Category Archives: Crime in the News

Three Teenagers Arrested & Charged  Three teenaged boys have been arrested and charged in connection with a series of mailbox bombings that occurred recently in Muskegon County, MI. Alec Arthur Curow, a 17-year-old resident of Muskegon, Jacob Tyler, an 18-year-old, and his 15-year-old brother Brendan Tyler, both of Whitehall, have been arrested and charged with […]

8-Year-Old Child With Special Needs Faces Felony Charges Police reports allege that an 8-year-old Allegan County boy destroyed the rear camera located inside the back of a police patrol car while being transported to school.  As a result, Edward Hart has now been charged with malicious destruction of police property and resisting and obstructing.  Both […]

Former Saginaw Resident Facing Felony Charges Joel Wilson, a 31-year-old former resident of Saginaw, MI, is facing multiple felony charges in connection with a “Ponzi scheme” that the Attorney General’s office claims has resulted in approximately $8.5 million in missing investor funds. According to a recent press release, Wilson is being extradited back to the […]

Sparta Construction Company Owner Facing Charges Joe Novak, president and owner of Black River Builders, LLC, in Sparta, MI, is facing MIOSHA violations felony charges in connection with the July 2012 death of one of his employees. On July 2, 2012, 38-year-old Brian Tarachanowicz, a subcontractor with Black River Builders, fell through a weak spot […]

Suspects in Murder of Anthony Kye Facing Life in Prison if Convicted On Friday of last week two Lansing teenagers, 19-year-old Jamon Hampton and 16-year-old Valentino Stewart were ordered to stand trial on murder charges. Ingham County Judge Patrick Cherry made the decision during the preliminary hearing in 54A District Court, and the case was […]

Trial Date Set for Four Defendants in Mob Beating Police have said that as many as 12 people participated in the mob beating of Steve Utash, early last month in Detroit, MI. Utash accidentally hit a 10-year-old boy with his car when the child stepped out in front of Utash’s moving vehicle. When he stopped […]

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 […]

Asbestos Removal Results in Federal Charges The conversion of a former church into a charter school in Bay City, Michigan has resulted in asbestos-related criminal charges being brought against three men who were involved in the renovation project. The jury trial begins today in a Bay City federal courthouse before U.S. District Judge Thomas L. […]

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 […]

Michigan Marijuana Prosecutions of Four Kent County Officers Four Corrections Officers with the Kent County Sheriff’s Department have been arrested for Marijuana charges following an investigation that began with postal service workers suspicions about a package in the mail. USPS workers contacted the Kent Area Narcotics Enforcement Team to report a suspicious package which, as […]