While some celebrities use their fame and fortune to make the world a better place, others can’t seem to figure out how to behave in a positive way. Celebrity arrests happen over and over – in a lot of cases, it’s the same famous person getting arrested repeatedly. Some celebrities…
In a week-long crime spree that occurred the same week a Bonnie and Clyde TV miniseries aired, two people decided to accept a plea deal rather than face trial. 29-year-old Codie Vargas-Alegre and 38-year-old Juan Mario Hernandez-Correa recently pleaded guilty in Kent County Circuit Court in connection with the armed…
On Tuesday December 3, Nancy Kissel, a Michigan native, lost in her appeal efforts to have her conviction for the 2003 murder of her banker husband overturned, according to News Daily. Kissel has been convicted twice in Hong Kong for the murder of her husband, a senior executive at US…
On Christmas Day in 2009, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight as the airplane descended in Detroit. Abdulmutallab’s efforts failed, leaving him the only person injured of the 286 passengers aboard the Amsterdam to Detroit flight. Now, his defense attorney has appealed Abdulmutallab’s conviction and…
48-year-old Bethany Murk of Geneva Township was recently arrested and charged with several counts including domestic violence, possession of scheduled prescription medications, felony possession of marijuana, and resisting and obstructing a police officer, according to news reports at Mlive.com. Deputies were called to the residence located in the 61000 block…
In Michigan, laws regarding drunk driving are extremely strict. If arrested for DUI and you refuse a chemical test, your driver’s license may be suspended for one year. Under Michigan’s Implied Consent Law, MCL 257.625c, any individual who operates a vehicle gives his or her consent to submit to chemical…
Tracy Gaye Mata was charged with larceny from a building when she allegedly stole $6,500 from an elderly woman she cared for and befriended. Now, Mata has been ordered to remain in jail until she repays the money to Dorothy Preblo, the 91-year-old woman who was in her care. According…
In October we wrote about Michael Hamilton, a Dearborn man who was charged with open murder in the shooting death of 49-year-old Robert Marcyan. Hamilton was convicted in October, and recently sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain told Hamilton upon…
In July of 2012, 23-year-old Jeffrey A. Julian II was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2010 murder of his girlfriend, 33-year-old Lynn M. Spicer. In declaring Julian guilty, Bay County Circuit Judge Harry P. Gill stated that, “I don’t think there’s ever been a crime as thought out as…
In 1987, Temujin Kensu, formerly known as Fred Freeman, was convicted of fatally shooting Scott Macklem in a college parking lot. Kensu, a native of Burton, has maintained his innocence for decades, and been supported by numerous innocence groups including the Innocence Clinic at the University of Michigan. Kensu has…