Blog Posts in March, 2010
Posted on Mar 31, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
A story in today's USA Today issues a warning for all of us to try and slow down. The 5-10 mph cushions that local cops and state troopers used to give us is going away in many states. If you think ...
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Posted on Mar 29, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
A Saginaw County woman is behind bars for allowing a 67-year-old man to have sex with her 10-year-old granddaughter in exchange for cocaine. Angela A. Blackwell, who is a cocaine addict, has since ...
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Posted on Mar 25, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
A drunk driver assisted in her own arrest after calling 911 and speaking with a dispatcher for nearly 20 minutes. According to Police Capt. Tom Johnstone, the driver called 911 and confessed she'd ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Following a conviction for his role in a Ponzi scheme, a Bloomfield Hills man has been sentenced to over five years in federal prison. He was also ordered to pay $2.2 million in restitution to his ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Police have arrested a woman authorities say filed more than $3.3 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims from 2007 to 2009. She has since been charged with fraud and racketeering. Deborah D’Anna, 56, ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
After narrowly avoiding a head-on collision, a Wayne County couple has taken it upon themselves to inform legislators that distracted driving is dangerous, and that something needs to be done about ...
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Posted on Mar 15, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
In January 2009, Governor Jennifer Granholm signed two new acts that have come to be known as Michigan's "super drunk" law. The laws strengthen the state's drunk driving laws by amending several ...
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Posted on Mar 11, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Ferndale police have arrested a woman suspected of driving drunk with a small child in the vehicle and fleeing the scene after hitting another vehicle. The police were able to track down the woman ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Police arrested a Huron Township man after they discovered he was stealing natural gas from his gas line. According to the police report, the officer asked the man if he had been tampering with the ...
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Posted on Mar 5, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
A man who now lives in Memphis, Tennessee will be sentenced for arson after an Oakland County jury found him guilty of the offense. Jason Richard Rose, 32, was charged with arson after setting his ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2010 By Freedman & Freedman
Three Michigan college students have found themselves in trouble with the law after a package containing 48 fake ID cards was intercepted by federal authorities. The package was being sent from ...
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