Robert Schwander, son of a Grand Traverse County sheriff’s department deputy, was sentenced to 40 to 70 years in prison by Circuit Judge Thomas Power after being convicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Now, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ordered Power to provide an explanation as to why…
Two brothers were accused of abducting and shooting a man in Superior Township in September after forcing the man to get into a car in Ypsilanti at gunpoint, then shooting him several times in a rural area. The alleged victim, Julien Butler, testified that the brothers, 23-year-old Clinton Desir and…
Babubhai “Bob” Patel, a 50-year-old Canton man who owned 26 pharmacies in the Detroit area, was sentenced on February 1 to 17 years in prison for what federal investigators called an “elaborate scheme” to defraud Blue Cross Blue Shield, Medicaid, and Medicare. Patel was also ordered to pay restitution of…
Sheila Fandrick, a 61-year-old Lansing Township woman, was recently arrested after she allegedly shot at the driver of a snow plow she had hired to work at her residence in the 700 block of Dryer Farm Road. According to police, the 55-year-old driver of the snow plow said that at…
In August of 2011, Junior Lee Beebe Jr. was found guilty of murdering his girlfriend, 36-year-old Tonya Howarth, and 30-year-old Amy Henslee, Beebe’s cousin’s wife. He was convicted on a first-degree murder charge in the death of Howarth, and one count of second-degree murder in the death of Henslee. Now,…
Alfred Harris Jr., a former Spaulding Township man who is now 42 years old, was convicted on 14 counts including three counts of second-degree CSC and eleven counts of first-degree CSC by a jury in August of 2011. Harris was sentenced to 18 years plus in prison. Harris appealed his…
On Christmas day of 2012, 34-year-old Darwin DeMarcus Weathers died at Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital following a domestic dispute in which he was shot at least one time by his girlfriend, 30-year-old Taneesha Inez Smith. Smith admitted to shooting Weathers, however Kent County Prosecutor William Forsyth determined in his ruling…
Daniel Trevino, a Lansing man who owns HydroWorld stores in Grand Rapids, Jackson, and Lansing, will be put on trial for fleeing and eluding police in an incident that occurred on New Year’s Day, according to news reports at Mlive.com. Trevino sells medical marijuana at the chain of stores. A…
Michigan driver’s license restoration attorneys know that there are many reasons that individuals’ licenses are suspended. Most people assume that a driver’s license will only be suspended or revoked if they are convicted on charges of DUI, reckless driving, or other traffic violations. The fact is, your license may be…
In 1993, Lativia Johnson, who was 8 years old at the time, was shot while getting a glass of milk in her kitchen. The killer remained a mystery until 2011, when Robert Lee Gaines II and Bobby Brown were arrested for the killing. Bobby Brown told police that he had…