When your driver’s license has been suspended, it’s easy to break the law and continue to drive; after all, driving is a necessity and leading a normal life is almost impossible if you cannot get behind the wheel. The fact is, there are far more people who drive on a…
A few weeks ago, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that an error was not made by the judge in the trial of Henretta Little who was convicted on charges of kidnapping, torture, and assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder. The charges were in connection…
In early February of this year, a 16-year-old girl was shot in the back; Lansing police searched for a suspect after blocking off roadways between Daleford and Oakland avenues along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Last week, police arrested 18-year-old Uriah Jackson in connection with the shooting, according to a…
May 1 was designated as Law Day by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958, and has been celebrated on this date each year since. This “holiday” of sorts was created to honor the role that law played in creating the great United States of America, and was first proposed in…
In the fall of 2011, then 87-year-old Leo Sharp of Michigan City, Indiana was pulled over in Washtenaw County near Chelsea for improper lane usage. In the course of the stop, it was discovered that Sharp had 104 bricks of cocaine in his vehicle, which were determined to be worth…
Celeste Foster, a 39-year-old Lansing woman, was charged with numerous counts of writing bad checks and embezzling more than $1,000 from a nonprofit recently. Foster allegedly embezzled more than $17,000 from the Waverly Junior Warriors Football program during a one-year period spanning from October 2011 to October 2012; she was…
Rolando Flores Jr., a 33-year-old Pontiac man, was sentenced to life in prison in February 2012 after being convicted of the 2010 murder of John Ledbetter. Flores has maintained his innocence throughout the ordeal, accused of stabbing Ledbetter so violently that it deteriorated the victim’s health, ultimately resulting in his…
As all Michigan driver’s license reinstatement lawyers would agree, it is never a good idea to get behind the wheel after consuming alcohol. However, it happens every day and the majority of individuals who drive whether they feel completely sober or highly intoxicated somehow get ‘lucky’ and escape being pulled…
In March of 2011, Shawn D. Gardner was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder in the 2009 shooting death of 20-year-old Lennon Johnson Jr. outside a Flint nightclub. Gardner was also found guilty on charges of felony firearms and felon in possession of firearms. On April 17, Gardner’s conviction…
On March 28, 30-year-old Dewayne Kerperien was found guilty of armed robbery in connection with an incident at a Burton Meijer store last year in which he allegedly robbed a woman in the parking lot. Kerperien, who is a resident of Flint, was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in…
