Tag Archives: Legal Defense

Police arrested a Northern Michigan man last week after he allegedly lit his ex-girlfriend on fire. He is currently being held at the Livingston County Jail on charges of stalking, torture, and attempted murder.

Criminal charges are being brought against a former Grand Rapids surgeon who was caught taking numerous items from a hotel where he was a guest. An inn employee witnessed Roger Gemmen taking hotel items out of the building and put them into a vehicle with a Michigan license plate, leading to his eventual arrest.

A Michigan woman was sentenced Thursday her second wave of cocaine-related charges, resulting in added jail time to the sentence she is currently serving. These cases are always disheartening, particuarly as many repeat offenders of non-violent drug crimes are also addicts that desperately need rehabiltiation, not incarceration.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has granted a convicted murderer another shot at gaining his freedom. Michael George, 49, was found guilty of homicide based on the presentation of circumstantial evidence. However, new information discovered by George’s defense counsel shows not only that he may not be at fault, but that prosecution exhibited misconduct during the trial.

After a fatal shootout in Detroit this week resulting in the death of a police officer and the injury of four others, a 25 year-old man will almost certainly face Michigan homicide charges for his involvement. Not only is Jason Gibson, also known as James Everet, suspected of this crime, but he has been convicted for numerous others in recent years, including drug possession, unlawful gun possession, and attempting to disarm an officer.

A new bill is about to be proposed in the State House of Representatives that will outlaw speed traps in Michigan. All communities will be forced to determine traffic limits based on studies on actual traffic flow, and be prohibited from hunting down motorists for outrageous motor vehicle violations.

Although ticket quota were banned in Michigan in 1979, police officers throughout the state are often evaluated based upon the number of citations they write. The added pressure has been placed upon officers in recent years as the economy has dwindled, leaving the state scrambling for desperately needed revenue.

A Michigan City man is going to trial again after rejecting a prosecutor’s plea bargain offered in a drug distribution case. Although he was convicted in 2009 of fleeing police and criminal recklessness, jurors were unable to determine if he was also guilty of possessing drugs with the intent to sell. The defendant will try again to have his name cleared in a new trial set for October 18th, 2010.

Former University of Michigan football palyer Boubacar Cissoko was arraigned this past week for criminal charges stemming from multiple robbery incidents on campus involving a taxi driver and food delivery men. Although he was booted from the football team in October, if convicted of the many crimes of which he is accused, it is possible that he will face significant jail time.

A 19 year-old man is awaiting sentencing after being charged with first-degree murder after fatally shooting another man outside of a Chinese diner in Pontiac, Michigan.