Please take a moment to explore these programs below. When my stories resulted in positive changes, to even a single life, then my salary and the resulting can of Spaghettios was earned. Enthusiasm was clearly up, too. While my press badge, issued by the Chicago Police Department, pissed off Kojak to no end and at least got me in the door with Teter, maybe it had no weight when it came to last minute pressers. In addition, outside law enforcement . Both officers falsely represented themselves as FBI agents during the incident. Kinzinger, the attorney, told The Appeal that because the Riders trials ended with hung juries and the court dismissed the cases after 60 days, the retention requirement for the case files dropped to three years from 50. But even as Trump added some365,000 voters to his totals in Michigan from four years ago in Tuesday's general election, his opponent, Democratic nominee Joe Biden, didfar better, running up surging vote totals in urban and suburban areas and narrowing Trump'sedge in key counties, including Macomb,Kent and Livingston. The case against Deanna Barash, 46, is the latest case filed by public corruption prosecutors against a . So, nothing that was said there was going to come from anonymous sources I would need to protect with my life. Throughout the trials, the Oakland Police Departments internal culture was examined in detail, as were political decisions by city leaders to undertake a zero tolerance crackdown on drug dealers, which community activistsand even the Oakland police unionblamed for stoking violence by street cops. The destruction of the Riders files is also an erasure of an extraordinary case of corruption that ended with the Oakland Police Department placed under a federal judges oversight. In 2015, the Alameda County Superior Court destroyed the case files for Neely and Richholt, erasing the only public record of the incident aside from media reports. While I was still working Oakland County, Catallo was doing sterling work in neighboring Macomb. Juvenile (delinquency/abuse neglect) - 248-766-7533. But then, these families could not get moveon.org to tweet a single word about them and, despite the complete eradication of their loved ones civil rights, the Detroit office of the ACLU told them to stick it. Its a high-level review of elder care issues. I told Lucido that I had heard no mention of a Task Force at all. Some voters are unwilling to admit they are voting for him. Even after I received their 2018 Letter of Intent to publish my investigation into the Oakland County Probate Court, I was cautious. Theiralleged victims number in the high thousands of Michigan's most vulnerable senior and developmentally disabled citizens, each declared legally incapacitated wards and placed under a court-appointed guardianship and conservatorship. The allegations include that they frequently abused and harassed Oakland police staff, interfered in day-to-day operations and sought unlawful access to confidential documents. Since 2016 there has been two public corruption cases in Oakland County and one in St. Clair County; no other county in the region has had any cases come to light. March 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and success of liberty.". The charges still currently stand against Miller though, and Liston pled guilty to embezzlement charges for improper use of forfeiture funds in September of 2021. The sentencing was supposed to have been held Tuesday. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by. Chapter 2: The Obituary. Chris Busch did whatever he wanted and H. Lee Busch's money protected him. Not all branches of Californias courts are as aggressive as Alameda County in destroying police corruption files. I have to come to the conclusion that there is a certain lie factor, a certain unwillingness of Trump voters to express themselves.". Biden won in Genesee, Ingham, Kalamazoo, Kent, Leelanau, Marquette, Muskegon, Oakland, Saginaw, Washtenaw and Wayne counties. Gretchen Rachel Hammond is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based out of Chicago. My concerns about a possible catch and kill situation didnt come out of nowhere. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. Teter looked me square in the face and asked me who they were. For Coblentz, that is 296 cases involving 345 defendants . This case involving Spivey is connected to a larger investigation related to its towing operations. His case file remains in the archives of Los Angeless court system. Really? In the 1960s, Oakland became the birthplace of the Black Panther movement after growing police harassment and brutality, and in 1968, anger at OPD boiled over when cops killed a 17-year-old member. "It used to be, you went in and voted your party," Avery said. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Northern California, alleges that the Oakland police commissioners routinely abused their power, and corruptly looked for special treatment by the police department. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. In Wayne County's Canton Precinct 2, for instance, the in-person vote broke 58%-42% for Biden, up from the52%-43% Clinton had in 2016. After the city rejects a claim, a lawsuit can be filed. The Friend of the Court workers are not accurate in their reporting of the facts and they are defrauding children and their parents of justice. