Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

  You’ve heard it a thousand times before on TV shows and in movies when cops Mirandize a suspect… “If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you.” But what isn’t included in that overview of a defendant’s right to counsel, is the fact that statistics prove that their court appointed attorney […]

  Having just talked about two Michigan based brothers who were accused of “suspicious activity” in Tunisia, we thought it best if we take a moment to discuss exactly what suspicious activity is, and how that accusation could affect you.   For most people, the term ‘suspicious activity’ is something they hear in movies right […]

  Two brothers from Michigan have been implicated in a terror plot in Tunisia, which is located in northern Africa. The pair were arrested for allegedly encouraging terrorism and campaigning for the introduction of Islamic law in Tunisia.   According to TunisiaLive, an English language newspaper based in Tunisia, the two men have been identified […]

  A new bill to ban the sale and possession of assault rifles in Michigan has been introduced in the House as part of a package of bills. The bills, proposed by Democrat Robert Wittenberg and others, are claimed by the bill’s sponsors, to be making the residents of Michigan safer by imposing new regulations […]

  A recent class action lawsuit against the state of Michigan and several state officials will continue, despite a motion to dismiss the case completely. Michigan Court of Claims Judge Mark Boonstra has decided that the lawsuit over Flint’s lead-tainted water may continue, but only under two constitutional claims.   Judge Boonstra dismissed two claims, […]

  Hacking has been in the news quite a lot lately. Just last week a major distributed denial of service attack, or DDoS resulted in a host of sites being down most of the day. Pinterest, Ebay, Netflix and Twitter were all offline for hours. In the wake of the hacked baby-monitor scare last year […]

  According to indictments filed in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan this month, a Detroit based immigration attorney and a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent are accused of helping some immigrants avoid deportation. The scheme, which authorities are describing as a ‘bribery scheme’, involved large sums of money […]

  The fallout from the Courser/Gamrat affair has been extensive, nationally publicized and embarrassing. With criminal charges, allegations of misconduct, people losing their jobs on both sides of the fence and even several lawsuits, the ripples from this rock were huge. Now, the two former aides to former House Representatives Courser and Gamrat have settled […]

Christopher C. Demetris, a Bay City resident, is facing single counts of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Reckless Use of a Firearm, He is 56 years old and has accepted a plea deal. Demetris was accused of pulling a gun on his neighbor because his kids were playing too loudly in the pool.   […]

You’ve probably heard at least something about the influx of ‘creepy clowns’ we’ve been having lately. Social media and the news are full of sightings, with numerous people around the U.S. claiming to have seen sinister clown activity. Some have actually claimed to have been been threatened. But is this a real concern?   One […]