Tag Archives: Michigan Murder Charges

Detroit Man Cleared of Murder After 25 Years in Prison

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  Desmond Ricks has spent the last 25 years in a Michigan prison. Why? Well, if you ask him, he’ll tell you it’s because the police pinned a murder on him that he was never guilty of. Looking at the evidence after all these years since his trial, it’s hard to argue with his conclusion. […]

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Couple Headed To Trial For Murder And ‘Safebreaking’

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  25-year-old Dymond Leana Squires and 26-year-old Andrew Mack Johnson Jr., a Lansing based couple, are now headed to trial for the murder of an elderly man and the robbery of his home. The victim, 78-year-old John Abraham Sr., was a resident of Lansing who had lived in his home for over 20 years before […]

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Questionable Cell Phone Data = Murder Charges Dismissed

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Television court dramas and John Grisham novels are full of instances where murder charges and other very serious accusations, are thrown out of court on technicalities. But that happens considerably less often in the real world. When it does happen, it’s a big deal. A big deal for the prosecutor’s office, for the defense attorney […]

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St. Clair County Teen Takes Plea in Attempted Murder Case

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15-year-old Daniel Bell III has accepted a plea offer from the St. Clair County Prosecutor’s Office in a recent attempted murder and robbery case. Unfortunately for Bell, the plea offer doesn’t lighten the load all that much and this young teen is facing at a substantial amount of prison time in his future.   Bell […]

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Two Saginaw Men Facing Charges For Assault, Attempted Murder

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Alonzo F. Castillo Jr. and Robert Conley III have been charged with assault and attempted murder in Saginaw. They are accused of using a golf club, a tire iron, and a gun to assault 43-year-old Salvador Gomez outside his home. Only a jury can decide if their intention was actually to kill him, which was […]

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Teen Charged With Murder in Saginaw Shooting

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17-year-old Milon J. Brown has been charged with the murder of Cameron Pennywell, a 20-year-old resident of Saginaw, MI who was shot to death last weekend in the Bloomfield neighborhood. Sadly, this is the second time this week that we have shared with you an instance of a teen being charged as an adult for a […]

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Indiana Woman To Face Murder Charges in Michigan

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Kelly Cochran, a 33-year-old resident of Merrillville, Indiana, has been arrested for murder in connection with the disappearance of a Michigan man in 2014. She was extradited to Michigan this past week to face charges.   Police records show that Cochran was arrested in Wingo, Kentucky by U.S. Marshals and Kentucky State Police. The warrant […]

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4th Teen Sentenced in Dustyn Frolka Death

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Many months after Samantha Grigg, Tyrel Bredernitz, and Brendan Heim were sent to prison for the death of MSU student Dustyn Frolka, the 4th teen to face charges has been sentenced. Christopher John Foley, who was 16 at the time of Dustyn’s death but is now 18, has been sentenced to prison for 3 to […]

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Michigan Murder Suspect Found in Colorado

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Berrien County Michigan Murder 24-year-old Alex Perez, who hails from Los Angeles, is accused of murdering two people here in Michigan, and kidnapping his two daughters. He was recently found in Colorado after a nationwide Amber Alert went out, bearing the description of his truck, and he is now facing the possibility of extradition back […]

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1982 Murder Suspect Finally Facing Charges

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Murder Suspect Fled the Country On August 21st, 1982, Salwa Isaac was found dead in a ditch along the roadside in Mundy Township near Flint by two women riding horses. She had been reported missing by colleagues who said she had missed several days of work. Law enforcement were able to determine that she had […]

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