Category Archives: Homicide, Murder & Manslaughter Charges

Former Leelanau Prosecutor Charged Clarence Gomery, a well-known Traverse City attorney and the man who once served as the Leelanau County prosecutor and also assistant prosecutor in Grand Traverse County, has been arraigned on charges of soliciting murder. According to police, Gomery attempted to hire someone to murder Christopher Cooke, the attorney who represented Gomery’s […]

Dearborn Man Facing Charges On Monday, June 30th, Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad, a 36-year-old resident of Dearborn, MI, was formally arraigned on a felony charge of assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. While Saad’s intention may not have been to kill anyone, and the initial charge was for intending to cause […]

Trial Scheduled in Washtenaw County The two young men charged with the killing of Eastern Michigan University football player, Demarius Reed, are scheduled to stand trial in the Washtenaw County Trial Court in Ann Arbor. Reed was found shot to death in the early morning hours of October 18th 2013, in the stairwell of an […]

Andy Brown Trial Continues The trial continues for Andy Brown, the 37-year-old from Portage, MI, who is facing first degree murder charges for the death of his boss, David Locey. In his opening statements to the jury last Thursday, St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough spoke of Locey’s long-term commitment to Brown’s success, and Brown’s […]

Flat Rock Man Gets 55 years in prison Richard Thompson, a 19-year-old from Flat Rock, MI, pled guilty to multiple felonies in court last month, and was sentenced to 55 years in prison by Judge Darlene O’Brien in the Washtenaw County Trial Court on Thursday, June 19th. In addition to a 32-55 year charge of […]

Detroit Father Sent to Prison Kevin Washington, 37-year-old father to two now-deceased sons, has been sentenced to prison for their deaths. 4-year-old Damien Washington and 1-year-old Mekhi Williams were killed in a fire that engulfed their Detroit home. According to court records, firefighters responded to the blaze near Prairie St and Livernois Ave on December […]

Andy Brown Charged With Killing Boss The trial has begun for Andy Brown, the 37-year-old Portage man accused of murdering his boss. Brown is facing charges of first degree murder (premeditated) and felony firearm, as a result of his having allegedly shot prominent Sturgis accountant, David Locey, in his office on October 2nd, 2013. The day […]

Jury Verdict: GUILTY “He did not love his wife. She stood between him and his freedom. The defendant wants you to believe he loved his family but actions speak louder than words, and his actions spoke of anything but love”. These were the words of the Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Tricia Dare when she addressed the […]

Man Accused Of Killing Wife & Children On Tuesday, June 3rd, the trial began for Lakshminivasa Nerusu, who the prosecution is charging with the 2008 murder of his family. Nerusu was recently extradited from India, where he has been living since he fled the country, the day after his wife and children were stabbed to […]

Cyclist Dies in Hit-and-Run Accident  Bruce Randall Christy Jr. of Columbus, MI, is facing multiple criminal charges, both felonies and misdemeanor, in the hit-and-run death of a bicyclist from Lenox Township. The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office has charged the 30-year-old with failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in a death, unlawful […]