Saturday, June 30, 2012
Court filings say Soave bribed Kilpatrick
Detroit— Businessman Anthony Soave bribed ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick with private flights, $10,000 worth of courtside Detroit Pistons tickets, New York City shopping sprees and helped his mistress lease a Land Rover, according to allegations in a federal court filing.
The Grosse Pointe Farms businessman's lawyer disagreed Thursday, saying Soave was extorted.
Ex-Detroit water boss Victor Mercado, who is asking to stand trial on racketeering conspiracy counts separate from Kilpatrick, the mayor's father and contractor Bobby Ferguson, leveled the accusations in a legal filing late Wednesday.
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Thursday, June 28, 2012
Bashara arraigned on solicitation to murder, bond set at $15M
Detroit — Robert Bashara was "unraveling" out of fear that his former handyman would testify against him in connection with his wife's murder, so he spent about two weeks this month negotiating to have the ex-employee killed in jail, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Bashara, 54, was arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on a solicitation of murder charge, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Prosecutors said Bashara paid a man — and tried to pay another — to kill Joe Gentz, a handyman who is in jail awaiting trial in the death of Bashara's wife, Jane.
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Bashara, 54, was arraigned Wednesday in 36th District Court on a solicitation of murder charge, which carries a penalty of up to life in prison. Prosecutors said Bashara paid a man — and tried to pay another — to kill Joe Gentz, a handyman who is in jail awaiting trial in the death of Bashara's wife, Jane.
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Jurors say lone holdout blocked Ferguson conviction
Detroit— Jurors in the $12 million bid-rigging case against Bobby Ferguson agreed to convict the contractor on four charges Friday before leaving court and becoming deadlocked, a juror told The Detroit News on Wednesday.
At another point, the jury was deadlocked 10-1 to convict, according to juror Leon Richey, and a second juror who identified the holdout as the lone female black juror.
Jurors indicated prosecutors came close to convicting Ferguson and co-defendants Michael Woodhouse and Calvin Hall, who now face a retrial.
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At another point, the jury was deadlocked 10-1 to convict, according to juror Leon Richey, and a second juror who identified the holdout as the lone female black juror.
Jurors indicated prosecutors came close to convicting Ferguson and co-defendants Michael Woodhouse and Calvin Hall, who now face a retrial.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Waterford Twp. man charged in theft from Bob Seger's home
Orchard Lake — A 20-year-old Waterford Township man was arrested and charged Tuesday with stealing items from the home of rock 'n' roll Hall of Famer Bob Seger.
Andrew D. Thompson was charged with larceny from a building, a four-year felony, before Judge Diane D'Agostini of 48th District Court.
Thompson was released on bond pending a preliminary conference Thursday before Judge Marc Barron.
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Andrew D. Thompson was charged with larceny from a building, a four-year felony, before Judge Diane D'Agostini of 48th District Court.
Thompson was released on bond pending a preliminary conference Thursday before Judge Marc Barron.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Feds rescue 6 children from prostitution in Metro Detroit
Detroit— Federal agents rescued six children who were forced to work as prostitutes across Metro Detroit, the FBI said Monday.
The five girls and one boy, ages 13-17, were rescued as part of a three-day nationwide crackdown on child prostitution in 57 cities that ended Saturday.
In Operation Cross Country, 79 children were rescued. Locally, investigators arrested 22 customers and five pimps and recovered more than $53,000 in cash and assets, FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said.
"It's clear that child prostitution and sex trafficking do not just occur somewhere else on the other side of the world," Shaykhet said.
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The five girls and one boy, ages 13-17, were rescued as part of a three-day nationwide crackdown on child prostitution in 57 cities that ended Saturday.
In Operation Cross Country, 79 children were rescued. Locally, investigators arrested 22 customers and five pimps and recovered more than $53,000 in cash and assets, FBI spokesman Simon Shaykhet said.
"It's clear that child prostitution and sex trafficking do not just occur somewhere else on the other side of the world," Shaykhet said.
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Bashara arrested for solicitation of murder
Arrest is latest twist in story that began with wife's body in SUV
By George Hunter and Francis X. Donnelly
The Detroit News
A Grosse Pointe Park businessman was arrested Monday, allegedly caught on tape trying to hire someone to kill a handyman who claims to have murdered the businessman's wife at his behest, two people familiar with the case said.
Bob Bashara, who owns and manages retail properties, has been arrested with solicitation to murder a witness — Joseph Gentz, said his attorney, David Griem.
A police source said the alleged attempt was caught on tape.
