CRIME AND SAFETY
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Judge closes Flint water case against Snyder
A judge dismissed charges against former Gov. Rick Snyder in the Flint water scandal and ordered that police records and his booking photo be destroyed.
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Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack
Judge Kwame Rowe rejected pleas for a shorter sentence and ensured that Ethan Crumbley will not get an opportunity for parole.
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Judge orders last sentences tied to plot to kidnap Whitmer
A judge handed down the last sentences Thursday in a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, sending one man to prison and putting another on probation.
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Nessel hopes child abuse case will spark changes in law
More than 30 criminal charges were filed against two Clinton County couples for adopting children from previously abusive homes for financial gain.
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Here’s where the Michigan AG’s sweeping Catholic clergy sex abuse investigation stands
The Michigan Attorney General’s office announced earlier this month that it wrapped up all active cases against clergy members.
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Parents of Michigan school shooter will have separate trials, judge says
The parents of a Michigan school shooter will have separate trials for their alleged roles in the deaths of four students.
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Program to protect the addresses of Michigan violence survivors has its first participants
Less than two months ago, Michigan’s Address Confidentiality Program launched and interest and support for it is strong, Program Coordinator Karen Hall told the Michigan Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention & Treatment Board at their meeting Friday.
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Investigation finds threat assessment should have been done before Oxford High shooting
Officials with Michigan’s Oxford High School should have conducted a threat assessment into Ethan Crumbley’s behavior prior to a shooting that left four students dead and others wounded, an independent investigation concluded.
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Amid reported increase in bias-related incidents, Nessel highlights role of AG Hate Crimes Unit
Following reported increases in hate crimes by both the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid violence in Israel and Gaza, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel encouraged the public, as well as other law enforcement agencies, to contact her office’s Hate Crimes Unit if they are a victim of, or have…
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Prosecutors: Supreme Court decision closes door on criminal prosecutions in Flint water scandal
The Michigan attorney general’s office said Tuesday that the state prosecution of former Gov. Rick Snyder and other officials for their roles in the Flint water scandal has ended.






















