Tag Archives: Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyers

Battle of the Bikers? Most bikers just want to hang out with their friends and ride their motorcycles, without making or getting into any trouble. But like people in every walk of life, it only takes a handful of badly behaved ones to give everyone else a bad name. And this was certainly the case […]

The end of the week saw a number of witnesses take the stand in the Joel Wilson trial, first of which was Ann Tushaus, an accountant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She told the court about the forensic accounting investigation she conducted in the fall of 2012. Tushaus claimed to have studied bank […]

This is a free country, and we are entitled to freedom of speech. But don’t mistake that freedom for meaning that you can say whatever you want, whenever you want. It may come as a surprise, but there are limits to what a person can say, and threatening a police officer’s life is actually against […]

How many people have falsely confessed to crimes due to police pressure during interviews only to be cleared by DNA evidence years later? This troubling question may lead people to wonder how false confessions can happen in the first place.

New Charges in Double Fatal Accident Lying to the police is a bad idea. But lying to the police to cover up a crime, or to avoid the consequences of your actions is even worse – especially when you get caught! Which is certainly the case for Laken Williams, a 21-year-old from Lexington, who is […]

One Missing Infant, One Dead Baby Boy When Melissa Mitin, the young Okemos woman accused of murdering her newborn infant last year, testified in court recently to the fact that she had given birth again just weeks ago but didn’t know where her baby was, the state held their breath. Somewhere out there was a […]

Ponzi Scheme Defendant Faces Charges in Bay and Saginaw Counties Joel Wilson, the man accused of running a real estate related Ponzi scheme in Bay County was extradited last year from Germany to face larceny and racketeering charges in Bay County. He is accused of defrauding several Michigan residents out of substantial sums of money. […]

Minecraft – a game that appeals to a vast array of people ranging in age from 6 to 60. But like all internet interactions with other people, exercising caution is a must, especially when your online gaming relationship moves on to become something more. This advice could have saved a 14-year-old Isabella County girl from […]

Three teenagers from Flint, who were all charged as adults, are looking at potential decades in prison after pleading guilty to armed robbery and home invasion charges. 18-year-old Robert A. Murphy III and his younger brother, 16-year-old Roshawn R. Murphy, along with 18-year-old Courtney D. Hall were sentenced in the Genesee Circuit Court by Judge […]

According to Jackson County Prosecutor Jerry Jarzynka, three teenage boys have been suspended from Western High School in Parma, Michigan, for their role in a recent series of blazes that caused significant damage to school property. The names of the three boys are not being released, as they are minors, but authorities say they are […]