

Light drizzle opens the week Sunday, Oct. 11, with a high of 66°, the week's warmest, and its highest chance of rain, 41%. Tuesday, Oct. 13, brings the most rain, about half an inch, and a high of 50°. Wednesday night, Oct. 14, drops to 40°, the week's low. Highs rebound to 65° Thursday, Oct. 15, then drizzle returns Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct. 17, when the high is 51°.

The News

Troy wants $53,491 to release its own surveillance-camera records

The Troy Police Department quoted a $53,491.30 fee and 90 business days to produce records about the city's Flock Safety license-plate readers in response to a 12-item public-records request Troy Thrive filed Sept. 21. Redaction labor is 99.7% of the bill: 71,144 minutes, or 1,186 hours, at $45.27 an hour with fringe benefits. The same form estimates 30 minutes to locate the records and 60 to copy them. Its only written justification for charging labor, entered in both the search and redaction sections, is “this is more than the usual amount.” A deposit of $26,745 is due Nov. 18.

The city's letter says the bulk of the cost is “the review/redaction of multiple body worn/dash cameras”; the request did not ask for body-worn camera footage. The form leaves blank the hourly wage, the fee-waiver determination and the date the request was received. The city's letter gives that date as Sept. 22; the records portal, and the city's worksheet on a second request, give Sept. 21. On that second request, the City Clerk's office charged $32.71 an hour for the same category of redaction work.

Troy has run Flock cameras since July 2023. In August 2025 council extended the contract for five years at $69,500 a year, for 25 fixed readers and two portable units with 30-day data retention. The request sought the department's policy, contracts, search audit logs, data-sharing records and the data behind the department's report of 60 traffic stops, 29 recovered stolen vehicles and 31 arrests.

Source: Troy Thrive, October 1, 2026

Two charged in Somerset Park Apartments package thefts

Nyrobi Jenkins, 23, of Royal Oak, and Mekhi Carter, 23, of Detroit were arraigned Oct. 1 in 52-4 District Court on mail-theft charges, six counts for Jenkins and seven for Carter, after a weekslong series of package thefts at the Somerset Park Apartments complex, The Oakland Press reported. Bond was set at $5,000 cash or surety each. Police said investigators used Flock automated license-plate readers to identify a vehicle believed to be tied to the thefts, and arrested the two Sept. 29. Troy police asked residents to report thefts to police before posting about them on social media.

Source: The Oakland Press, October 2, 2026

Troy driver clocked at 108 mph in a 40 zone, police say

Troy police stopped a 31-year-old Troy man driving a 2024 Ford Mustang Mach-E at 108 mph in a 40 mph zone near East Maple and Rochester roads Sept. 22 and found an open beer can in the driver's door, police said. FOX 2 Detroit puts the stop at 12:22 a.m. and his preliminary breath test at 0.203%; ClickOnDetroit gives around 12:30 a.m. and .202%. He was cited for operating with a blood alcohol content of .17% or higher, reckless driving and having an open intoxicant.

Source: FOX 2 Detroit, October 4, 2026; ClickOnDetroit, October 3, 2026

Troy man faces Oct. 13 exam in crash that killed Farmington Hills man

Robert Isho, 34, of Troy, charged with reckless driving causing death, faces a preliminary exam Tuesday, Oct. 13, before 48th District Judge Diane D'Agostini, The Oakland Press reported. Prosecutors allege he was speeding in a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee and ran a red light at Woodward Avenue and Quarton Road in Bloomfield Township on May 30, striking a Camry driven by Obrian Nelson, 30, of Farmington Hills, who died at the scene, and a Dodge Charger whose driver was not hurt. Isho was arraigned Sept. 30; bond was set at $25,000 with a 10% provision. The charge carries up to 15 years in prison.

Source: The Oakland Press, ClickOnDetroit, October 1, 2026

Metro Detroit

Wayne County overrides veto of tax breaks for Van Buren data center

The Wayne County Commission voted 13-0 Thursday, Oct. 1, to override County Executive Warren Evans' Sept. 25 veto of tax breaks for a planned Google data center in Van Buren Township, FOX 2 Detroit reported. Two commissioners were absent. Commissioners said the vote was not an approval of the data center itself. “I myself personally, voted against it a couple weeks ago,” Commissioner Allen Wilson said. “But after more information, I dug into it deeper. Union folks will get opportunities to go to work.” Evans said in a statement that he felt the same way about the abatements after the override.

The project, called Project Cannoli, would occupy 230 acres north of I-94 between Haggerty Road and I-275 and would be the largest data center in Michigan, FOX 2 reported. It would use one gigawatt of electricity and two to three million gallons of water a day, according to FOX 2. Township Supervisor Kevin McNamara has said the project will lower water rates for township customers.

The same day, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a 20-year supply contract and a clean energy agreement between DTE Electric and Google, on condition that no costs pass to DTE's other customers, The Detroit News reported. Google must pay for at least 80% of its contracted electricity even if it uses less, and at least 15 years of minimum charges if it cancels early. Google will also pay for DTE to build up to 1,600 megawatts of renewable energy and 480 megawatts of battery storage. DTE says the contracts will produce a $1.7 billion net benefit for its other customers over 20 years. The data center is expected to start running in December 2027 and reach full load a year later.

Source: FOX 2 Detroit, The Detroit News, October 1, 2026; ClickOnDetroit, October 2, 2026

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