It’s been a gut-wrenching week for Mike Stahnten, owner of Certified Auto Mall in Howell, after his neighbors started receiving phony letters notifying them he’s a sex offender registered under Megan’s Law. As Howell police continue to investigate the source of fraudulent letters, which went to at least 20 homes and a school in his neighborhood, Stahnten said he remains in disbelief. “It’s very bothersome. The fact somebody would go through so much trouble to do this is pretty shocking,” Stahn

Sharif Austin was getting ready to spend his first Christmas as a father. Monserret Noyola-Narvaez was studying to become a nurse. Neither would see those plans through. Both were shot and killed separately during a six-month span of violence that began as revenge for a Somerset murder, authorities say.