44-year-old Jean-Pierre Trias is accused of stabbing his wife to death on January 11 of this year. Katherine Porter’s body was found at the couple’s home that afternoon by police with multiple stab wounds. Trias is scheduled to return to court on February 19 for a preliminary exam after being…
Recently, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office detectives apprehended Michael Glenn of Ypsilanti Township, who had been wanted since November when it was believed he attempted to murder his girlfriend after she decided to break off the couple’s relationship. News sources state that detectives had been in pursuit of Glenn since November…
Lansing Police and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) have been jointly investigating drug activity and violent crime in the northwest Lansing area for approximately two years. As a result of the investigation, 19 people have now been arrested and are facing federal drug and firearm charges.…
Lansing gang members accused of killing a woman in July of 2010 will not face the death penalty, according to news reports. Shayla Johnson was killed in the course of a robbery at her Lansing home on July 23, 2010. While no explanation was offered, West Michigan federal prosecutors were…
John Harold Sanders, a 37-year-old Lansing man, was charged on Monday in the death of his 3-month-old daughter, who died at a Lansing’s Sparrow hospital on Friday, January 4. Sanders was arraigned in 54A District Court on Monday on charges of first-degree child abuse and murder. If convicted, he could…
On New Year’s day, a Lansing north side convenience store was where a shooting took place that resulted in one death and four injuries. The shooting occurred at approximately 2 a.m. at the Save On Market located at 736 West Willow Street. Walter Brown, a neighbor living next to what…
43-year-old Raulie Casteel, the suspected shooter in the I-96 corridor shootings, has been charged with 60 separate counts in the random shootings that occurred over a two-week time period in October between Ingham and Oakland counties. On Thursday December 27, Casteel was arraigned on additional charges including terrorism and assault…
Lavoris Tinisha Watkins, a 26-year-old Lansing mother of two children, was found dead on Saturday afternoon, December 22 after police received a call reporting that a residence’s front door was standing open. After arriving at the scene and performing a security check, officers found the victim’s body. News reports state…
According to Detroit police, an argument led to a shooting of a 22-year-old man by his 46-year-old father. Roger Scott Sr. is accused of shooting his son on December 22 at a residence in the 11400 block of Ashton in Detroit. He was arraigned on charges of assault with intent…
Christmas evening led to the death of a man at a Northeast Side Grand Rapids residence after he suffered a gunshot wound allegedly inflicted by a woman at the residence, according to police. According to news reports, a domestic dispute took place at 57 Leonard St. NE at around 7:30…