Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

26-year-old Ernest Coleman has been charged in Wayne County, Michigan with the kidnapping of 13-year-old Deontae Mitchell in Detroit. Authorities say that Coleman is only one of four people who were possibly involved in the incident, but thus far, he is the only one who has been formally charged.   According to Detroit Police records, […]

A judge’s authority to sentence a criminal defendant for nonpayment of court fines and fees, dubbed ‘pay or stay sentences’, have been the source of a great deal of controversy in Michigan law in recent years. But if the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has their way, that is all going to change.   Pay […]

Being accused of a crime is scary. Being accused of a crime that you didn’t commit is terrifying. But that’s exactly what happened to Jonna Ferguson. After the Corinthian Colleges closed down the Everest Institute, she was out of a job and had to rely on unemployment from the state of Michigan. But just a […]

According to the Portage Police Department, it was Nicholas Lowe’s last minute decision to top off his gas tank before robbing a bank in Calhoun County, Michigan, late last week, that resulted in his being caught.   Investigators say that on Thursday morning, May 26, 2016, Lowe purchased gas for his car at a gas […]

The tide is slowly turning. For decades drug users have been viewed in a terrible light. Some see them as  good-for-nothings who leach from society without contributing anything of value to their communities. Re-thinking the issue, the horrific number of lives lost to substance abuse over the years and the substantial amount of government resources […]

One man has recently pled guilty to charges stemming from what authorities are calling a massive tax fraud scheme that cost the federal government millions of dollars. The defendant, 45-year-old Bobby Crabtree, is one of 34 people from Battle Creek, in Calhoun County who have been indicted so far in connection with this case.   […]

Jason Dalton, dubbed the “Uber Killer” by the media, will be facing trial for shooting eight people in February of this year. Six of the victims died, while two others were wounded in the shooting. He is charged with six felony counts of open murder, two counts of assault with intent to commit murder, and […]

Civil asset forfeiture reform is a subject that we have written about on a number of occasions in the past. It is a highly volatile subject and can be a divisive topic of conversation. Opinions are all over the place. It is a subject that needs to addressed simply because the federal law as well […]

Kelly Cochran, a 33-year-old resident of Merrillville, Indiana, has been arrested for murder in connection with the disappearance of a Michigan man in 2014. She was extradited to Michigan this past week to face charges.   Police records show that Cochran was arrested in Wingo, Kentucky by U.S. Marshals and Kentucky State Police. The warrant […]

Jeffrey Willis, a 46-year-old resident of Muskegon Township, was recently arraigned on kidnapping charges for his alleged attempt to capture and hold a 16-year-old girl last month in Northern Muskegon County.   Willis was arraigned before Muskegon County Chief District Judge Raymond J. Kostrzewa, who set his bond at $1 million. At the arraignment, Muskegon […]