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5 Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

A man tries to kill his roommate, a girl who was attacked by a raccoon a decade ago is set for surgery at Beaumont, and an Olympic athlete with Royal Oak ties takes home a medal are some of the stories we covered last week.

A lot happened last week, and we want to make sure you didn't miss the top headlines on Royal Oak Patch. Here are five of our biggest, most-read stories from the past week:

Peter Vanderkaay takes home a bronze medal. It's the second medal for Team USA on the first day of the London Summer Olympics games.

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Charlotte Ponce, a 10-year-old who was attacked by a pet raccoon a decade ago, is set for surgery at Beaumont's Children's Hospital in Royal Oak where she'll get a new nose, ear and lips.

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Highlights from Royal Oak Police Department reports from the week of July 19-26.

Police used Taser to subdue Brent M. Smetana after assault; victim had been beaten, stabbed and bitten.

An investigation continues into what caused the July 17 blaze that left 10,000 utility customers in Royal Oak and Berkley without power.

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