Crime figures were released last week by the Detroit Police Department and the news wasn’t good when it came to homicides. The city has seen 23 more homicides compared to the same third-quarter period in 2010, marking a 31% increase. Overall, 2011 murders have jumped 19% and the department says it’s largely the fault of offenders already on probation. [read more...]

In 2008 the Detroit crime lab located in Brush Park was ordered to be closed due to “sloppy investigations.” But apparently the sloppiness didn’t end when the unit stopped handling investigations. The Detroit Free Press found last week that the lab, housed in a former elementary school, still contained criminal evidence and files. [read more...]

A Bay City judge this week ruled the statewide ban on stun guns is unconstitutional. But because this is a trial judge, it’s certain we haven’t heard the end of this argument, which will eventually have to be settled by higher courts. [read more...]

There are times where a crime could be charged, where the law would allow it, but where common sense just tells you it’s a waste of taxpayer money, court time, and generally just doesn’t make sense. Such is the case of a 23 year old Jackson man now facing charges of animal cruelty. [read more...]

Recent charges filed by Oakland County prosecutors have defense attorneys and many others scratching their heads. A thirty three year old man is facing criminal charges for accessing his former wife’s email account on the family computer prior to their divorce. He discovered she was having an affair with a previously abusive man and took action to protect the woman’s son. [read more...]

The act of “Sexting”, or sending sexually explicit images or texts can lead to felony sex offender charges under Michigan law, even by willing participants. That is the conclusion of one attorney, in discussing an investigation by the Macomb County Sheriff’s Department into alleged “sexting” by teens who are students at Dakota High School. [read more...]