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout was 62%, just under that seen in the 2008 election. One attorney who did described sanctions and threats of Michigan Attorney Grievance Commission complaints from both the PAs and the judges. SAN FRANCISCO Three Bay Area men, including a justice activist who billed himself as a youth mentor just 11 days after . Kirkpatricks lawsuit seeks an unspecified amount of monetary damages for loss of pay, benefits and loss of future earnings. in Oakland County at their at the Red Fox in I think it was Bloomfield. In Los Angeles County, the superior courts criminal division retained files for several former officers who were charged in the. Never had I heard of a news organization siding with a public official over a journalist, freelance or not. The department remains under a federal judges authority and bound by a settlement agreement that details numerous reforms. The Oakland Public Ethics Commission has broadened the scope of its investigations into allegations of corruption by building code enforcement officers. Every single time, they were told to "get an attorney but hardly anyone dared to represent wards or families fighting Public Administrators and court-appointed guardians. The pollsters were all wrong," saidSusy Heintz Avery, a former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman and co-director of the Michigan Political Leadership Program at Michigan State University. Prologue. Probate Corruption + the Michigan Attorney General + the Detroit Free Press = ? On Nov. 16, 2000, Officer Harper was acquitted of all charges after a month-long trial. They had a history of superlative reporting which seemed to substantiate that. Almost immediately, they are forced from their homes and into long-term care facilities or unlicensed group facilities with subhuman living conditions. But the four kids were kidnapped Record turnout of 5.5 million, larger than that seen in the election of 2008,drove his victory, predicted the statewide winner for governor or president in the last sevenelections and 17 of the last 20, And that's in a county, like Kent, where Trump held a rally on the last day of the campaign, the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign, Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. Teter gravely asked if I had shared the information with anyone. that ended in 2003 with the Oakland police being placed under a federal consent decree. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? Charges against Vazquez are still active because he is considered a fugitive. Metricmaps.org. On the night of March 21, a South Michigan guardianship reform activist forwarded an email she had received from a reporter at a local paper. Since the inception of the consent decree, the agency has cycled through 10 police chiefs, all of whom have failed to fulfill the reform programs mandates. I was already looking into Macks background when Catallo broke Bob and Barbs story. This time it was defined by a Republican senators big mouth. Numerous other officers were named during the investigation and trial as having participated in similar abuses. Journalists are theoretically also supposed to deal in whole truths. There are also cases tied to contractors and overall public corruption cases in Macomb County, that were not included in these counts. But it was 56%-45%. It wasn't just metro Detroit, however. They are all sharp as tacks anyway. The sole remaining court record of the Riders case is related to officer Frank Vazquez, known to his fellow officers as Choker because he frequently grabbed people by their necks. ), I felt like Adlai Stevenson staring down Ambassador Zorin. During thirteen months in 1976 and 1977, four children were abducted, abused in captivity and then murdered, their bodies tossed by public roadsides. Barry King was then in his late seventies, still practicing law. In Wayne County (excluding Detroit), since 2016, there have been four public corruption charges. The prominent law firm alsorepresents the city of Oakland, Alameda County and the Coliseum Authority, most notably in the ongoing legal battle against the Golden State Warriors over a roughly $40 million debt the authority says the team owes. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. Charges were filed by the Los Angeles District Attorney against Sgt. I was both an idealist and a born leftist in every sense of the definition. The Sheriff's Office continues to be active in communities throughout Oakland County by offering several programs to assist those in need. When including public contractors that number rises to about 40. As to why that should be the case, Porn said, "I think it's unique to the character of Donald Trump and how he is perceived. Daily Kos readers dont tend towards the troll, yet never couch brutal honesty in niceties. We had supplied Teter and his people with multiple cases demonstrating pattern and practice. Monitor the livestream broadcast if youre worried about integrity of the process, but this isnt worth the back and forth with AGs office.. Just like Caring Hearts, ADDMS was founded by attorneys who had donated to Georges 2003 campaign. If you valued this article, please help us produce more journalism like this by making a contribution today. Oh them! Teter replied, growing visibly impatient. If you have been arrested for public corruption, criminal defense lawyer J. Dallo at Dallo Law, P.C. Is the Future of Southeast Michigans Public Transportation Regional. Bernie Porn, pollster for EPIC-MRA of Lansing, which does polling work for the Free Press, said Trump's margin in the election suggests to him that a greater-than-believed portion of undecided voters and voters who tell pollsters they are supporting