Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Man Accused Of Killing Wife & Children On Tuesday, June 3rd, the trial began for Lakshminivasa Nerusu, who the prosecution is charging with the 2008 murder of his family. Nerusu was recently extradited from India, where he has been living since he fled the country, the day after his wife and children were stabbed to […]

Cyclist Dies in Hit-and-Run Accident  Bruce Randall Christy Jr. of Columbus, MI, is facing multiple criminal charges, both felonies and misdemeanor, in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist from Lenox Township. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has charged the 30-year-old with failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in a death, unlawful […]

Man Remains in Prison for Beating Toddler to Death In July of 2005, Pedro Navarro took 2-year-old Aiyana Cisneros, the daughter of his girlfriend, into an upstairs bedroom and beat her so badly that he broke many of her bones and damaged several internal organs. When Samantha Winkler, the child’s mother, heard her screaming for […]

Two Men Awaiting Trial Date Kristopher Pratt, aged 20, and Ed Thomas, aged 21, were back in court this past week for their final pretrial hearing. They appeared before Washtenaw County Trial Court Judge Donald Shelton to determine whether or not their cases are ready for trial. The two men are facing open murder and […]

Charges of Armed Robbery, Assault, First Degree CSC, and More Four Saginaw men charged in connection with a recent Bay City crime spree have all pled guilty, or are expected to plead guilty, to felonies. According to police records, on the evening of January 14th, the four men broke into an apartment in Bay City […]

Howell Township Woman Pleads Guilty Margaret Elaine Komorny, a 77-year-old woman from Howell Township, MI, has pled guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty. The plea was entered on Tuesday, June 2nd, in the Livingston County District Court. Komorny is now facing a potential 4 years in prison, in addition to fines of up […]

Convicted of Another Assault on Elderly Women Shane Swindall Chambers, a 30-year-old Grand Rapids man with a criminal history of assault, is back in court, and while the date may be different, the crime remains the same. The alleged sexual assault of elderly women. In March of 2004, Chambers was sentenced to eight to 20 years […]

Man Will Spend 40 Years in Prison Anthony M. Bennett, the 21-year-old Mount Pleasant man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of 4-year-old Carnel Chamberlain, was sentenced on May 22, 2014 to 40 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington. Bennett, who is a member of the Saginaw Chippewa […]

Members of “Block Burners” Gang Convicted Four Lansing gang members have been in the 2010 abduction and murder of a 19-year-old woman. The four men, members of the “Block Burners” gang, were convicted of multiple charges. Wallee Al-Din, 24, his brother Mustafa Al-Din, 25, Charles Lewis Sr., 35, and Raphael Crenshaw, 23, were all found guilty […]

Owner Pleads Guilty to Felony Embezzlement Charges On Wednesday, May 21, Richard D. Weishuhn pled guilty to multiple felony embezzlement charges in the Arenac County District Court. He is the owner of R.O. Savage Funeral Chapel in Standish, MI, which was under investigation earlier this year for mismanagement of funds. Last November, the Michigan Department […]