On March 3, Detroit Police Officer Johnny Ray Bridges was arrested after he allegedly beat a woman and detained her against her will. Bridges, 47, is now charged with domestic violence, unlawful imprisonment, assault with intent to do great bodily harm, reckless discharge of a firearm, and preventing a crime…
In October of 2012, Jeramy David Wagner allegedly punched his 3-month-old baby in the head; he was charged with felony murder, and first- and second-degree child abuse. On February 4 the 24-year-old father pleaded guilty, claiming that the baby would not stop crying. Wagner pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and…
On Thursday February 13, a prominent minister and activist in Detroit turned himself in to the Detroit Police Department and was charged with domestic violence against his wife. Rev. Horace L. Sheffield III, minister at New Destiny Baptist Church, was booked, charged, and released on a $7,500 bond, according to…
On Friday February 7, 21-year-old Shaquille Jones pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of University of Michigan medical student Paul DeWolf, who died in July of 2013. Jones, who is from South Carolina, will spend a minimum of 18 years and nine months for his role in…
44-year-old Tracey Anne Booth of Hastings was arrested during the last week of January for allegedly slapping her pregnant daughter while in a drunken state, according to news articles at Mlive.com. On January 30, police were called to the 1000 block of East Mill Street at approximately 8 p.m. after…
Recently, 36-year-old Terrill Ian Hardaway was charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Detroit DJ Tony Jackson. Jackson was a disc jockey at Four Winds, a bar located in the 19300 block of Schoolcraft. Hardaway is a Detroit firefighter. News reports at Mlive.com state that on December 29,…
Eldon Huffman, a 64-year-old Spring Arbor area resident, is accused of killing his son on January 22 of this year. Huffman and his son Jared shared a home in Spring Arbor Township; Huffman maintains that he acted in self-defense when he shot his son, who was struck twice and died…
On Sunday January 26, 37-year-old Amber Alexander was found dead in the driveway of her home. Alexander allegedly sustained a knife cut to the throat and head trauma after becoming involved in an argument over crack cocaine with 26-year-old Brian R. Turner of Flint. Turner is now facing charges of…
Recently, 23-year-old Karen Geletzke and 22-year-old Sandford McQueen were charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 1-year-old toddler who was left in their care. According to news reports at Mlive.com, the toddler’s mother had left the boy in the care of a relative and a companion.…
On Monday, January 27 a Traverse City man was charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of his girlfriend on November 19 of last year. 33-year-old Robert Caldwell claims that he was attempting suicide when he fatally shot 28-year-old Monica Anderson. According to news reports at Mlive.com, Caldwell and Anderson…