Report: Boy, 14, Told Farmington Hills Police that Novi Pediatrician Molested Him

Incidents occurred about 70 times over two-year period, according to report.

The Farmington Hills and West Bloomfield Police departments are investigating possible incidents of molestation of a teenage boy by his pediatrician, a close friend of his family. A redacted police report issued to Patch under the Freedom of Information Act revealed some details of allegations against Jeffrey Lee Dembs, 61, a West Bloomfield resident and doctor at the My Kid's Doc office on 12 Mile Road in Novi. Dembs is being accused on a count of first degree criminal sexual conduct and two counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct, all with a person younger than 13. According to the report, the boy told Farmington Hills police that Dembs invited him to spend the night during the weekends in 2009-10, when, the boy said, he was …

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Rockers, Restaurateurs Rally for O'Rourke Family Trust

Oakland County community continues benefit efforts in weeks since West Bloomfield Police Officer's death in line of duty.

Royal Oak Music Theatre will be rocking Oct. 2 with special purpose — to benefit the family of slain West Bloomfield Police Officer Patrick O'Rourke. O'Rourke, 39, was fatally shot Sept. 9 while responding with other officers to what police believed could have been a suicidal man. The incident sparked a barricaded gunman standoff that ended when police found the suspect, Ricky Coley, 50, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. O'Rourke was the department's first officer killed in the line of duty. Birmingham-based classic rock radio station 94.7 WCSX-FM will broadcast live from the theatre next Tuesday as a host of Metro Detroit-area rock stars including Fifty Amp Fuse, Mitch Ryder and Stewart Francke perform, with proceeds to benefit a …

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Timothy Rath

12:25 pm on Thursday, September 27, 2012

Thanks for the info, Laura!   more ›

Wixom Gas Station Raises $12,000 for Slain Police Officer

The money raised will go to Officer Patrick O'Rourke's family.

A Wixom business owner and a Wixom police officer made grown men cry when they delivered a check for more than $12,000 to the West Bloomfield Police Department in honor of Officer Patrick O'Rourke, a 12-year veteran who was tragically shot and killed in the line of duty earlier this month. Eddie Osman, owner of the Osman Marathon Gas Station on Wixom Road, joined Wixom’s Administrative Sergeant Charlie Yon earlier this week to present $12,207 to West Bloomfield Police Chief Mike Patton and his staff for the “Officer O'Rourke Family Trust,” which will benefit the health, education and welfare of O'Rourke's family. “There were tears coming from their eyes,” Osman said of the presentation to West Bloomfield police officers. “They were so …

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Community Rallies to Support Family of Slain West Bloomfield Officer

Here's how you can help benefit the health, education, and welfare of Patrick O'Rourke's family.

Like thousands throughout Metro Detroit last week, Suzy Modiano was stunned by news reports that Patrick O'Rourke, a West Bloomfield Police Officer, was killed in the line of duty. While watching television news all day from the Yoz Yogurt outlet on Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield which she owns with her husband, Sonny, less than three miles away from where the incident occurred, Suzy said that her first thoughts were with O'Rourke's family. The Modianos decided to hold a fundraiser to benefit O'Rourke's three elementary school-age daughters and infant son, and his widow, Amy. They'll be open special hours on Oct. 3, from 3 p.m.-9 p.m., and the entire day's sales from both Yoz Yogurt outlets in West Bloomfield will be donated to a …

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Community Gathers at Candlelight Vigil for Slain Officer

West Bloomfield Police Officer Patrick O'Rourke died in the line of duty Sunday night.

Religious leaders from diverse backgrounds around West Bloomfield offered prayer and thanks to a crowd of approximately 1,500 a candlelight vigil Tuesday night in honor of slain Officer Patrick O'Rourke. The 39-year-old Fenton resident was a husband and father of four whose family were in attendance to hear from religious leaders of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faiths at the event organized by township officials and the West Bloomfield Clergy Association. O'Rourke was killed Sunday night in the line of duty by a man barricaded in his home at the North Woods Forest subdivision near the intersection of Halsted and Pontiac Trail. The gunman, Ricky Nelson Coley, was found dead Monday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a lengthy standoff …

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Timothy Rath

3:27 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012

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Attorney: Grandmother Felt 'Threatened' on Night of Teen's Fatal Shooting

Hearing for 74-old-old Sandra Layne of West Bloomfield charged in grandson's death is postponed. Father says he 'relented,' when Jonathan Hoffman wanted to stay behind after family moved to Arizona.

BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The 74-year-old West Bloomfield grandmother accused of fatally shooting her 17-year-old grandson as he pleaded for his life during a 911 call spoke softly to a judge Thursday morning to authorize a delay for her preliminary exam. Sandra Layne, 74, is scheduled to be back before Judge Kimberly Small at 48th District Court on July 2 after Small authorized a motion from prosecutors to test Layne's competence. Prosecutors say Layne shot grandson Jonathan Hoffman, a senior at Farmington Hills Central alternative high school, multiple times Friday at the condo they shared in Maple Place Villas. Defense attorney Jerome Sabbota denied allegations that Layne had pre-planned Hoffman's death by asking her 84-year-old husband to …

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Ronelle Grier

8:06 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Shera, First, I did not say she sent her husband out because she had "something up her sleeve." I said if she had been truly afraid of her grandson, as she claimed, she would not have sent him away, leaving her alone in the house with Jonathan. No, I can't say with certainty that he did not kick her. But if he did, it was to stop her from using the loaded gun she was pointing at him. She …   more ›

West Bloomfield Teen's Shooting Death Shocks Community, Classmates

A moment of silence will be held Thursday night at North Farmington High in memory of Jonathan Hoffman, 17, who will be laid to rest Tuesday. Meanwhile, his grandmother awaits possible charges by the West Bloomfield Police.

As the community comes to grips with the shooting death of Jonathan Hoffman, the 17-year-old's grandmother remains in custody by West Bloomfield Police in connection with the teen's homicide Friday night. Police would not say Sunday night if charges have been filed, or if they would be filed, against the unnamed 74-year-old woman. Her attorney spoke out over the weekend, saying she acted in self-defense. The Oakland County Medical Examiners Office confirmed Saturday that Hoffman, the son of a prominent divorce attorney, was killed by multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting was reported to police around 5:27 p.m. West Bloomfield Police Lt. Tim Diamond said the boy was pronounced dead after being taken to Botsford Hospital in Farmington Hills …

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Friends, Classmates Say Goodbye to Jonathan Hoffman

People who knew the 17-year-old West Bloomfield homicide victim pay their respects via Facebook, Twitter.

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