Original Case Details Back in November of 2018, a man named Thomas Moorman was pulled over for speeding In Alger County in the Upper Peninsula. He was pulled over by State police at a gas station. The state trooper claimed he smelled a strong odor of fresh marijuana coming from…
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Alleged Cannibal And Killer Found Incompetent To Stand Trial
Original Case Details A man charged with the murder and mutilation of a 25-year old man in Shiawasee County has been found incompetent to stand trial. The victim was found in a secret room in the defendant’s basement just after Christmas day of 2019. Investigators found the victim was stabbed…
State Of Michigan Halts Police Citizens Database Project
The Michigan State Police recently contracted a software firm to create and expand a huge database of citizen information that is intended to be used as a crime-fighting instrument. The contract’s overall cost was over $12 million. This contract was awarded back in December 2018 to a software company called…
After Serving 26 Years In Prison For Murder, A Detroit Man Is Exonerated
Original Case Details Ramon Ward was convicted of the murder of two women in 1994. He was 18 years old back on January 21st when he was charged in the deaths of two women at a vacant drug house in Detroit. There were no physical evidence or eyewitnesses linking Ward…
Judicial Elections May Impact Washtenaw County
The 2020 election season will present many changes to Washtenaw County. With Ann Arbor and its surrounding cities playing a vital role in our criminal justice system, the 2020 Judicial Elections will be one of the most important in recent years. The main reason for these contested elections is the…
Michigan Has Too Many Laws, No It Really Does
Have you ever wondered, “is there a law for EVERYTHING in the state of Michigan?” Well if you truly knew how many laws there were, then you would most likely as that question. In actuality, there is a law for almost everything in the state of Michigan. According to a…
7 Students Charged In High School Football Hazing Scandal
Original Case Details This is a follow up blog to a previous blog we posted. You can read that blog here. The Warren De La Salle High School Football team is under heavy fire now as seven of its members have now been charged due to this ongoing hazing scandal.…
Lawmaker Seeks Change In Terrorism Laws
A member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Oakland Township has introduced a bill aimed at changing the State’s terrorism law. This bill is in response to the prosecution of a student from Lake Superior State University who shared a photo of his Colt AR-15 rifle to his snapchat…
“Green Ooze” Site On I-696 Subject To Forfeiture
In a scene reminiscent of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a glowing green ooze was seen pouring out of a hole in a retaining wall on I-696 just north of Detroit in late December. Exit 19 to Couzens Avenue going eastbound on I-696 was closed pending investigation and testing of the…
Corrupt Detroit Cop Sentenced To Prison
A corrupt Detroit police officer has been recently sent to prison by a federal judge. This police officer was one of fourteen co-defendants in a wide ranging and long-lasting illegal drug trafficking ring. This drug trafficking ring was estimated to have lasted for at least five years before they were…