"He was recorded soliciting someone to kill Gentz inside the jail," the source said.
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Monday, June 25, 2012
Man sentenced to life in Michigan stabbing spree
Flint — A man convicted of murder in a 2010 stabbing spree in Michigan was sentenced to life in prison Monday, wrapping up the first in a series of cases against Elias Abuelazam.
Michigan offers no parole to people convicted of first-degree murder, which means the 35-year-old Israeli immigrant will be locked up until he dies unless he wins an appeal.
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Michigan offers no parole to people convicted of first-degree murder, which means the 35-year-old Israeli immigrant will be locked up until he dies unless he wins an appeal.
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Royal Oak man accused of robbing same bank twice
A 57-year-old Royal Oak resident is accused of robbing the same bank twice within a month's time in Washington Township.
Gary Allen Wagner is being held at the Macomb County Jail after failing to post a $250,000 cash bond.
Authorities say Wagner robbed the Best Bank inside Kroger on Van Dyke and 30 Mile on two separate occasions.
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Gary Allen Wagner is being held at the Macomb County Jail after failing to post a $250,000 cash bond.
Authorities say Wagner robbed the Best Bank inside Kroger on Van Dyke and 30 Mile on two separate occasions.
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Friday, June 22, 2012
AG fighting murderer's release
Detroit — State Attorney General Bill Schuette is appealing a federal judge's decision to release a convicted murderer as he awaits a potential new trial.
Schuette's attorneys on Thursday failed to convince U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow that Dwayne Ballinger Jr. should stay locked up pending their appeal of an earlier decision that raised serious questions about Ballinger's double murder conviction.
Ballinger was accused of gunning down two men in a dispute over drug-dealing territory and was serving two life sentences.
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Schuette's attorneys on Thursday failed to convince U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow that Dwayne Ballinger Jr. should stay locked up pending their appeal of an earlier decision that raised serious questions about Ballinger's double murder conviction.
Ballinger was accused of gunning down two men in a dispute over drug-dealing territory and was serving two life sentences.
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Southfield man to be tried in sex assaults on 'escorts'
Southfield — A Southfield man who investigators said arranged dates with female "escorts" and "masseuses" and then allegedly sexually assaulted and robbed the women was bound over Thursday to stand trial in three such encounters.
Southfield detectives have interviewed at least three women who claim a man who called himself "J" — later identified as 26-year-old Kyle Cooper — contacted them after finding their advertisements on the Internet or in newspapers.
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Southfield detectives have interviewed at least three women who claim a man who called himself "J" — later identified as 26-year-old Kyle Cooper — contacted them after finding their advertisements on the Internet or in newspapers.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Walmart shoplift suspect identified
Woodhaven — A shoplifting suspect shot and killed by police outside a Walmart has been identified as Charles David Brown Jr., 39, of Lincoln Park.
Police said Brown and a female accomplice, whose name has not been released, allegedly were trying to shoplift about $50 in food and clothing from the department store.
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Police said Brown and a female accomplice, whose name has not been released, allegedly were trying to shoplift about $50 in food and clothing from the department store.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Gas station clerk beaten in Detroit
Gas station clerk beaten in Detroit
Detroit— The rash of violence at gas stations in the city continued early Monday morning.
Hamzah Nasser, owner of the west-side BP station at Schoolcraft and Greenfield Road, said a group of young men attacked the store's clerk around 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Nasser said the men, who appear to be in their late teens or early 20s, have frequently shoplifted from the store for the past couple years in the early morning hours.
The 26-year-old clerk begged them to stop Monday, Nasser said.
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Detroit— The rash of violence at gas stations in the city continued early Monday morning.
Hamzah Nasser, owner of the west-side BP station at Schoolcraft and Greenfield Road, said a group of young men attacked the store's clerk around 12:30 a.m. Monday.
Nasser said the men, who appear to be in their late teens or early 20s, have frequently shoplifted from the store for the past couple years in the early morning hours.
The 26-year-old clerk begged them to stop Monday, Nasser said.
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Two boys - one about 10 - carjacked woman, Detroit police say
Detroit — A teenager and his prepubescent accomplice are wanted by police for allegedly carjacking a woman in broad daylight Saturday outside an east-side dollar store.
A 34-year-old woman was exiting the Family Dollar store in the 16000 block of Harper at 6:25 p.m. when two boys, described as about 10 and 16 years old, approached her. The teenaged suspect produced a handgun and the pair made off with the victim's 2001 Cadillac DeVille, Detroit Police Officer Cassandra Lewis said.
