In June of 2012, Dwayne Ballinger Jr. was released from prison after a federal judge found that Ballinger’s lawyer was ineffective at trial when Ballinger stood charged with fatally gunning down two men in 2006. U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow found that even though Ballinger had been convicted of killing…
On Wednesday February 20, a man was found stabbed to death in an Oak Park Village apartment on Lansing’s southside. He was identified by Lansing police as 47-year-old Timothy Taylor. Police responded to the scene at approximately 2 a.m. following reports of a fight. The death was being investigated as…
A string of strong armed robberies that occurred on Sunday February 17 between the hours of 1:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. have led to the arrest of five individuals, one of them a juvenile. The robberies took placed in Cedar Village and the Valley Neighborhood according to a news report…
Amy Lee Black has been imprisoned since 1991 for her involvement in murdering then 34-year-old Dave VanBogelen in December of 1990. Black, who was then 16 years old, allegedly bludgeoned the victim during a robbery; her 19-year-old boyfriend at the time was said to have stabbed VanBogelen to death after…
On Sunday March 3, a 10-year-old Detroit boy was taking the trash to the curb when he was struck by a red 2000 or 2001 Dodge Ram pickup; he died just a short time later as his mother watched him take his last breaths, according to a news report at…
Ryan Mark Wyngarden, a 50-year-old Zeeland man, has been charged with killing his sister and brother-in-law 25 years ago, according to news reports at Mlive.com. On November 23, 1987, Gail and Rick Brink were shot and killed at their Park Township home located on Ransom Street. Wyngarden was arrested after…
On Monday February 25, a Canton Verizon Wireless store located on Ford Road was the target of an armed robbery which resulted in four elementary schools in Canton being placed on lockdown. According to news reports at MyFoxDetroit.com, three suspects entered the store, one carrying an assault rifle. The three…
Recently, an Ohio man who had been arrested for critically injuring a Michigan State Police trooper in a crash that occurred in 2011 had his case dismissed by Ingham Circuit Judge Rosemarie Aquilina due to insufficient evidence. Prosecutor Stuart Dunnings III will now investigate whether there may be grounds for…
Michael Winans, son of famed gospel quartet member Michael Winans Sr. of The Winans, was sentenced in a federal courtroom to 14 years in prison on Wednesday, February 27 for his role in a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme. Prosecutors recommended Winans be sentenced to at least 12 1/2 years; Judge Sean…
Mark Abraitis, a 26-year-old Saginaw man who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend in 2011, has been denied an appeal for a new trial by the Michigan Court of Appeals. Abraitis was sentenced to life without parole, and is now serving out his sentence at the Oaks Correctional Facility in…