Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

The State Crime Lab Should GO! There has been a lot of outrage in recent months over accusations that the Michigan State Police are falsifying test results in order to get marijuana convictions. Which, if it’s true, is a very disturbing concept indeed. But a group of local medical marijuana defense attorneys are not content […]

Second Degree Child Abuse Conviction Gets Man Up to 10 Years Prison Joshua John Harrington was recently sentenced in the Hillsdale County Circuit Court, where he appeared via video telecommunication from the Hillsdale County Jail. However, this signals the end of Harrington’s time at the County Jail, as he will now be transported to one […]

Returning to the Scene of the Crime Results in Murder Arrest The idea that criminals return to the scene of the crime is not a new one, and can be found in countless movies and tv dramas nowadays. But is it actually true? Do those who commit crimes return later to the place where it […]

Three Ann Arbor Teens Arrested After Robbery and Stand-Off In the week before Christmas, four older teenaged males forced their way into a man’s apartment with the intention of robbing him. However, the 46-year-old homeowner fought them off and, in the process, got shot in the groin. The police were contacted immediately, and an investigation […]

Teen Allegedly Burned Youngsters with Cigarettes and Lighter Austin R. Garcia, a Bay City teenager, is facing charges for allegedly burning a couple of younger teens. What is interesting about this case is that even though Garcia is 18-years-of-age, which means that he is a legal adult according to Michigan law, and the kids he is said to have […]

Husband Charged in Connection with Wife’s Shotgun Injury A recent  incident in Clare County ended with a 35-year-old woman shot in the leg, and her husband taken away in the back of a patrol car as a result. According to reports from the Clare County Sheriff’s Department, the man is now facing charges in connection […]

Have you ever discovered, after the fact, that you actually did something illegal, but had not idea at the time that it was against the law? Well, you’re not alone. People do it every day. And with Michigan’s very regulation-heavy penal code that gets more expansive with every passing year, this becomes more likely all […]

Mother Facing Second Degree Child Abuse Charges for Failure to Protect James Harbert, the Spring Arbor father who is accused of choking his son to the point of unconsciousness and whipping him with a dog leash, has been charged with first degree child abuse. But in the wake of the investigation that led to these […]

Special Ed Teacher Pleads Guilty to Assault Charges Shirley Thoen, a 59-year-old early childhood special education teacher in Port Huron is said to have abused a child in her care. She recently pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of assault and battery, which will likely earn her a few months in jail.

First Degree Murder in Child Abuse/Torture Case It was a case that enflamed the media – two little girls, starved and dehydrated, one already dead and the other suffering from malnourishment, pneumonia and severe infection. In the word of the Port Huron Police Chief, Michael Reaves, one death was a “tragic homicide”, while the other […]