On March 22 of this year, David Gladstone, a 20-year veteran of the Lansing Police Department, was arrested and charged with assaulting a teen inmate at the city’s jail. Gladstone was suspended following the charge, and placed on administrative leave. On Tuesday August 6, a jury found Gladstone not guilty…
Michigan drivers license reinstatement attorneys know all too well the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol, and the serious penalties those convicted will face. Recently, a Saginaw woman allegedly drove through Bay County so intoxicated, she could not submit to a Breathalyzer test. A news article at…
On July 23, Child Protective Services received a tip regarding an alleged meth lab in a North Shores home where two children lived, according to a news article at Mlive.com. The children’s mother, Glinda Marie Reeman, now faces trial for running a meth lab; the children were removed from the…
18-year-old Javare Holmes of Ann Arbor has been charged with nine counts of first-degree home invasion and other felony charges in connection with break-ins at homes across Washtenaw County. Holmes appeared on Monday, August 5 for a pretrial hearing; his trial date was set for September 30 for four of…
Nearly one year ago Bay County Chief Circuit Judge Kenneth W. Schmidt set aside 48-year-old Rebecca J. Shimel’s guilty plea on grounds that Shimel did not appear to comprehend her actions when she pleaded guilty to the 2009 fatal shooting of her husband. Shimel pleaded guilty in February of 2011…
On Monday, August 5, we wrote about a suspect who had been arrested after attempting to break in to Kid Rock’s Clarkston home. Now, 43-year-old Brian Duane Keith is facing three felony charges following his Tuesday arraignment. Keith has been charged with malicious destruction of personal property over $1,000, malicious…
On Tuesday August 6, Michigan Court of Appeals judges heard arguments presented by attorneys for 19-year-old Davontae Sanford, a developmentally disabled man who claims he was wrongly convicted of killing four people when he was 14 years old. Sanford allegedly murdered the four individuals at an east-side drug house in…
Last month, a Genesee County jail guard was fired from her job after being accused of giving illegal drugs to an inmate at the jail. Amy Gatica was arraigned on 16 counts after it was alleged she brought cocaine into the facility and provided it to inmates while on duty.…
On Monday August 5, 21-year-old Curtis Wayne Hankton was sentenced to 8 to 20 years in prison for two armed robberies he pleaded guilty to; he will serve these terms concurrently after being sentenced by Kalamazoo County Circuit Judge J. Richardson Johnson. Hankton participated in two armed robberies which took…
Recently, a resident of Colon Township was taken into custody and arrested for methamphetamine-related charges after the St. Joseph County Sheriff’s Office received a report of “smoking” trash. When a deputy arrived at the scene, he found the trash bag reported by a resident in the area was smoking. The…
