Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

Jury Deadlocked and Unable to Reach Verdict This is now the second time that a jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Austin Smith, charged with the New Year’s Day beating death of a Lansing man in 2012. Jurors deliberated for several days before announcing that they were completely deadlocked, resulting […]

Former Constantine Reserve Police Officer Charged Raymond McCann, a 46 year old resident of Constantine, Michigan was arraigned April 19, 2014 on felony perjury charges stemming from an investigation conducted by an MSP cold case team. Police have stated that McCann has been a person of interest in the murder of Jodi Parrack since the […]

Tragic Death of Infant Son Results In More Than 5 Years In Prison On April 18, 2014, a Kalamazoo man was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the death of his 4-month-old son. He has been sentenced to more than 5 years in prison.  Judge Pamela Lightvoet called the sentence “one of the most difficult” that […]

On February 22nd, just after midnight in the city of Saline, MI, Samantha Grigg was arrested for murder. She and two other teenagers, 18 year old Tyrel Bredernitz and 16 year old Brendan Heim, were charged with the murder of 19 year old Michigan State University student Dustyn Frolka. Frolka’s body was found partially-clothed and […]

Michelle McIntosh was recently arrested in Texas and then extradited back to Michigan to face Genessee County murder charges for the fatal shooting of Havana Wright. McIntosh was arraigned in the 68th District Court in Flint on the 1st of April, nearly a month after her arrest in Dallas. She has been charged with first […]

The Michigan criminal defense attorneys at The Kronzek Firm PLC recently heard of a tragic case from another state. Two brothers were in the back of a police car after being arrested for possession of Cocaine. The older brother had some Cocaine hidden inside of his rectum and was worried it would be found once […]

Recently, the National Traffic Safety Board (NTSB) announced their recommendation that each state should fully ban all types of cell phone use while driving. The recommended ban includes not only browsing the internet on iPhones, Androids, Blackberrys, and other smartphones, but also sending or receiving text messages, talking on a hand-held cell phone, and even […]

Justin Beebe Jr. was found guilty this summer by a jury in Van Buren County, Michigan in the murder of Tonya Howarth and Amy Henslee. Beebe was accused of killing both women on January 24, 2011. The bodies of the women were found in a shallow grave approximately two feet from Beebe’s trailer. Each of […]

Crimes occur all over the world. So much so, that most people do not think twice when criminal reports are broadcasted on the nightly news. However, every once in a while there is a case that seems to interest the entire country—a case that has an outcome that shocks many, gives a skilled criminal defense […]

Recently, police in Flint, Michigan announced the shooting deaths of three men. That brought the number of homicides in the Flint area to twenty-one. In 2010, the number of Flint homicides for the same time period was seven. If this year’s high rate of homicides continues, Flint is on track to surpass its record number […]