Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Attorneys in Michigan

Is a Second Chance a Terrible Idea? Michigan’s “second chance” bill unanimously passed both the state House and Senate last December. Just days ago it also received the governor’s signature and passed into law. But for all the wide support this bill has received, both in government and by a number of legal groups, including […]

A Cane Corso, which is an Italian Mastiff breed, and a very large dog overall, is said by the American Kennel Association to be an intelligent and companionable animal which bonds well with children and is easily trained. However, one must not forget that this dog, which averages at about 110 pounds, was bred for […]

In a day and age when vaccinations are so commonplace, more than three people dying of the same relatively rare disease can trigger public outcry and the fear of epidemic. In this instance, it has also led to very serious criminal charges, including federal murder.

34-year-old Chad A. Monroe of Bay City has accepted a plea mere days before his trial was to begin. Monroe was charged with both a misdemeanor and a felony for posting naked pictures of his ex-girlfriend on Facebook in an attempt to drive her to suicide. He appeared in the Bay County Circuit Court before […]

Last month, the ACLU released a video featuring the police execution of Milton Hall, which occurred in 2012. Hall was a black, homeless, mentally ill man from Saginaw, Michigan. He was shot at 46 times and hit 14 times by eight white police officers for holding a pen knife in a parking lot. Police previously […]

Terry Myr is a mechanic specializing in the repair of exotic foreign cars and high-end luxury vehicles. He was recently arrested on the grounds that he hasn’t filed his taxes in years. Now he owes the federal government a substantial sum of money. According to the Justice Department, Myr, who is a resident of Smith’s […]

The National Governors Association has chosen four states to explore changes to the juvenile justice system. These states are Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas. The purpose is to improve outcomes for children while increasing community safety in the process.

Detroit Officer Who Shot Young Girl Faces Only Misdemeanor In May of 2010, a high school senior from Detroit’s east side was shot and killed. Officers from the Detroit Police Department quickly identified a suspect and were granted a warrant for the property where they believed he was hiding in order to evade capture and […]

Three Arrested in Lansing In the wake of the third arrest of a suspected trafficker from a Lansing based child sex trafficking ring, U.S. Attorney Patrick Miles Jr. has made a statement about his office’s concern over the growing problem of human trafficking in Michigan. Miles says that his office covers 49 counties in Michigan, […]

Washtenaw Dangerous Weapon Assault While the average police officer is threatened with a wide variety of weaponry during the course of his or her career, it has been many generations since swordplay was common on the streets of a city in Michigan. But that’s exactly what two officers on patrol in Ann Arbor encountered late on […]