In June of 2012, the Michigan Court of Appeals reversed convictions on eight felony charges against Charles H. Arthur, who was convicted on numerous charges including robbery and murder stemming from incidents going back to 2002. In 2010, Arthur was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping, robbing, shooting, and extorting a man…
On Friday September 27, two residents of Goble were arrested in connection with a suspected meth lab. Dannie Ray Field, 50, and Tracy Anne Markillie, 49, were arrested in Pine Grove Township by Van Buren County sheriff’s deputies according to a press release issued by the Sheriff’s Office. Following the…
On September 22, a 64-year-old man was allegedly brutally attacked by three men and a woman in the BP gas station in Detroit located near Interstate 75 at 800 E. Seven Mile. The attack, which was caught on surveillance cameras, showed the victim being savagely attacked as he was dragged,…
Many people are what are known as “habitual offenders,” that is they have violated the law on two or more occasions, such as in the case of someone who has been convicted two or more times for driving under the influence. In Michigan, someone who is convicted on a second…
In the state of Michigan, there are some instances in which a defendant who loses at trial may overturn the lower court’s ruling by petitioning to a higher court. This is true of criminal cases as well; a conviction may be appealed, or the sentencing portion only when a judge…
In the early morning hours of September 15, 17-year-old Ricardo Carbajal-Sosa and 18-year-old Jeffrey Rivera allegedly broke into a home on McKee Avenue SW. Both teens waived their probable cause hearings in Wyoming District Court. Both of the defendants are charged with two counts of home invasion and felony use…
On Tuesday September 24, Erik E. Thompson of Flint pleaded guilty in Flint U.S. District Court to a single count of distributing crack cocaine. Thompson, who is 28 years old, avoided prison in a previous case involving a deadly shootout at an area apartment complex when he pleaded guilty to…
In June of 2012, 29-year-old David Meyer died after suffering gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted by 52-year-old Jack Carpenter of Ishpeming. Carpenter claims that he shot Meyer in self-defense after Meyer attempted to assault him with a knife. Carpenter is charged with open murder in the death of the victim; his…
Steven Stewart, a former Stanton resident, was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison in June of 2011 for planting an acid explosive which allegedly maimed his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend. The attack occurred in September of 2008; the judge in the case, Montcalm County Circuit Judge Suzanne Hoseth Kreeger,…
In January of this year, Ishpeming police were on the lookout for Todd Raymond Mills, aka Todd Wentworth, in connection with operating a meth lab. In a January news article at Upper Michigan’s Source, police described the suspect as armed and dangerous, saying that Mills intended to “commit suicide by…