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There were over 4000 alcohol-related crashes in Michigan in 2020, according to a report by the Michigan State Police. Field sobriety tests serve as key tools for law enforcement officers to assess possible impairment due to alcohol or drugs. However, these tests,...
Criminal charges can carry severe repercussions for high school students. Both teenagers and their families need to understand that an arrest could put their future goals in jeopardy. Consider these potential long-term consequences of a criminal conviction. 1. College...
In the United States, 10,511 people died in alcohol-involved accidents in 2018. In addition, 985 people died and 74,963 received injuries in drunk driving incidents in Michigan in 2019. In Michigan, drinking and driving citations are OWI citations or operating while...
Technology has taken center stage in many aspects of life, from smart home management to information access. In fact, with smartphones becoming more advanced every day, people keep a large portion of their daily activities and information stored in their phones....
When you obtain your driver’s license in the state of Michigan, implied consent is one of the obligations and responsibilities of licensed drivers. Implied consent means you consent to chemical testing for alcohol by carrying a driver’s license. Refusal to submit to...
On Jan. 13, 2020, the Michigan State Police (MSP) issued a “Statement on Temporarily Suspending Use of Datamaster DMT in Wake of Criminal Investigation into Contractor Malfeasance.” MSP’s statement asserted that: “On Jan. 10, 2020, the MSP alerted prosecutors and...
Getting Tough On Grandma: Prosecutor drags on case against pepper-sprayed great-grandmother. By Anne Stanton It sounds like a send-up from a David Letterman show: Why did the deputy pepper-spray a 79-year-old great-grandmother? Yet it isn’t a joke to either Elaine...
03/20/2014 By Meghan Morelli BENZIE CO. – The woman accused of killing her newborn baby in Benzie County last July was back in court Thursday afternoon. The attorney for Alyce Morales filed a motion asking the court to pay for two expert witnesses to testify in the...
By Anne Stanton In what an attorney called “vigilante justice,” a Charlevoix narcotics team destroyed an estimated $100,000 worth of medical marijuana plants before a jury could decide on whether they were growing in a legal enclosure. “I was treated like a common...
By Anne Stanton Medical marijuana grower and Cecil Drost was able to drive off for a Florida vacation last week instead of going to jail, relieved that Charlevoix prosecutor John Jarema decided to drop all charges against him. But Drost anxiously wonders if he’ll be...