Tag Archives: Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyers

New Legislation Would Raise the Juvenile Age  Current Michigan law considers defendants aged 17 and up to be adults. And they are prosecuted as such. But a new 20 bill package currently being considered by legislators would change that, raising the juvenile age to 18 across the state.

Calhoun County Meth Arrests A couple of people from Springport and Battle Creek are probably looking at some very serious prison time in the near future. The man and woman, whose identities have not been released to the public as of yet, were arrested after a high speed car chase. And as if that isn’t […]

Guilty Plea in Murder of Jodi Parrack It has been eight years since 11-year-old Jodi Parrack went missing while cycling home from a friend’s house. Her body was later found, abandoned in a cemetery. But despite the exhaustive investigation launched by multiple law enforcement departments, it has taken almost a decade to convict the man […]

Terror Threats Posted on Yik Yak This particular case is a classic example of two very important things. First, the fact that things are rarely what they seem, and second, that terror threats, regardless of whether or not they were made in jest, are always taken seriously by law enforcement.

Armed Robbery of Hotel Guests Charges Dismissed Imagine showing up for the continuation of your preliminary examination for armed robbery, and instead of a long litany of the things you’ve done wrong, the Prosecutor asks the judge to dismiss the case! Sounds impossible? Jesse R. Martinez probably thought so too, until it happened to him […]

Former U of M player Charged with Videotaping Sex Without Consent Logan Tuley-Tillman, a former U of M football player who was dismissed from the program last month, was recently charged with several felonies.  He was arraigned in the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor, where he is said to have stood mute beside his […]

Man Admits to Armed Robbery of Gas Station In May of 2013, Tyler J. Venema applied for a job at a BP gas station near his home. He was not hired, and as a result, he turned to the only option he could see available to him at the time. Armed robbery.

Illegal Immigrant Won’t Be Deported For 3 Years Jesus Emmanuel Lopez-Garcia, originally a resident of Mexico, has been living in Kalamazoo for some time now. The problem though is that he is a not a legal resident of the U.S., which means that he is here without the knowledge or permission of the U.S. government. […]

Quentin Carter Now Free In a tragic and utterly heartbreaking series of events that took place many years ago, a man who was already a murderer, raped a 10-year-old girl and forced her to point the finger of blame on another person. A boy who had never spoken a word to her, let alone touched […]

Kalamazoo Woman Arrested on Warrant There has been a long standing joke about the fact that a person needs a license to drive a car, own a dog and catch a fish, but anyone can have a child. However, while dog licenses may be something of a joking matter to some people, Becky Rehr isn’t […]