On September 22, a 64-year-old man was allegedly brutally attacked by three men and a woman in the BP gas station in Detroit located near Interstate 75 at 800 E. Seven Mile. The attack, which was caught on surveillance cameras, showed the victim being savagely attacked as he was dragged,…
In the early morning hours of September 15, 17-year-old Ricardo Carbajal-Sosa and 18-year-old Jeffrey Rivera allegedly broke into a home on McKee Avenue SW. Both teens waived their probable cause hearings in Wyoming District Court. Both of the defendants are charged with two counts of home invasion and felony use…
In June of 2012, 29-year-old David Meyer died after suffering gunshot wounds allegedly inflicted by 52-year-old Jack Carpenter of Ishpeming. Carpenter claims that he shot Meyer in self-defense after Meyer attempted to assault him with a knife. Carpenter is charged with open murder in the death of the victim; his…
In December of 2012, Royale Runyon allegedly robbed 26-year-old John Breslin as he walked near College Avenue SE in Grand Rapids, then fired a gun at the victim intending to kill him according to a news article at Mlive.com. Last week, after jurors listened to testimony in the case for…
At approximately 11 p.m. on Wednesday September 18, police received what they described as a “deluge” of calls related to an elderly woman being beat up by a man at a Super 8 Motel parking lot on Little Mack. The 35-year-old man, Thomas Gulas, allegedly severely beat his own mother…
On Monday September 16, 58-year-old Clinton Edward Smith was arraigned in the death of his estranged wife, Delores Mae Smith. The defendant is charged with open murder after allegedly stabbing her to death. Smith was arrested in Saginaw on Friday, September 13 when police found him hiding beneath a trailer…
In January of this year, 54-year-old Joyce Renee Phillips was sentenced to nine to 15 years in prison for killing Michael Richardson in 2004. Phillips allegedly believed that by pleading guilty to the charge in December of 2012, her sentence would be reduced to 4 1/2 years based on what…
Recently, 22-year-old Jeremy Donte Leverette and 23-year-old Brandon Trevon Cordell pleaded guilty to first-degree home invasion and armed robbery for allegedly robbing and shooting a medical marijuana grower in Flushing Township. According to a news article at Mlive.com, the two men along with a third suspect who was not named…
On August 31 two men, 33-year-old Alvin D. Conwell and 25-year-old Greg Owens, were allegedly involved in an argument outside a Detroit home located in the 14100 block of Rutherford. As the argument became heated, the two men engaged in a physical altercation that ultimately resulted in Owens being critically…
On January 31 of this year, 19-year-old Tyrell Harris became involved in an argument with Kanwarjit “Sonny” Sodhi, a clerk at Eastern Gas and Grocery in Grand Rapids, over the price of a pack of cigarettes. Harris allegedly threatened to kill Sodhi before leaving the store without the cigarettes because…