William Edward Lowder of Williamsburg has pleaded guilty to one count of filing a false federal income tax return and one count of wire fraud, after it was determined by investigators that the 57-year-old insurance agent was bilking his elderly clients out of their investments. Lowder allegedly stole more than…
44-year-old Jean-Pierre Trias is accused of stabbing his wife to death on January 11 of this year. Katherine Porter’s body was found at the couple’s home that afternoon by police with multiple stab wounds. Trias is scheduled to return to court on February 19 for a preliminary exam after being…
A Hamtramck doctor has been put out of business, for now, after being accused of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and Medicare fraud. Dr. Qandil Basil, along with eight other people, was arrested according to Hamtramck police records. Prosecutors claim that Qandil issued more prescriptions in the month of…
On Friday January 11, the Michigan Court of Appeals threw out David Allan’s extortion conviction after it was determined that during Allan’s 2011 trial, the jury was not properly sworn in. According to The Detroit News, Allan’s attorney challenged the conviction for conspiring with his daughter to commit extortion, because…
A 28-year-old Pontiac woman was recently arrested after plowing her vehicle into a parked police patrol car, according to Detroit News. The woman, who had an 8-year-old child in the vehicle at the time of the crash, was allegedly driving drunk; her driver’s license was also found to be suspended.…
In February of 2011, 18-year-old Jonathan Dargis died after being stabbed multiple times and struck in the head with a shovel in a wooded area behind his mother’s home in Zeeland Township. Joshua Hambley was charged with first-degree murder in the killing, and sentenced to life in prison without the…
Recently, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office detectives apprehended Michael Glenn of Ypsilanti Township, who had been wanted since November when it was believed he attempted to murder his girlfriend after she decided to break off the couple’s relationship. News sources state that detectives had been in pursuit of Glenn since November…
In 2011, three men were convicted on charges of murder in a 2002 drive-by murder in Adrian. The Michigan Court of Appeals has implemented orders that the defendants, Paul and Peter Daniel, 46, and Leonard Dee McGlown, also 46, may bring motions for a new trial following an appeal hearing…
Lansing Police and the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) have been jointly investigating drug activity and violent crime in the northwest Lansing area for approximately two years. As a result of the investigation, 19 people have now been arrested and are facing federal drug and firearm charges.…
Lansing gang members accused of killing a woman in July of 2010 will not face the death penalty, according to news reports. Shayla Johnson was killed in the course of a robbery at her Lansing home on July 23, 2010. While no explanation was offered, West Michigan federal prosecutors were…