Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Keith Appling, the 24-year-old former Michigan State University basketball star is having a very rough year. He has now been arrested a total of three times since May of this year, all three times for weapons related charges.   According to police records, an officer observed a 2013 blue Dodge Charger committing a traffic offense […]

After the Courser/Gamrat sex scandal that blazed through the Michigan media for months, the debacle where State senator Virgil Smith shot at his ex-wife’s car, and the business with both the Newaygo County Commissioner and the Bay City Commissioner who faced charges for larceny and destruction of property, Michigan politics seems to have had a […]

Two Western Michigan University football players have been suspended from the Bronco football team following felony criminal charges that could land them both in prison for life. Linebacker Ron George and wide receiver Bryson White are accused of teaming up and breaking into a woman’s apartment, where they allegedly threatened her with weapons and robbed […]

Buddy Randal Parker, a 36-year-old resident of Fairfield, Ohio, was recently arrested in Kalamazoo Township for allegedly trying to deliver a large quantity of methamphetamines to a house in the Kalamazoo County. It seems that police were aware of Parker’s reason for being in Kalamazoo because  an informant had tipped them off that he intended […]

  Mere minutes before his trial was scheduled to begin, the single felony charge against 63-year-old Paul Joseph (Joe) Harcz of Mt. Morris, MI was dropped. Harcz, a blind activist, was arrested while demonstrating outside the Capitol building in Lansing last year.   The arrest took place on September 17, 2015. Harcz had been present […]

  Former Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney, now convicted felon Stuart Dunnings III wants to remove a certain local judge from his case. The former Ingham County Prosecutor recently pled guilty in a prostitution case that has caused big scandal in mid Michigan. His newest installment is sure to raise a few eyebrows.   Ingham County […]

  Just days ago the federal government announced that it intended to stop its years-long practice of using privately run prisons to house inmates. The plan, explained in a memo that instructs officials to either decline to renew private prison operators’ contracts when they expire or “substantially reduce” the contracts’ scope, plans to phase out […]

  On June 3rd of 2016, a Comerica Bank was robbed in Ingham County. Ten days later on June 13th, the Four Flags Credit Union in Berrien County was robbed, and then there was no activity for just over a month. Things became more active again when the robber struck again, this time holding up […]

  The issue of civil forfeiture, particularly in Michigan, has given rise to more heated debates in recent years than most other ‘hot button’ topics. We’ve discussed this subject numerous times in the past, and have worked to keep you updated on proposed bills and changes in state law. But in this particular case, we […]

Kevin Martin, a 44-year-old resident of Belding, Michigan in Ionia County, has entered a guilty plea in a recent meth case. Police in Ionia County say he was cooking methamphetamines in his garage. The fact that the meth lab was located near other buildings in a populated area potentially putting others at risk, makes the […]