Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Involuntary Manslaughter Charge for Wife’s Death Robert G. Shelton, a 67-year-old resident of Carleton, was arrested by Michigan State Police recently for allegedly neglecting his wife to the point that it cost her life. She passed away in June of 2015 and, according to the Prosecutor, although Shelton didn’t do anything to harm her – it’s […]

Cadaver Dealer Accused of Selling Diseased Body Parts It may fascinate people to realize that there is such a thing as legal cadaver dealing here in the U.S. Medical and dental students, medical researchers, scientists, forensic anthropologists and a wide array of other professionals, all make use of human bodies to further knowledge and studies […]

Many months after Samantha Grigg, Tyrel Bredernitz, and Brendan Heim were sent to prison for the death of MSU student Dustyn Frolka, the 4th teen to face charges has been sentenced. Christopher John Foley, who was 16 at the time of Dustyn’s death but is now 18, has been sentenced to prison for 3 to […]

United States Supreme Court Hands Down Ruling Laws change. Opinions that were once held to be immutable, become fluid with time. And while this is often viewed as a good thing for people in the corrections system, it must be very hard for lifers. Especially those who were put away as juveniles decades ago. They […]

Saginaw Prison Inmate Allegedly Strangled Cell Mate The Michigan State Police are currently investigating a murder that took place inside the Saginaw Correctional Facility in Freeland. Jason Nathaniel Turnbull, a 23-year-old former resident of Brighton, was strangled to death inside his cell after an argument with his cell mate.

Two Men Arrested in Detroit Two men who police say are connected to a large scale drug trafficking organization in northern Michigan, were arrested in Detroit recently. Although no one knows yet what charges they will face, it is suspected that they will be substantial, both in number and severity.

Michigan Court of Appeals Ruling  Maryanne Godboldo has had one of the roughest rides on the legal train here in Michigan, with charges being brought, overturned, brought again, dismissed, struck down and then upheld. We can only imagine the heartbreak and frustration that this poor mother has endured, for no crime other than trying to […]

When you hear about a commercial vehicle heist in the news, one tends to imagine that it was an armored Brinks truck, transporting thousands of dollars to a bank. Or perhaps a construction vehicle, carrying thousands of dollars worth of tools and heavy equipment. But not bagels. One rarely pictures a bagel truck being stolen […]

Home Invasion Just One in a String of Felonies Willie Anderson, when appearing at his most recent sentencing hearing, was informed by the prosecutor that the reason he is going back to prison for a very long time, is that he “didn’t learn what they hoped he would learn.”

Felony Murder Reduced to Involuntary Manslaughter Robin Sanford, an Eaton County woman, has pled guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter following the death of her aged mother. Prosecutors offered Sanford a plea deal last week, where she agreed to plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter in return for dismissal of the murder charge she was […]