Nearly one year ago, we wrote about a man whose sentence had been vacated by the Michigan Court of Appeals because the panel felt the sentence of 40 to 70 years was excessive. Robert Schwander is accused of murdering Carly Lewis, a 16-year-old whose dead body was found in a…
Two men are potentially facing life in prison in connection with robbing and carjacking an Ypsilanti man on Tuesday morning, according to news reports at Mlive.com. 25-year-old Quintez Gardner of Ann Arbor, and 23-year-old Cameron Hall of Ypsilanti Township have been charged in the incident involving a 29-year-old Ypsilanti man…
On January 19, a 911 call led Michigan State Police drug enforcement officers to a residence at 8869 Eastern Ave. in Greenville. According to news reports at Mlive.com, the neighborhood was inundated with police following the call which led troopers to discover a meth lab which was described as “spread…
Last month, 30-year-old Jason G. Lehre gained an outright acquittal from the state Court of Appeals, something that rarely happens. Lehre’s conviction for unarmed robbery of a man outside a bowling alley in Warren was overturned. Lehre had been sentenced to 11 to 20 years in prison for the robbery…
On Friday January 17, 50-year-old Steven DeKane of Roseville allegedly aimed a .25-caliber handgun at paramedics who had arrived at his apartment to help him; DeKane was said to have been intoxicated, according to news reports at Mlive.com. Paramedics arrived at DeKane’s apartment, located in the 30000 block of Sandhurst…
Mande Lynn Bishop, a 39-year-old Grand Rapids woman formerly employed as an officer manager for Strategic National, a political consulting firm, recently pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $148,000 from her employer to play Keno. News reports at Mlive.com state Bishop embezzled the money over a six-month period beginning in…
A 45-year-old Flint man whose name has not yet been released pending his arraignment hearing has been arrested on federal drug and gun charges in connection with a shootout at his south-side Flint home, according to news reports at Mlive.com. The suspect, who is a convicted sex offender, is accused…
Jackob Trakhtenberg, a Russian man who entered the U.S. in 1974 and is now an Oakland County resident, is suing his defense attorney after the Michigan Supreme Court threw out Trakhtenberg’s 2006 sexual assault conviction based on the lawyer’s poor performance. Trakhtenberg, who is now 76 years old, served seven…
43-year-old Samer Hamed, former owner of medical marijuana dispensary Purple Med, recently pleaded guilty to delivery and manufacture of marijuana. Hamed was arrested after police learned he had sold marijuana at the business to a purchaser with a valid Michigan Medical Marijuana Act registration card. He was initially charged with…
On the afternoon of Saturday January 18, a man driving a semi-truck was arrested in Van Buren County for driving recklessly after several motorists called in to report his erratic driving behavior, according to a news article at Mlive.com. The man, whose name was not released, told police that he…