Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Michigan

Recap of Trial: Day Three The trial continued last Friday for Theodore Wafer, 55, who is facing 2nd degree murder charges as a result of the fatal shooting of Renisha McBride on his front porch in Dearborn Heights last year in early November. On the third day in court, his attorney Cheryl Carpenter raised multiple […]

No Charges Filed Against Student The 17-year-old Fowlerville student accused of poisoning his math teacher’s coffee with visine, will not be facing criminal charges. The decision was made following an investigation conducted by the Fowlerville police department and the Livingston County prosecutor’s office. Mary Aldecoa, the victim of the teacher poisoning, believes that she was […]

Detroit Man Strikes EMT James Carl Leichtweis, a 54-year-old Detroit man, has been charged with fourth degree fleeing and eluding, and reckless driving. The charges are the result of an incident that occurred on June 25th in the Bethel Lutheran Church parking lot on West Howard City-Edmore Road in Reynolds Township. Leichtweis was found by a […]

Governor Cannot Revoke Commutations In a landmark decision last month, the Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that once a Michigan Governor grants a prison commutation, it cannot be taken back. A prison commutation is similar to a pardon except instead of forgiving a prisoner’s crime altogether, it gives the Governor the power to reduce a […]

Man Remains in Prison for Beating Toddler to Death In July of 2005, Pedro Navarro took 2-year-old Aiyana Cisneros, the daughter of his girlfriend, into an upstairs bedroom and beat her so badly that he broke many of her bones and damaged several internal organs. When Samantha Winkler, the child’s mother, heard her screaming for […]

Howell Township Woman Pleads Guilty Margaret Elaine Komorny, a 77-year-old woman from Howell Township, MI, has pled guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty. The plea was entered on Tuesday, June 2nd, in the Livingston County District Court. Komorny is now facing a potential 4 years in prison, in addition to fines of up […]

Man Will Spend 40 Years in Prison Anthony M. Bennett, the 21-year-old Mount Pleasant man who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the death of 4-year-old Carnel Chamberlain, was sentenced on May 22, 2014 to 40 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Thomas L. Ludington. Bennett, who is a member of the Saginaw Chippewa […]

Many Michigan Cities Reviewing Current Marijuana Laws In February of this year, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously that local officials are forbidden to outlaw the use of medical marijuana within their municipalities. Many cities and townships had already legalized medical marijuana use within their communities. Those that have not will need to look again […]

Genesee County Deputy Caught With Cocaine Last year in early July, Amy R. Gatica, a Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy, was accused of smuggling cocaine and prescription drugs into the jail where she worked, and giving them to an inmate she knew. Gatica was arrested and her Grand Blanc Township home and vehicle were searched and […]

Detroit Man Causes Car Crash, Killing Three  Michael Anthony Miller, a 22-year-old resident of Detroit, MI, was arraigned last week on three counts of reckless driving causing death, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s office. On August 18th, 2013, four men – a Grand Rapids man, his father and his nephew, along with another passenger- […]