(Photo: Michigan Department of Correcitons) BERRIEN COUNTY — A jail inmate who fatally shot two bailiffs, injuring two more people at a courthouse before he was killed in an escape attempt Monday, faced sexually assault and kidnapping charges carrying up to life in prison, according to state records. Larry Darnell Gordon, 44, of Coloma was charged in April with armed first-degree […]
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Girl, 2, in critical condition after holiday shooting, police say
(Photo: Kimberly P. Mitchell, DFP) DETROIT — Police say a 2-year-old girl has been wounded in a shooting that happened after some men were asked to leave a holiday gathering in Detroit. Police say the shooting was investigated early Tuesday on the city’s east side and happened as people had gathered near a library and […]
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Kwame Kilpatrick appeal
Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press (Photo: Amy Leang Detroit Free Press) WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s appeal of a public corruption conviction, ending his bid to overturn a decision that sent him to prison for 28 years. The court announced its decision not to review the […]
Prosecutor: Suspect in fatal Kalamazoo bike crash drove while high
Andrew Krietz, WZZM 12:33 p.m. EDT June 22, 2016 (Photo: Kalamazoo Sheriff’s Department, Associated Press) KALAMAZOO — The man accused of hitting nine bicyclists with his truck, killing five people, faces new charges — five counts of operating a vehicle while intoxicated causing death. Charles Pickett Jr. was under the influence of a drug, but Kalamazoo County […]
Workers at special education school accused of forgery, embezzlement
John Hogan, WZZM13.com 8:57 a.m. EDT June 21, 2016 (Photo: WZZM13.com) GRAND RAPIDS — A couple hired as child care workers for developmentally disabled students are accused of fleecing Grand Rapids Public Schools out of more than $10,000. Nicholas and Samantha Rogalski were hired last year as child care workers at Lincoln School, which provides […]
Photos released of man suspected to have gun at Detroit city hall
Robert Allen Detroit Free Press Detroit police released an image of a man suspected of bringing a possible revolver into the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Monday, June 20, 2016. (Photo: Detroit Police Department) As a SWAT team sweeps the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit police released photos this afternoon showing a man […]
Conditional approval of court-appointed attorney standards
There are currently no statewide standards for court-appointed attorneys LANSING, Mich. (WOOD) — The Michigan Supreme Court has OK’d the state’s first standards for court-appointed attorneys — but only if the state legislature makes some changes to the commission that recommended them. The standards were put forth by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission. Thursday, the […]
Editorial: Opioid abuse legislation a right start
The Detroit News 11:57 p.m. EDT June 6, 2016 (Photo: TNS) Addiction to opioid drugs has hit critical levels throughout the nation, prompting action from members of Congress, the White House and our own Legislature. The national effort to combat addiction to opioid painkillers, which often leads to dependence on common street heroin, can’t come […]
Court puts the lid on medical marijuana dispensaries
State Court of Appeals decided medical marijuans act doesn’t protect dispensaries Barton Deiters woodtv.com GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It looks like the state Court of Appeals has pounded another nail into the coffin of marijuana dispensaries in Michigan. A pair of West Michigan men who faced little to no jail time after they reached […]
Amber Alert: Boy, 13, pulled into car in Detroit
Robert Allen, Detroit Free Press 9:16 a.m. EDT June 1, 2016 (Photo: Detroit Police Department) An active Amber Alert is underway for a 13-year-old Detroit boy last seen Tuesday night, who was possibly kidnapped on the city’s east side, police said. Deontae Mitchell’s cousin told police the boy was grabbed by a man and held […]