Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

One Missing Infant, One Dead Baby Boy When Melissa Mitin, the young Okemos woman accused of murdering her newborn infant last year, testified in court recently to the fact that she had given birth again just weeks ago but didn’t know where her baby was, the state held their breath. Somewhere out there was a […]

Arson Plea Results in Prison Time Pretty much anyone would agree that bed bugs are awful and that, given half a chance, they would do whatever was necessary to get rid of them. But as it turns out, some of the more…. extreme bed bug removal methods may actually be criminal, as was the case […]

CSC Charges Stem From Alleged Sexual Abuse of Students On January 12th, 74-year-old James Francis Rapp’s life took a turn for the worse. The former Jackson Lumen Christi High School priest, who during his time at the high school had served as a maintenance man, wrestling coach and a teacher, was charged with 13 criminal […]

Two Facing Animal Cruelty Charges After Videos Posted on Youtube Animal cruelty, like child abuse, can be a very volatile subject that elicits very strong emotional reactions in people. So it is likely that the two men from northern Michigan who are accused of videotaping the mauling death of a coyote and posting it online […]

State Supreme Court To Rule on Three Medical Marijuana Cases Last week, justices from the state Supreme Court listened to oral arguments from three medical marijuana cases that started out in Oakland County. The three cases were People v. Hartwick, People v. Tuttle, and People v. Mazur.

Bay County Man Gets 210 Days Chad A. Monroe was very frustrated when his girlfriend of three years broke up with him last year, and he made sure she knew it by harassing her with an almost endless slew of vengeful texts and Facebook messages, posting naked pictures of her online, and creating false “sex-for-hire” […]

Flint man gets 10 to 20 years Sometimes things break around the house, and need to get fixed, but not everyone is a skilled plumber, drywall finisher, or tile setter. This, of course, means you’ll need to hire a handyman, which can be costly. However, one man’s solution to this was to pay his handyman […]

The people of Cheboygan are most likely rather grateful to see the end to a wave of thefts – items stolen from vehicles around the city, that were apparently the work of one man who was recently arraigned on nine felony counts and one misdemeanor.

Is a Second Chance a Terrible Idea? Michigan’s “second chance” bill unanimously passed both the state House and Senate last December. Just days ago it also received the governor’s signature and passed into law. But for all the wide support this bill has received, both in government and by a number of legal groups, including […]

Ponzi Scheme Defendant Faces Charges in Bay and Saginaw Counties Joel Wilson, the man accused of running a real estate related Ponzi scheme in Bay County was extradited last year from Germany to face larceny and racketeering charges in Bay County. He is accused of defrauding several Michigan residents out of substantial sums of money. […]