More and more each year, respected, hard-working citizens in our country are becoming “criminals,” mostly due to our over-zealous government. No where in the U.S. is this more true than in Michigan, where there are more than 3,100 crimes with the majority of those felony and misdemeanor offenses falling outside…
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Mississippi Couple With Infant in Vehicle Face Drug Possession, Other Charges
On Saturday, December 6, two individuals from Brandon, MS were arrested following a traffic stop in Rankin County. According to a news article at Fox5Vegas, 30-year-old Tracie Burt and 37-year-old Thomas Allen Jr. were in the vehicle which was pulled over at approximately 9 p.m. by Rankin County police. A…
Teacher En route to School Crashes into Homes, Vehicles; Arrested for DUI
On Thursday, December 4, 56-year-old Patricia Ann Robertson, a third grade teacher at Earl Warren Elementary School in Sacramento, was on her way to school when she missed a turn which resulted in her Mustang crashing into several vehicles and damaging two homes. According to a news article at News10,…
Florida Gay Couple Files Lawsuit Over Having Drivers Licenses Revoked Due to Name
Last week, Daniel and Scott Wall-DeSousa filed a lawsuit in Orlando federal court demanding that their driver’s licenses be reinstated with their married last name, Wall-DeSousa. Scott Wall and Daniel DeSousa married in New York in 2013, and went through the Social Security Administration to legally change their last name…
Treasurer and Part Owner of Superior Metal Finishing Corporation Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
Recently, United States Attorney Barbara L. McQuade and Special Agent in Charge of the IRS, Criminal Investigation Jarod Koopman announced in a press release that a 53-year-old Royal Oak, Michigan woman had pleaded guilty to tax evasion. According to the release, Robin Petty, who is part owner and treasurer of…
Fruitport Township Police Officer Dismissed from Duty Following Arrest for Drunken Driving with Child in Vehicle
In late November, Fruitport Township Police officer Timothy Thompson was arrested for allegedly driving drunk with a child in his vehicle. On December 3, Thompson was arraigned on a misdemeanor charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated with an occupant under age 16 in the vehicle, according to a…
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month Focuses on Bringing a Stop to Drugged Driving
December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, a campaign implemented by the President to increase awareness across the nation of the dangers and potentially deadly consequences of drugged, drunk, or distracted driving. Consuming illegal drugs has become increasingly prevalent in our society in recent years. During the month of December,…
Florida Supreme Court to Decide Whether Death Penalty Inmate Will Get a New Trial
Kim Jackson, a 45-year-old Florida man, was sentenced to death in October of last year after being found guilty of the 2004 murder of 49-year-old Debra Pearce. Jackson allegedly stabbed the victim in her chest and slashed her throat at her home on Bennington Drive in Jacksonville. Now, the Florida…
North Dakota Man Busted at RV Park, Faces Serious Drug Charges
Thanksgiving week, 23-year-old Oscar Eduardo Espinoza-Echeverria was arrested following a drug bust in McKenzie County in North Dakota. According to news sources, police obtained a search warrant before searching Espinoza-Echeverria’s trailer located at a Watford City RV park. He is now facing serious drug charges including possession of cocaine and…
Entourage Member Arrested for Drunken Driving in ‘Johnny Football’s’ Vehicle
On Saturday, November 29, a member of Johnny “Football” Manziel’s entourage was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, according to a news article at Cleveland.com. The 24-year-old man, whose name was not released in the news report, was allegedly driving Manziel’s vehicle when he was arrested. Johnny Manziel is former…