Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

  37-year old Travis Winters has spent the last 17 years working at the Standard Electric Company in Kochville Township. However, according to Saginaw County‘s Chief Assistant Prosecutor, about a third of those years were also spent scamming the company, which resulted in a small fortune for Winters.   Court documents show that Winters began […]

28-year-old Matthew Todd Steppenwolf of Plainwell is facing ten felony charges for a series of violent criminal acts he is accused of committing. However, if you ask Steppenwolf why he did what he is accused of, he will tell you that he was only doing God’s work. Steppenwolf’s charges include a wide variety of crimes. […]

  2017 is looking to be the year of parole and prison reform here in Michigan. Almost half of the 52 bills the Senate reviewed in their last session were to do with prison and parole reform. We wanted to share with you the issues that some of those bills are hoping to address in […]

  Methamphetamine, also known by numerous other pseudonyms such as meth, ice, crank, glass, geeter, trash, and christina, is a concentrated, crystallized form of illegally manufactured methamphetamine. It is a highly addictive and very dangerous drug. If you live in Michigan then there are some important facts that you need to know about meth.   […]

  26-year-old Jason Hogan, a resident of Detroit, is accused of committing a hate crime against an LGBTQ person, along with other firearms charges. The reason for the hate crime change in addition, is because Thornton is alleged to have shot a transgender woman in the face after engaging in a voluntary sexual act with […]

  25-year-old Dymond Leana Squires and 26-year-old Andrew Mack Johnson Jr., a Lansing based couple, are now headed to trial for the murder of an elderly man and the robbery of his home. The victim, 78-year-old John Abraham Sr., was a resident of Lansing who had lived in his home for over 20 years before […]

  Currently, Michigan law says that you have to be 18 years of age to purchase tobacco products. This includes cigarettes, chewing tobacco, dip, cigars, and cigarillos. What the list doesn’t include, however, is e-cigarettes and other nicotine vapor products. As a result of this loophole, teens all over Michigan have been able to purchase […]

  Tyler M. McKeon, a hunter in the Bay City area, is accused of shooting a neighbor’s dog. He was scheduled to appear before Judge Joseph K. Sheeran for his trial a few days ago, however he chose instead to skip the trial and accept a plea bargain. McKeon has entered a no contest plea […]

  Thanks for joining us one last time to wrap up the topic of expungement in Michigan. In case you are just joining us, expungement is very similar to having a person’s criminal records sealed. What this means is that either specific parts of, or all of, a criminal record will be unavailable to the […]

  Thank you for joining us again today, as we look at what an expungement means in Michigan, and what you would need to know in order to pursue it for yourself. In the previous article we discussed exactly how Michigan law defines expungement, which crimes would disqualify you from being eligible for getting your […]