A registered medical marijuana user and local activist filed a petition with the Detroit City Clerk seeking to loosen the marijuana laws in the city. According to The Detroit Free Press, Tim Beck submitted the petition featuring 6,100 signatures and got a “job well done” from Clerk Janice Winfrey. [read more...]

Often when you think of theft you envision someone shoplifting or stealing a vehicle. Not very often does “theft” conjure thoughts of a family staying warm in their home in the dead of a Michigan winter. But, according to The Detroit News, up to 70,000 Detroit area homes and businesses are currently stealing gas and electricity from DTE Energy. [read more...]

A 58 year old man has pled no contest to negligent homicide in a case that his defense attorney calls a “tragic accident.” For this accident, the defendant may serve up to 4.5 months in jail.

On October 28 of last year he was driving a truck pulling a trailer, when that trailer became unhitched and crashed into the vehicle of a 46 year old grandmother. The woman died and the man was charged with a crime. [read more...]

The Detroit Police Department under the direction of Chief Warren Evans has recently gone hyper-vigilant when it comes to choosing who gets stopped and who gets a pass. Officers are being told to pull over anyone, no matter how small the law violation and an effort to decrease crime in the city. [read more...]

A warrant was issued and later recalled in the probation violation of former Detroit mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick. He faces allegations of failing to pay restitution and disclosing important financial records as agreed upon in his plea agreement. [read more...]

According to new data from the FBI, Saginaw is once again considered highest for violent crime in the nation. The statistics look at crime data from the latest full year, 2008 in this instance. This marks the fifth year Saginaw has ranked in the top spot. [read more...]