"When I was typing out the report, I had to double-check to see if the age was correct," Lewis said. "But that's what the victim told the investigating officers: That one of the suspects looked around 10 years old.
"This is the first time I've seen a carjacking suspect that young," said Lewis, a 12-year veteran of the police force.
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A 34-year-old woman was exiting the Family Dollar store in the 16000 block of Harper at 6:25 p.m. when two boys, described as about 10 and 16 years old, approached her. The teenaged suspect produced a handgun and the pair made off with the victim's 2001 Cadillac DeVille, Detroit Police Officer Cassandra Lewis said.
"When I was typing out the report, I had to double-check to see if the age was correct," Lewis said. "But that's what the victim told the investigating officers: That one of the suspects looked around 10 years old.
"This is the first time I've seen a carjacking suspect that young," said Lewis, a 12-year veteran of the police force.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Nathaniel Abraham gets probation in assault case
Adrian— A man who committed murder at age 11 has been sentenced to five years of probation in a prison guard assault case.
Nathaniel Abraham pleaded guilty May 1 to attacking the guard at the end of 2010. The 26-year-old was sentenced Tuesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Abraham already is serving a four-to-20-year sentence for drug possession.
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Nathaniel Abraham pleaded guilty May 1 to attacking the guard at the end of 2010. The 26-year-old was sentenced Tuesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court.
Abraham already is serving a four-to-20-year sentence for drug possession.
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Man to be tried in rapes that targeted prostitutes in Pontiac
Pontiac — A man investigators allege is a serial rapist of prostitutes will go to trial in September on charges of committing multiple sexual assaults between December and April.
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Monday, June 18, 2012
Deliberations continue in Ferguson's bid-rigging case
Detroit— Jurors started a second day of deliberations Monday in contractor Bobby Ferguson's $12 million bid-rigging case.
It is the first full day of deliberations after lawyers finished delivering closing arguments Friday in U.S. District Court. Jurors spent about six hours before breaking for the weekend.
The month-long trial has focused on an alleged conspiracy targeting a low-income housing project that prosecutors say cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
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It is the first full day of deliberations after lawyers finished delivering closing arguments Friday in U.S. District Court. Jurors spent about six hours before breaking for the weekend.
The month-long trial has focused on an alleged conspiracy targeting a low-income housing project that prosecutors say cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Judge agrees to testing grenade in Aiyana Jones case
Detroit— The judge and attorneys in the manslaughter case of a Detroit tactical officer charged in the shooting death of 7-year-old Aiyana Jones during a police raid will experience the effects of a concussive grenade firsthand.
Wayne County assistant prosecutor Robert Moran during a hearing Friday requested that jurors experience being in a room when a flash-bang grenade is detonated. The weapon is designed to disorient through a burst of light coupled with a loud blast.
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Detroit Police raids yield $1.3M in drugs
Detroit officers make 87 arrests in 3 days; seize 20 guns, 8 cars
By George Hunter
The Detroit News
Detroit— A three-day Detroit Police drug operation resulted in dozens of arrests, the confiscation of several guns and $1.3 million worth of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy.
Detroit Police narcotics officers executed 43 raids from June 6-9, arresting 87 people and seizing 20 pistols and rifles, along with several bagfuls of pink, green and yellow Ecstasy pills, large quantities of cocaine and a bin full of marijuana. More than $12,000 in cash and eight vehicles were seized.
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By George Hunter
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Detroit— A three-day Detroit Police drug operation resulted in dozens of arrests, the confiscation of several guns and $1.3 million worth of cocaine, marijuana and Ecstasy.
Detroit Police narcotics officers executed 43 raids from June 6-9, arresting 87 people and seizing 20 pistols and rifles, along with several bagfuls of pink, green and yellow Ecstasy pills, large quantities of cocaine and a bin full of marijuana. More than $12,000 in cash and eight vehicles were seized.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Request for separate trials in Royal Oak slaying denied
Judge: Pair accused in death of woman, 80, to get own juries
By Mike Martindale
The Detroit News
Pontiac — Oakland Circuit Judge Colleen O'Brien on Wednesday denied a request for separate trials for Royal Oak murder suspects Alan Craig Wood and Tonia Watson but ruled that each would get their own jury.
Wood and Watson are charged in the Nov. 12 beating and stabbing death of 80-year-old Nancy Dailey.
Dailey was found in her home, tied up and her throat slit just eight days after hiring the homeless couple, both parole absconders, to do yard work. Both are drug abusers with criminal records.
