Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Attorneys in Michigan

When you hear about a commercial vehicle heist in the news, one tends to imagine that it was an armored Brinks truck, transporting thousands of dollars to a bank. Or perhaps a construction vehicle, carrying thousands of dollars worth of tools and heavy equipment. But not bagels. One rarely pictures a bagel truck being stolen […]

Criminal Justice Reform at the Top of Governor’s List Criminal Justice Reform was one of the many things that Governor Snyder had hoped to tackle in 2015. But with the number of other things that took priority, in the end it was shelved and bumped forward to 2016. Well, folks, it is officially 2016, and […]

New Sentencing Hearing for Man Convicted of Breaking Baby’s Bones 29-year-old Andrew Pedro Valdez, the Kent County man accused of harming an infant so badly that he broke 13 bones, has been granted a new sentencing hearing. The result is that the 11 year sentence he is currently serving may in fact get shorter in […]

Troopers Find 7 Pounds of Crystal Meth It was a chilly Wednesday afternoon in mid-December, when Michigan State Troopers pulled over a vehicle in Hartford Township, Van Buren County. The car, sporting Colorado plates, had a cracked windshield and was traveling below the posted speed limit on I-94.

MSU Student Charged in Terrorism Threats Sydney Gort, a Packaging major at MSU, has been charged with making threats of terrorism on campus recently. And according to police, this isn’t the first time that she has used this particular coping skill to alleviate the stress of college.

Ypsilanti Wanted Man Finally Gets Nabbed When it comes to arresting someone for minor crimes, the police tend to avoid bashing the door down in order to get at someone. Which means if that “someone”, in this case: a 51-year-old Ypsilanti resident, simply avoids them and refuses to answer the door when they knock, arrest […]

Court and University Join Hands To Give Convicts a Second Chance In a rare but highly anticipated move, Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and the 61st District Court in Grand Rapids are joining hands to create the “Access to Justice” Clinic.  The Clinic is aimed at helping a number of convicted criminals here in Michigan […]

Several days ago, a human trafficking sting in Detroit put 12 suspected pimps behind bars. But that was just a portion of those arrested in the nationwide operation, entitled “Operation Cross Country IX.”  It freed over a hundred juveniles and put as many pimps behind bars.

4 Charged in Armed Carjacking at Dearborn McDonald’s Many people, throughout the world, can say that they didn’t get what they had hoped for during a recent trip to McDonalds. But for one particular woman, who was forced from her car at gunpoint while placing an order in the drive-thru, that doesn’t begin to cover […]

No Charges in LPD Inmate Death There has been much speculation about the man who died while in police custody some months ago here in Ingham County. But after an extensive investigation conducted by the Michigan State Police, the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office has announced that they will not be pressing charges. Here is what […]