Category Archives: Drug Crimes

Muskegon Marijuana Advocate Charged Derek Antol, former Executive Director of the Greater Michigan Compassion Club, is facing felony drug charges . Police allege he was growing marijuana and selling it from the Deuces Wild Smoke Shop on East Apple Ave. in Muskegon. According to the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office, eight other associates of Antol’s, are also […]

Final Arrest Made in Inter-state Heroin Trafficking Operation The final person said to be involved in an inter-state heroin trafficking ring based out of Detroit, has been arrested and is in custody. Kevin Perino Foy Jr., of Detroit, MI was arrested last week in Michigan on warrants out of Kentucky. In the first half of […]

Genesee County Deputy Caught With Cocaine Last year in early July, Amy R. Gatica, a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy, was accused of smuggling cocaine and prescription drugs into the jail where she worked, and giving them to an inmate she knew. Gatica was arrested and her Grand Blanc Township home and vehicle were searched and […]

Michigan Medical Marijuana: Qualifying Medical Conditions to Increase For the first time since receiving voter approval in 2008, the Michigan medical marijuana laws are expanding. To receive a medical marijuana card, a person must suffer certain medical conditions. The number of qualifying medical conditions is being increased under proposed amendments to the law. The Michigan […]

Meth Raid Finds Several “One-Pot” Meth Labs on Property Ten people were arrested in Kalamazoo, MI this past Wednesday, after police from several departments conducted a raid on a property located in the 3100 block of North Pitcher Street. Authorities say they received a tip that meth was being produced at the property and so […]

Heroin, Crack Cocaine and Prescription Pills Found in Car On Tuesday, April 22nd, a tip led police to seek out a drug transaction in Ann Arbor, MI. What transpired was far more extensive and unexpected. After a brief police chase, resulting in a car crash in the middle of a busy intersection, 3 people were […]

Michigan’s Medical Marihuana Act no defense in Federal court 37 people have been indicted as part of an alleged multi-county Michigan marijuana growing operation. Called ‘Medical Marijuana Team’, or MMT, it was led by a man named Shawn Taylor. Along with his wife Molly, Taylor owned a store in Muskegon called In Do Grow. The […]

Michigan Legislature Addresses “Drugged Driving” Just a few days ago the House Judiciary Committee took testimony on a three-bill package to address “drugged driving”. The new proposal would require that driving while under the influence of a controlled substance, for example: medical marijuana, would be subject to the same testing requirements as drunk driving. Currently […]

Macomb County Arrests Three men have been arrested in Macomb County, MI on a variety of charges after soliciting sex over the internet from detectives operating under cover. Apparently one of the men told detectives that he would pick up a few of his friends and bring cocaine, which he called “snow” in the exchange, […]

2 Men In St. Joseph County, MI  Facing Meth, Gun and Possession of Wild Deere Charges In the recent St. Joseph County Meth arrest, Michigan law enforcement narcotics officers from southwest Michigan found an interesting combination of criminal activity. While the melting snow usually heralds warmer weather and the return of spring, in St Joseph […]