Just a day away from New Year’s Eve, people all over the nation are excited about ringing in a new year, and partying the night away. New Year’s Eve should be a fun-filled occasion, a time when you can let loose and enjoy yourself knowing you will have New Year’s…
During the afternoon hours of Christmas Eve day, a 36-year-old Detroit man lost his life following a dispute over a dog, according to news reports at Mlive.com. James Buckman was shot twice in his left side, and was pronounced dead upon his arrival at a local hospital. Detroit Police Officer…
On December 12, 27-year-old Senaz Nezami died after suffering fatal injuries in a domestic violence assault inflicted by her husband, 34-year-old Nima Nassiri, according to news reports at Upper Michigan’s Source. Nezami was seriously injured in an incident on December 8 in which her husband allegedly assaulted her. Nassiri was…
Two days prior to Christmas, a federal appeals court panel signed an order which temporarily stayed an order issued in November by U.S. District Judge John Corbett O’Meara requiring Michigan to give parole hearings to “juvenile lifers,” or inmates who are serving mandatory life sentences for offenses committed as minors.…
Brenda Conway, a 51-year-old Troy resident and girlfriend of Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Richard Caretti, was recently sentenced to two years probation for a January incident in which she was charged with OWI with occupants younger than 16. According to news reports at The Detroit Free Press, Conway was…
Earlier this month we wrote about Ronnie Odell Taylor, a 45-year-old man who was convicted in late November of robbing a Kentucky Fried Chicken located at 4040 Plainfield Ave. NE in Plainfield Township. Now, Taylor’s alleged accomplice in the robbery is facing life in prison, even though he pleaded guilty…
On Thursday December 19, officers with the Van Buren County’s narcotics unit obtained a search warrant for a residence located in the 65000 block of County Road 372. Upon searching the home, investigators discovered an active meth lab, prescription drugs, and other drug-related items according to a news article at…
Unfortunately, the period during the Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s holidays are when crime rises significantly. Many families have been victims of theft over the years, thieves breaking into their homes and stealing wrapped Christmas gifts. Even when on the road traveling you could be at risk, as purse snatchers…
Carlton Vur Adams of Hastings was found guilty in May of 2012 of operating a motor vehicle while having a controlled substance in his body, according to a news report at the Hastings Banner. Adams was also charged with operating a vehicle while having a controlled substance in his body…
On Monday December 16, charges against Earl Carruthers, a Ferndale medical marijuana patient, were dropped in Oakland County Circuit Court. Carruthers and five other individuals had been charged with marijuana possession and delivery, according to a news article at Sourcenewspapers.com. In January of 2012, an Oakland County narcotics law enforcement…