Category Archives: Drunk Driving Charges

Detroit Man Causes Car Crash, Killing Three  Michael Anthony Miller, a 22-year-old resident of Detroit, MI, was arraigned last week on three counts of reckless driving causing death, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office. On August 18th, 2013, four men – a Grand Rapids man, his father and his nephew, along with another passenger- […]

Child Endangerment Charges Dropped Ebony Michelle Howard stood tearfully before the Judge Mark Trusock in the Kent County Circuit Court on Monday, April 22nd. “I’m guilty. I was drinking.” she admitted. She also stated that her plea was freely and voluntarily given. Howard has been charged with one count of operating while intoxicated -OWI causing […]

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 […]

Michigan Drunk Driving Causing Death Trial Late last year, on the night of October 10th, Joseph Ford joined friends at the Florentine Pizzeria Ristorante & Sports Lounge in Grand Rapids, MI. According to the bartenders working that night, Ford drank 4 beers and 4 ‘Jagerbombs’. They also observed that his pupils looked misshapen. One of […]

Tad McCrumb, an inspector from the City of Battle Creek Engineering Department, pulled up to the intersection of Fountain Street and Capitol Avenue on Wednesday to check on work progress. New traffic signals were being replaced and he had stopped by to see how the work was coming. He parked behind a cement truck and […]

Michigan Man Crashes Car Into Unsuspecting Victims Home A Michigan man is going to be looking for a good Kalamazoo Drunk Driving Attorney.  On Friday April 11th, in the very early hours of morning, five college roommates were suddenly woken up by a loud boom. They searched for the source of the noise, only to […]

Statewide Drunk Driving Crackdown In Michigan Law enforcement agencies in 26 counties are cracking down on Michigan drunk driving activity. Extra patrols are already on the roads, and will continue through April 7th. 144 law enforcement agencies across the state, including MSP Troopers, sheriff’s deputies and city police officers, will be involved in this effort […]

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently decided the case of People v. Koon. In the case, the defendant was a medical marijuana patient who was stopped by the police while driving. A blood test determined that he had active THC in his body. He was charged with Operating With the Presence of Drugs (OWPD), a […]

Are Genesee County Narcotic Checkpoints Constitutional? Sobriety checkpoints on the road have been ruled to be unconstitutional in Michigan. That hasn’t stopped Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell from warning motorists in the last few weeks that there is a “sheriff’s narcotic checkpoint” ahead. It is suspected that any such narcotics checkpoints do not actually exist, […]

All top criminal attorneys applaud the recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirming a defendant’s right to confront accusers in person during a criminal trial.