On Tuesday June 16, 20-year-old Antonio Allen, football player and safety at Indiana University was arrested on multiple drug charges, according to an article at the Indy Star. Allen has been suspended from the Hoosiers after being charged with dealing heroin (more than 10 grams) and cocaine with a firearm. …
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Actor John Stamos Arrested for Driving Under the Influence in Beverly Hills
On Friday June 12, actor John Stamos was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence after the 51-year-old actor was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, according to recent news reports at Fox News and CNN. Stamos was driving in Beverly Hills Friday evening when police say they received calls just…
Hart Man Potentially Faces Life in Prison for Allegedly Supplying Drugs That Led to Death of Woman
On Wednesday June 10, 24-year-old Foster Mudget was charged with two counts of delivery of a controlled substance causing death after he allegedly gave drugs to a 46-year-old woman who died from an overdose. The substance allegedly given to the woman, whose name was not released in news reports, was…
Iowa Court of Appeals Overturns February 2013 Murder Conviction of 24-year-old Man
In February of 2013, Justin A. Marshall was found guilty of first-degree murder after he allegedly shot John Versypt, a landlord at the Broadway Condominium Complex in southeastern Iowa City, during an attempted robbery. Police claim that Marshall shot Versypt in the head and hand as he attempted to rob…
Year-long Investigation in Maryland Leads to Major Drug Bust, 18 Charged
On Monday, June 8, a total of 18 individuals were arrested on drug charges in Maryland. 14 of those charged were allegedly involved in an operation in Silver Spring near a housing complex; the other four people charged were accused of trafficking drugs in District Heights in the area of…
Associate AD at U-M Jim Minick Back to Work Following DUI Arrest
Last week at a banquet held at the Montgomery Prattville Marriott in Alabama to benefit the Autauga Education Foundation, University of Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh announced that Jim Minick, associate athletic director at U-M, had returned to the program. Harbaugh had suspended Minick last month following his June 9 arrest…
Parents of Port Huron Young Girls Charged with Murder after One Dies of Apparent Malnutrition
Recently, a 5-year-old Port Huron girl died due to what authorities believe was malnutrition, according to a news article at Mlive.com. Police received a call that Mackenzie Maison was unresponsive in her home. She was later pronounced dead at a hospital. Reports indicate that two children in the home, both…
Massachusetts Man Freed From Prison After 21 Years, Prosecutors Say They Won’t Appeal Judge’s Decision
On May 18, a Massachusetts man who had been imprisoned for 21 years after being convicted of murder was released after a judge granted him a new trial. Now, prosecutors in the case say they aren’t sure whether they will request a new trial for Angel Echavarria, but they have…
Mecklenburg County N.C. Probation Officer Arrested for Purchasing Heroin
Recently, a Mecklenburg County probation officer was arrested after he allegedly bought heroin at the Stonecrest Shopping Center in South Charlotte, according to a news article at WSOCTV.com. Justin McGlamery, who had worked as a probation officer for less than one year, was previously employed in a prison unit. This…
Janesville Woman Charged with Drunken Driving – for 10th Time
On Monday evening June 1st, a 47-year-old Janesville woman was arrested for drunken driving; it was her 10th DUI offense, according to a news article at the Gazette Extra. According to a Janesville police news release, Tracy L. Hatcher refused a breath test, and was so intoxicated that field sobriety…