Local News Michigan doctor arrested in undercover child exploitation sting
A Southeast Michigan doctor was arrested by the U.S. Marshals Service in the aftermath of a Florida police investigation involving the solicitation of a sexual relationship with what he thought was a 5-year-old girl. Port St. Lucie police said that one of its detectives was working in an undercover manner, portraying the mother of a…
Church leaders indicted by Detroit grand jury in alleged forced labor conspiracy
Two church leaders have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Detroit in an alleged forced labor conspiracy across four states, including Michigan, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. David Taylor, 53, and Michelle Brannon, 56, were arrested Wednesday, Aug. 27, as part of what federal authorities called a nationwide takedown on claims…
Divorced Michigan couple’s fight over frozen embryo won’t be decided by high court
The Michigan Supreme Court won’t settle a dispute over who gets a frozen embryo in a divorce. The case involved a Michigan couple who disagreed over what to do with their last frozen embryo when they got divorced in 2019. Sarah Markiewicz, 47, wanted to use it to have another child, but David Markiewicz didn’t…
Michigan’s High Court Is Charting a Course Against Punitive Excess
This month, the Michigan Supreme Court announced that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for people under the age of 21 violate the state constitution’s ban on cruel or unusual punishment. The court also held, based on a separate recent decision, that this rule applies retroactively. These decisions are the latest from a court that’s been steadily carving…
Michigan’s Highest Court Hears Challenge to Terminations of Parental Rights
Thousands of Americans lose parental rights in the civil foster care courts each year due to abuse, neglect or abandonment — an outcome considered to be the family law equivalent of the death penalty. But on Wednesday, a pair of Michigan parents whose kids are safely housed with relatives will appear before the state’s Supreme…
Mother allegedly abandons children for years in ‘deplorable’ conditions
A Michigan mother was charged with first-degree child abuse on Wednesday for allegedly abandoning her children for several years and leaving them in deplorable conditions, according to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department. Kelly Bryant, 34, from Pontiac, Michigan, allegedly deserted her three children, a 15-year-old boy and two daughters, ages 12 and 13, for approximately…
Man killed wife after she filed for divorce, returned wedding ring, prosecutor says
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Six months after they united in marriage, a husband allegedly gunned down his wife in their Grand Rapids home as she tried to escape through a bedroom window. The woman, Alicia Danielle Lofton, had served her husband, Marcus Lofton, with divorce papers just one day prior to being killed. Marcus Lofton,…
Chris Ilitch, wife file for divorce: What it could mean for Detroit Tigers, Red Wings
Ilitch Holdings CEO Chris Ilitch and his wife, Kelle Ilitch, have filed for divorce, prompting questions about his stake in his family’s business empire, which includes the Detroit Tigers and Red Wings. Chris Ilitch formally took over the teams and other companies in a portfolio that includes Little Caesars Pizza and Olympia Development after the…
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