Blog Posts in January, 2011
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
The man behind a group that was smuggling women into the US to work as exotic dancers was finally taken down by law enforcement last Thursday. Police had suspected Veniamin Gonikman, 55, as being the ...
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Posted on Jan 26, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A 56-year-old man is expected to be arraigned this morning in the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills on charges of assault with intent to murder , felony firearms and use of pepper spray . It is ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
At around 2 a.m. early Sunday morning, police attempted to pull over a vehicle to effectuate a traffic stop on McKinley Road near Hewitt Road in Ypsilanti Township. The man reportedly jumped from his ...
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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
Police in Grand Blanc Township were able to track down and arrest a man who had stolen his girlfriend's car and threatened a gas station clerk, all in the same day. A call came in to the station ...
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Posted on Jan 19, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
Demetrius Sciplin, 40, was charged in a federal complaint with possession with intent to distribute heroin . The charges stem from a November 2 nd traffic stop in Sylvan Township where he was pulled ...
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Posted on Jan 14, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A 50-year-old man from Jackson was allegedly passed out in his car in the parking lot of the North Side Party Store on Cooper Street in Jackson. An employee noticed the man and called the police. When ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
On Monday, Michigan State Police of the Hometown Security Team stopped a car for a traffic violation on southbound I-75 in Monroe County . Officers claim they could smell marijuana coming from the car ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A young man with an already impressive rap sheet was arrested for a robbery last week in which he repeatedly stabbed and hit a man during a robbery. Juan C. Rangel, 21, working with at least one other ...
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Posted on Jan 10, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
Saturday evening, Oakland County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the North Ridge Apartments apartment complex in response to a citizen’s report of a man dragging a woman into an apartment. When ...
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Posted on Jan 7, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
Officers allegedly had a warrant to search a home in the 700 block of Fourth Street in Jackson . As they approached the home early Thursday night, a suspect ran into the duplex. It is being reported ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
Jamar Antwon Frederick testified for the prosecution in a murder trial held last month in the shooting death of 19-year-old Andrea Parnell. Frederick ’s testimony was a crucial element in the ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
The hard work of Michigan police paid off in the Paw Paw township this week when a mobile meth lab was seized and four people arrested. Police had set up a traffic stop around 4:30 p.m. when a car ...
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Posted on Jan 3, 2011 By Freedman & Freedman
A Roseville woman was arrested Sunday night and spent the night in lockup after she allegedly poured rubbing alcohol or nail polish on her husband and lighting him on fire. The man reportedly suffered ...
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