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Prosecutor: Ferguson driven by greed, arrogance
By Robert Snell
The Detroit News
Detroit— Bobby Ferguson displayed arrogance, a sense of entitlement and apathy for poor people, a federal prosecutor told jurors Thursday during closing arguments in the contractor's $12 million bid-rigging trial.
In a 90-minute speech, Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Buckley recounted highlights of the government's case, showed jurors guns seized from Ferguson's office and unraveled an alleged conspiracy targeting a low-income housing project that cheated taxpayers out of millions of dollars.
"The evidence told a story about greed, about arrogance and about apathy," Buckley said. "Crimes driven by greed, a desire for money. I think you would agree the conduct of the defendants demonstrated a certain sense of entitlement, a sense that rules don't apply to them."
Ferguson lawyer Gerald Evelyn followed Buckley.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
5 Wayne County Sheriff's deputies accused of assaulting inmates
By Mark Hicks and George Hunter
The Detroit News
Detroit— Five Wayne County Sheriff's deputies were charged Tuesday with assaulting inmates at the county jail.
The alleged assaults happened in the Division 1 facility on Clinton on Oct. 10, 2009, Jan. 25, 2010, and Feb. 6, 2010, according to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office.
The victims were treated at Detroit Receiving Hospital for their injuries.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Bashara handyman likely to cut plea deal if competent
Gentz passes state's psychological review, granted second exam
By George Hunterand Christine Ferretti
The Detroit News
Detroit— The man who claims he was paid to kill Jane Bashara will likely try to cut a plea deal with prosecutors if he's ruled competent to stand trial by an independent psychologist, his attorney said Monday.
A Michigan Department of Community Health psychologist ruled Joseph Gentz, 48, of St. Clair Shores is competent to stand trial on first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in connection to the Jan. 24 murder of Bashara. The Grosse Pointe Park marketing executive's body was found inside her Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle the morning after she was strangled to death.
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Detroit— The man who claims he was paid to kill Jane Bashara will likely try to cut a plea deal with prosecutors if he's ruled competent to stand trial by an independent psychologist, his attorney said Monday.
A Michigan Department of Community Health psychologist ruled Joseph Gentz, 48, of St. Clair Shores is competent to stand trial on first-degree murder and conspiracy charges in connection to the Jan. 24 murder of Bashara. The Grosse Pointe Park marketing executive's body was found inside her Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicle the morning after she was strangled to death.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
Hearing in 'backpage' murders moved to August
By Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Sterling Heights— The probable cause hearing Friday for a man accused of mutilating and transporting four corpses in December was delayed Friday until August 13 to enable his attorney to prepare his defense.
James Cornelius Brown, 34, of Detroit, has been charged with four counts of disinterment and mutilation of a dead body. Each charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He has also been charged with two counts of arson.
He has not been charged with murder.
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Sterling Heights— The probable cause hearing Friday for a man accused of mutilating and transporting four corpses in December was delayed Friday until August 13 to enable his attorney to prepare his defense.
James Cornelius Brown, 34, of Detroit, has been charged with four counts of disinterment and mutilation of a dead body. Each charge is punishable by up to 10 years in prison. He has also been charged with two counts of arson.
He has not been charged with murder.
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Sunday, June 10, 2012
Pittsfield Township mother pistol-whipped during home invasion, police say
A 31-year-old Pittsfield Township mother was pistol-whipped when intruders broke into her residence this morning to steal property, according to police.
The woman suffered minor injuries, and her toddler, who was home at the time, was not injured, police said.
The home invasion occurred about 10:40 a.m. at Arbor Meadows mobile home community in the 5000 block of West Michigan Avenue. Read the entire Free press article.
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Saturday, June 9, 2012
Former Wayne high school teacher to stand trial for sex with students
By Oralandar Brand-Williams
The Detroit News
Romulus — A former Wayne Memorial High School choir teacher has been ordered to stand trial on charges of having sex with two of his students and sending pornographic pictures of himself to a third.
The teacher, 26-year-old Brandon Tomblin, was bound over for trial Friday by 34th District Court Judge Tina Brooks Green on several charges of criminal sexual conduct, sexually abusive activity with a child and using a computer to commit a crime.
Tomblin, who showed no emotion during Friday's preliminary hearing, is accused of having sexual contact with two male students ages, 16 and 17, in May 2011.
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Friday, June 8, 2012
Father went on 2-day binge, left kids in car
A father that left his children, ages 4 and 6, in his abandoned vehicle without food for two days has been charged.
