Tag Archives: Michigan Assault Charges

Bay City Teen Gets Ten Years in Prison 17-year-old Terrence L. Conklin, a teenager from Bay City, pled no contest in April to felony assault charges and as a result, is going to spend a decade in prison. On Monday, June 9th, Bay County Chief Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt sentenced Conklin to imprisonment for 20 […]

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 […]

After state concealed weapon laws were relaxed in 2001, many citizens, especially in West Michigan, are embroiled in a debate regarding the appropriate places that permit-holding gun holders may bring their weapons.

Last week, a Macomb County Circuit judge tossed out a bioterrorism charge held against an HIV-positive man accused of biting someone in an attempt to spread the deadly virus. Although the state passed a bioterrorism charge in the wake of the 1998 Oklahoma City bombing and an anthrax scare, Daniel Allen’s Michigan criminal defense attorney successfully argued in court that the legislation was misapplied in this case.

Although the Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to possess and bear arms, a person can still be arrested and slapped with criminal charges for bringing out a gun. A perfect example is seen in the recent case of a Clare County man who was arrested by police last week after drunkenly drawing a firearm toward two deputies.

Although national statistics show that teenage females are much less likely to commit an aggravated assault then males, a recent Detroit shooting involving girl-on-girl violence has left experts in a bit of a debate on the issue–is female adolescent crime on the rise?

Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced today to head back to jail, serving anywhere from 1.5 to 5 years behind bars. He was convicted of violating the terms of his probation in April, after he failed to report his tax returns, as well as truthful information regarding his abilities to pay his restitution stemming from his infamous 2008 cover-up scandal.

A Clinton Township man was arrested recently after being suspected of killing his ex-fiancee and her son, while injuring two others. Police believe that they have greater reason to be suspicious of this man, as he has a significant criminal background, prior to this bloodly incident.

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.

After biting his neighbor during an evening argument, a Clinton Township man has been accused of Michigan assault charges. However, after later announcing that he was HIV-positive, he was charged with additional violations under the 1998 Michigan Bioterrorism Law. Because of the delicate and personal nature of the case, it has stirred up the passions of legislators and civil rights activists nationwide, as they fight for the charges against the suspect to be dropped.