On Tuesday June 4 Michael Grundy pleaded guilty to wire fraud involving the transfer of $400,000 to Medtrix, Grundy’s company, from Wayne County’s health insurance agency. Grundy is a former Assistant Wayne County Executive; he was fired by Robert Ficano in late 2011 when news of the FBI investigation involving…
The convictions of Bryce Sherwood and Michael Heshelman, two men convicted in a $7 million Ponzi scheme in 2009, have been reversed by a federal appeals court after it was determined that the defendants’ “speedy trial” rights were violated when prosecutors took too long to bring the cases to trial.…
On Monday June 3, Pittsfield Township police arrested a Sebewaing man who is 25 years old and believed to be involved in a robbery that occurred at the BP station located at 4975 Washtenaw Avenue. Police suspect that the man may also be involved in another BP station robbery that…
Jamill Devon Passmore, a 23-year-old Detroit man who allegedly assisted in setting up a group of EMU students who were robbed of personal items outside of the Westview Apartments in January of this year, is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, May 30 for a pretrial hearing before Judge…
Regardless of whether you live in Michigan or another state, it can be tempting to drive when your license has been suspended – in fact, there are times when it may actually be necessary. However, before you make the decision to get behind the wheel even though your driver’s license…
Maurice Abraham, a 27-year-old Detroit resident, may face trial after he was caught on surveillance footage at a BP gas station in the 20200 block of the southbound Lodge Freeway stabbing a 64-year-old man repeatedly after entering the store. Abraham’s case has been bound over to the Wayne County Circuit…
On Tuesday May 28, 28-year-old Lewis West was arraigned on numerous felony charges including first-degree home invasion and assault by strangulation after he allegedly broke into a home and then became involved in a stand off with police which lasted several hours, according to a news article at Mlive.com. West,…
In June of 1997, Marvin Gabrion allegedly abducted and killed Rachel Timmerman and her infant daughter, Shannon Verhage. Gabrion is alleged to have killed three others as well. In 2002, he was convicted of the murders in federal court and sentenced to death. Capital punishment was abolished in the state…
On Friday May 24, 72-year-old Mozella McIntyre was arrested and charged with attempted murder after she and her adopted daughter became involved in an argument over a bottle of water; McIntyre fired a gun at the 20-year-old woman, who was uninjured. She was arraigned before Oak Park 45B District Judge…
Paul William Nix, a 40-year-old man who was found guilty of fleeing and eluding police and on two counts of second-degree child abuse, recently had those convictions upheld by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Nix appealed his conviction on the grounds that the prosecutors in the case did not provide…