News for Michigan criminal attorneys- Man arrested in connection with child neglect; Department of Human Services to probe incident.
Jackson, MI—Two young children were left in a car and deprived of food for two days as their father irresponsibly went on a drinking spree, leading to his Sunday, April 4, 2010 arrest in connection with the incident. The Hillsdale County, Michigan man was formally charged with second-degree child abuse on Monday, April 5, 2010, according to information provided by ClickOnDetroit.com.
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News for Michigan criminal attorneys- Man arrested in connection with child neglect; Department of Human Services to probe incident.
Jackson, MI—Two young children were left in a car and deprived of food for two days as their father irresponsibly went on a drinking spree, leading to his Sunday, April 4, 2010 arrest in connection with the incident. The Hillsdale County, Michigan man was formally charged with second-degree child abuse on Monday, April 5, 2010, according to information provided by ClickOnDetroit.com.
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Cipriano, Young to be tried in baseball-bat attack
By Mike Martindale
The Detroit News
Farmington Hills — Tucker Cipriano and Mitchell Young were ordered Friday to stand trial in the April baseball-bat attack that killed Cipriano's father, Robert, and injured his mother, Rosemary, and younger brother Salvatore.
The decision in 47th District Court followed nearly two hours of testimony in the second day of a preliminary exam that began May 23. Cipriano, 19, and Young, 20, are charged with -degree premeditated murder and two counts of assault with intent to murder. Both have been jailed without bond since shortly after the April 16 attack.
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Feds say Ferguson raids netted cash, handguns
Agents recall search of his office, condo in conspiracy trial
By Robert Snell
The Detroit News
Detroit— Bobby Ferguson's bid-rigging trial took a dramatic turn Wednesday as federal agents talked about the trove of evidence seized during raids, including stacks of cash from hidden safes and two handguns, and discussed the interior decorating style of the indicted contractor's downtown bachelor pad.
Agents talked about raids at Ferguson's office in Detroit and at a Riverfront Towers condominium, where investigators brandishing weapons in September 2010 found Ferguson dressed only in his underwear inside a fifth-floor bedroom. He told agents he didn't live at the condo, but agents spotted Ferguson's initials painted on a wall and found photos of the married contractor with a female employee, who is identified in court records as his girlfriend.
The testimony added color to a complex criminal case involving a close friend of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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By Robert Snell
The Detroit News
Detroit— Bobby Ferguson's bid-rigging trial took a dramatic turn Wednesday as federal agents talked about the trove of evidence seized during raids, including stacks of cash from hidden safes and two handguns, and discussed the interior decorating style of the indicted contractor's downtown bachelor pad.
Agents talked about raids at Ferguson's office in Detroit and at a Riverfront Towers condominium, where investigators brandishing weapons in September 2010 found Ferguson dressed only in his underwear inside a fifth-floor bedroom. He told agents he didn't live at the condo, but agents spotted Ferguson's initials painted on a wall and found photos of the married contractor with a female employee, who is identified in court records as his girlfriend.
The testimony added color to a complex criminal case involving a close friend of ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick.
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Roseville may have Macomb's first K2 arrests since ban
By Charles E. Ramirez
The Detroit News
Roseville— Police may have made the first arrest in Macomb County for the violation of a law banning the sale of synthetic marijuana.
Roseville Police Chief James Berlin said Wednesday officers arrested the owner of a tobacco and cigarette shop and a store employee on marijuana and gun charges.
He said the arrests were made after officers seized a large quantity of synthetic marijuana, known by the brand names K2 or Spice, from the Smokers Alley store on Gratiot near Martin Road.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Synthetic pot crackdown gains traction in Michigan
Macomb launches effort to stop sale of drugs; Oakland, Wayne likely to follow
By Serena Maria Daniels
The Detroit News
The House and Senate agreed in principle Monday on a three-bill package that would create a mechanism for the state Board of Pharmacy to quickly get synthetic marijuana or similar dangerous products off store shelves.
Without waiting for lawmakers, officials in southeast Michigan are taking measures to stop the spread of the drug known as K2 or Spice.
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Saturday, June 2, 2012
Oakland stores asked not to sell synthetic pot
Pontiac— Controversy over synthetic marijuana — including possible links to two recent homicides — led two top Oakland County officials to call Friday for businesses to stop selling the herbal incense blends known as K2 or Spice.
County Executive L. Brooks Patterson and Sheriff Michael Bouchard said they hope their initiative will be used statewide while lawmakers figure out how to ban the substance, which can produce a marijuana-like high and violent reactions. Read the whole article here.
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