On New Year’s day, a Lansing north side convenience store was where a shooting took place that resulted in one death and four injuries. The shooting occurred at approximately 2 a.m. at the Save On Market located at 736 West Willow Street. Walter Brown, a neighbor living next to what…
On Friday December 28, a man was allegedly shot and robbed at approximately 7 p.m. in a TGI Friday parking lot in Southfield. Police received the information and acted quickly, resulting in the arrest of three men. A fourth man was also apprehended, but was not charged with a crime.…
43-year-old Raulie Casteel, the suspected shooter in the I-96 corridor shootings, has been charged with 60 separate counts in the random shootings that occurred over a two-week time period in October between Ingham and Oakland counties. On Thursday December 27, Casteel was arraigned on additional charges including terrorism and assault…
Earlier this month, the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned a conviction against Kazem Hammoud, who was arrested for driving on a suspended license after he failed to signal that he was making a right-hand turn. Hammoud was stopped by Dearborn police, and told the officer that his license had been…
On November 4 of this year, Denard Robinson was cited in Bath Township for expired registration tags and driving on a suspended license after he was stopped for failing to signal a turn. This was Robinson’s first brush with the law according to news reports, which state that Robin pleaded…
Lavoris Tinisha Watkins, a 26-year-old Lansing mother of two children, was found dead on Saturday afternoon, December 22 after police received a call reporting that a residence’s front door was standing open. After arriving at the scene and performing a security check, officers found the victim’s body. News reports state…
In a decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals made on December 20th, Darryl Willard Cain, the defendant-appellant, had his argument that convictions for carjacking and unlawfully driving away in a motor vehicle violated both the Michigan and United States Constitutions rejected. Cain claimed that the conviction violated double jeopardy…
According to Detroit police, an argument led to a shooting of a 22-year-old man by his 46-year-old father. Roger Scott Sr. is accused of shooting his son on December 22 at a residence in the 11400 block of Ashton in Detroit. He was arraigned on charges of assault with intent…
Christmas evening led to the death of a man at a Northeast Side Grand Rapids residence after he suffered a gunshot wound allegedly inflicted by a woman at the residence, according to police. According to news reports, a domestic dispute took place at 57 Leonard St. NE at around 7:30…
In recent weeks, a number of homes in the Ann Arbor area have been broken into; in fact, last Thursday there were reports of three home invasions in the city, resulting in the theft of a PlayStation, television and GPS. A laptop computer, shoes, and liquor were among other items…