On Monday February 11, a 12-year veteran of the Michigan State Police was shot in the leg while in pursuit of individuals suspected in armed robberies which have occurred on Detroit’s east side recently. The trooper, who was unnamed in news reports, was taken to an area hospital where he…
If you have been convicted on charges of DUI multiple times in Michigan, your driver’s license may have been revoked. While you may not have given it much thought, if you decide to move to another state it won’t be as easy as applying for a driver’s license in that…
According to the Michigan Court of Appeals, individuals cannot be charged with a crime when they are found to be intoxicated inside their own homes and own a firearm. In 2010, former state House Speaker Craig DeRoche was charged by Novi police with possessing a firearm while intoxicated. The charge…
James W. Gunn, a Saginaw man convicted on charges of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in October of 2011, will not get a new trial according to news reports. Gunn was convicted by a jury in Saginaw County Circuit Court on October 12 of forcing a woman at a convenience store…
Harvey Wince, a 22-year-old Superior Township man who was charged with first-degree child abuse and torture for a March 2012 incident, was scheduled for retrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict in his November 2012 trial. The retrial has been postponed until March 18 so that James…
Kenneth Hoesch, a former Zeeland attorney and city Board of Public Works chair, recently pleaded guilty to mail fraud; he will now face 6 1/2 years in prison after being sentenced by U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker. Federal sentencing guidelines, which are only a baseline designed to assist judges in…
Recently, Jesse Anthony Collins’ conviction for delivering 50 to 450 grams of heroin was vacated by the Michigan Court of Appeals, who stated that by allowing the prosecutor to aggregate several small deliveries of heroin (28 grams or less) into one drug crime, the trial court had erred. Collins’ case…
On Wednesday, February 6, an Indiana man with no driver’s license lost control of his vehicle and landed in a ditch approximately one mile west of U.S. 127 following a high-speed case with Michigan state police. The man, 30-year-old Devon Dale Schwartz of Nappanee, IN was initially pursued due to…
On Friday, February 1, a Martin Luther High School student was fatally shot at approximately 7:30 p.m. by the girls’ assistant basketball coach. The student has been verified as 16-year-old Michael Scott, who according to district spokesman Steve Wasko had enough credits to be considered a freshman, although he attended…
Zachary Jacob Vaughn, a 24-year-old DeWitt man, was recently charged in a string of home invasion incidents in the East Lansing area which took place between January 11 and January 17, according to the Lansing State Journal. Most of the alleged crimes occurred in the Bailey neighborhood. Vaughn is believed…