Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Early in March a PNC branch bank on West Mount Hope Avenue in Lansing, Michigan was robbed at gunpoint. The suspect approached a teller and indicated that he had a weapon. The teller handed over an undisclosed amount of cash and the man fled the premises on foot. Lansing Police officers attempted to track him […]

St Patrick’s day – for most Americans it’s a celebration synonymous with Leprechauns, wearing green and drinking beer.  And not so surprisingly, also bar fights. Notable among the most recent St Patty’s day bar scuffles was one involving the arrest of an Oakland County Sheriff’s deputy at O’Malley’s Irish Pub & Restaurant in Hartland Township. […]

A divided U.S. Supreme Court has determined that there is no right to challenge probable cause allowing the freezing of assets, even to pay for legal representation of choice.  Restraining Orders to preserve forfeitable property are constitutionally permissible when probable cause exists and such assets can be traced or linked to the charged offense. In […]

Mexican citizen Francisco Romero-Caspeta certainly did nothing to make things better for himself by crossing the border not once, but twice, illegally. Romero-Caspeta first attempted to cross the border from Mexico into Texas in 1999. Using a border pass belonging to another person, he was apprehended. Romero-Caspeta was given a suspended sentence of 90 days […]

10-Year-Old Charged With ‘Careless Driving’ It was just another ordinary day at the DMV office in Parker, Colorado when a strange turn of events left bystanders stunned. As the small number of customers and staff went about their business, a GMC Envoy crashed into the office’s waiting room. If the irony of having an SUV […]

Two Metro Detroit police officers will stand trial for armed robbery.  The incident in question occurred back in July when police sergeants Michael Notoriano and David Pomeroy attempted to retrieve the iPhone of Notoriano’s daughter while off-duty.  The iPhone had been stolen the day before when his daughter was attacked while riding her bike near […]

Terrorist Faces Death Penalty Attorney General Eric Holder has authorized the Department of Justice to seek the death penalty in the case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. You may recall that Tsarnaev and his brother are alleged to be the terrorists that set the bombs during the Boston Marathon. Three people were murdered and 250 more were […]

29 Arrested (so far) in International Webcam-Child Abuse Trafficking Ring After a routine visit to a registered sex offender’s home in England, law enforcement uncovered evidence of an international organized crime ring based in the Philippines.  This crime ring involved individuals from 12 countries and specialized in live streaming of child sexual abuse.  It has […]

Last week, a 19-year-old Detroit woman was shot and killed on the front porch of a home in Dearborn Heights. Police are still investigating, but the homeowner is saying that it was an accidental shooting. He apparently thought that the woman, Renisha McBride, was an intruder, but that he did not mean to fire the […]

Last week, the playground at New Covenant Christian School in Lansing was the target of vandalism and graffiti. This neighborhood gathering spot has been hit more than 20 times in the past year with damage ranging from spray paint to breakage of the playground equipment. While we do not know if this is the case […]