Tag Archives: Michigan Drug Charges

Nurse was Accused of Morphine Theft Karen Spearman, a 53-year-old agency nurse who was accused of stealing morphine from the county-owned Martha T. Berry Medical Care Facility, has had almost all the charges against her dropped. The one remaining charge is a misdemeanor that deals with driving on a suspended license.

Bay City Couple Nabbed by BAYANET  David and Sandra Dabrowski, a Bay County couple in their sixties, are facing felony charges for what police are claiming was a substantial illegal marijuana business. The couple are accused of growing medical marijuana in their Bangor Township home and supplying it to non-patients, even though they are licensed […]

Jackson Police Department received a tip about a possible meth house in Napoleon Township. So on Tuesday, October 27th, at about 2 pm, investigators with the Jackson Narcotics Enforcement Team (JNET) arrived at the house on South Street and knocked on the door. But no one answered.

Judge Gives Extra Prison Time Mitchell Alan Bolenbaugh, a 47-year-old resident of Hillsdale, seems to have bad luck when it comes to meth charges and the law. In fact, meth is only part of it. Bolenbaugh seems to have bad luck when it comes to the law, period.

  Will Decriminalization Happen in Michigan? Michigan is hardly teetering on the cusp of decriminalization. But there are signs, glimmers in the distance if you will, of change on the horizon. Of a future, however far away it may be, in which we treat addicts like people who need help, and not like criminals. A […]

It’s an established fact. Put an addict in prison and he will either find a way to keep getting high behind bars, or he will simply wait it out and get high again when released. Why? Because for many addicts—not all, but a substantial number nonetheless—the drug use is not the problem. It is in […]

What Affect Would Decriminalization Have on Crime Rates? So far we’ve discussed the radical drug decriminalization policies that Portugal adopted 16 years ago, and how they have affected drug use throughout that country. But a major factor in the war on drugs that has yet to be touched on, is the issue of crime. Drugs […]

Apparently, up until very recently, it was possible to stop at a particular gas station in Detroit to top up your car’s gas tank, and purchase a “starter kit” for crack cocaine use. Odd as that may sound, it appears to be true. And until Detroit Police Chief James Craig, working in concert with the […]

Arrested With 1-year-old in Arms After Drug Deal Bring your kids to work day – a well loved tradition in recent American history that many children, and even some parents, look forward to. On the third Thursday of April every year, millions of Americans participate, bringing their children into their workplaces to allow for a […]

Everyone has been issued a wise word or two during their lifetime, and benefited from it.  Things like, “treat others the way you want to be treated”, “wash your hands after using the bathroom” and “never pick your nose in public” may be well used and seemingly worn out by now, but they are valuable […]