Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

Court and University Join Hands To Give Convicts a Second Chance In a rare but highly anticipated move, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and the 61st District Court in Grand Rapids are joining hands to create the “Access to Justice” Clinic.  The Clinic is aimed at helping a number of convicted criminals here in Michigan […]

Jamarion Lawhorn to be Sentenced November 4 13-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn’s defense attorney stood before a judge recently and explained why he believed that Jamarion’s conviction should be thrown out. BUt the judge, as it turns out, didn’t agree.

Mark Anthony Jones Jr robbed an elderly woman in her home, shooting and killing her in the process. He was summarily charged and convicted of felony murder. But that was five years ago, in 2010. Recently, Jones began to feel that there were issues at his trial and he was denied true justice. The Michigan […]

  Everyone has heard the frightening urban legends about razor blades in apples and poisoned candy handed out by villains hoping to murder innocent little children. Thankfully, pretty much every one of those actual suspected poisoning cases, with a little research, can be proven to be false. All are either specific acts of violence against […]

Kent County Unlicensed Driver Struck and Killed 4-year-old Susan Rieckman, a 69-year-old resident of Cedar Springs in Kent County, is now facing felony charges for the car accident that killed a 4-year-old boy some weeks ago. Rieckman was legally an unlicensed driver, as the state had revoked her driver’s license for medical reasons.

  According to a press release put out by the United States Attorney’s Office (Eastern District of Michigan), a former federal prison guard is facing charges for bribery. John Jake Froehly, a 36-year-old from Newport, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of bribery.

Pastor Shoots and Kills Brick-Wielder During Sunday Service For most people, the concept of a gun toting preacher is something you wouldn’t expect to encounter outside of a Quentin Tarantino film. But for the congregation of Church of God Ministries in Detroit, it was recently their reality. And in the middle of a Sunday service, […]

Several days ago, a human trafficking sting in Detroit put 12 suspected pimps behind bars. But that was just a portion of those arrested in the nationwide operation, entitled “Operation Cross Country IX.”  It freed over a hundred juveniles and put as many pimps behind bars.

4 Charged in Armed Carjacking at Dearborn McDonald’s Many people, throughout the world, can say that they didn’t get what they had hoped for during a recent trip to McDonalds. But for one particular woman, who was forced from her car at gunpoint while placing an order in the drive-thru, that doesn’t begin to cover […]

Assault Involved a Shovel and a Knife The story is, admittedly, a rather confusing one. And very little is offered in the way of details that would allow us to make sense of it. But as it stands, the information we have at this time is that 32-year-old Timothy Foster, an aide to Michigan Democratic Congressman […]