Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

44-year-old Michael Darnell Williams, a resident of Saginaw with a long history of mental illness, has been charged with attempted murder. Police say Williams stabbed four people on an Amtrak train bound for Port Huron, but according to Williams, he was just fighting demons.

Hours after his story went public, Wally Kowalski was arrested. He was awakened in the early morning and taken from his home in handcuffs by the Michigan State Police. He then spent the rest of the night in a freezing cell, with no blanket or pillow.

Three teenagers from Flint, who were all charged as adults, are looking at potential decades in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery and home invasion charges. 18-year-old Robert A. Murphy III and his younger brother, 16-year-old Roshawn R. Murphy, along with 18-year-old Courtney D. Hall were sentenced in the Genesee Circuit Court by Judge […]

In September of 2013, the Michigan State Corrections Department was told by U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow that one prisoner, Richard Boone II, was permitted to have an air mattress in his cell. Prison officials had taken it away from him, deeming it unnecessary and when Boone threatened to commit suicide, Judge Tarnow ordered an […]

17-year-old Dequan L. Leaman recently appeared in the Bay County Circuit Court and pled guilty to a single count of assault with a dangerous weapon, which is a four year felony. In return the prosecution has agreed not to pursue a charge of malicious destruction of property more than $1,000. Also, Judge Harry P. Gill […]

Detectives from the Narcotics Division of the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office received a tip recently that pointed them in the direction of a man named Troy Strouse. He was apparently purchasing items used in the production of methamphetamine. 

In this day and age, terrorism is NOT taken lightly. And threats of terrorism, which are basically defined as threatening to commit any violent crime against another person with the intent to cause fear, or terrorize, them, is treated as a very serious issue indeed. Even if the person making the threat had no intention […]

A mother and daughter are the most recent criminal duo to face charges under Michigan’s new Retail Fraud Act, which authorities are hoping will help to stem the tide of financial losses suffered by retailers across the state.

According to Jackson County Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka, three teenage boys have been suspended from Western High School in Parma, Michigan, for their role in a recent series of blazes that caused significant damage to school property. The names of the three boys are not being released, as they are minors, but authorities say they are […]

34-year-old Chad A. Monroe of Bay City has accepted a plea mere days before his trial was to begin. Monroe was charged with both a misdemeanor and a felony for posting naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook in an attempt to drive her to suicide. He appeared in the Bay County Circuit Court before […]