third party candidates the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign are really so-called "shy" Trump supporters who mask that support. We have it and it is clear and incontrovertible. In winning Michigan, data from the Secretary of State's Office indicatedBiden, nowthe president-elect,added nearly 522,000 votes to those won by Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. They asked you to jump and, instead of backing me, you did.. In Los Angeles County, the superior courts criminal division retained files for several former officers who were charged in the Rampart scandal, where anti-gang officers in a downtown precinct were accused of unprovoked shootings and beatings of suspects, as well as planting evidence and stealing drugs then turning around and selling them on the street. She invited me to be a join it on. The destruction of his court records means that there is no longer any public documentation of the criminal investigation against him, excluding media reports and a brief summary in the courts online database. An Oakland County man faces two years in prison after he admitted in federal court Tuesday that he was part of a scheme involving trash-hauler Chuck Rizzo Jr. to steal hundreds of thousands of doll Much of his bluster was false rhetoric. Barry and Marion King's 11-year-old son, Tim King, was the last victim of the Oakland County Child Killer. A high-level review of elder care issues? Whether I received my answers from Nessel in the form of an official comment or not, the AG herself had ordered the meeting. (This content is not subject to review by Daily Kos staff prior to publication. By that, we're talking about the fact that while third party candidates played an oversize role in the 2016 election, with Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein taking about 5% of the vote, they accounted for just a little over 1% in this election. (Fugitive Apprehension Team/Detective Bureau) Investigative/Forensic Services. In Livingston County, for instance, Trump won by 23 points but that was 7 points worse than he had done against Clinton. Last week, Andre Spivey pled guilty to federal bribery charges and admitted he and an aide received almost $36,000 in bribes. But as Biden was winning a close race at the top of the ticket, Republicans won a trustee seatat Michigan State University and a Board of Governor's seat at Wayne State University (the latter going for former Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land). You strung me along for eight months. Mabanag and officers Jude Siapno and Matthew Hornung were tried in the case twice. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly 75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout . At least, thats what it says on the professions cereal box. Yet she, somehow, forgot to mention to them the evidence my team and I brought to her staff and years of complaints to her office, and that of her predecessor, by wards and their families. The three officers, who patrolled West Oakland together on the graveyard shift in 2000, were accused of violating the civil rights of innocent suspects by illegally detaining them, planting drugs. "We have no specific instances of wrongdoing.". If you have any . Richholt did not respond to a request for comment. Behind the scenes of the Michigan Elder Abuse Task Force, Nessels firings of four Public Administrators on Friday, the Detroit not so Free Press, Listening Tours, Kojak, Strip Searches and corruption at the highest levels. Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, center, gestures as he leaves a federal . The meeting was set for March 12. Feds file obstruction case against ex-W. Bloomfield schools official . How come I didnt know? But James won over Peters in that county, with 176,356 to 174,147 for Peters. You cant give that stuff to them. And one. I emailed my editor again with no response. The commission and Mayor Libby Schaaf on Feb. 20 jointly fired Kirkpatrick without cause, ending months of tension between the chief and the independent citizens board. Thatdifference was even more stark in Kent County in west Michigan, where Trump lost,getting 165,318 votes to Biden's 186,753. The judgesdecided on a sample of 2,278 guardianship and conservatorship cases my team and I reviewed. For instance, the vote inblue-collar Macomb County, north of Detroit,has predicted the statewide winner for governor or president in the last sevenelections and 17 of the last 20. Meanwhile, a small contingent of family members set out for Lansing to stand outside her offices and plead their case to any passing journalists. Well let me say something to you, we do have the evidence.. I think it is going to take a whistleblower with some damn good evidence, going to the DC feds. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Dear Abby: My wife said she doesn't like it, but it's part of my life, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. In Oakland County, for instance, where Trump got 42.3% of the vote, or just over 328,000 votes, James, did better, with 43.8% of the vote, or 334,469votes. Its really hard toconfer a whistleblowing case when no one knew the whistle had been blown, Jackson said. On the morning of March 21, I interviewed Senator Pete Lucido (R). In addition to members of the Detroit City Council being investigated for possible crimes related to public corruption tied to City towing policies, so are three members of the Detroit Police Department. There are lessons within it, for me most of all, but I hope also for those journalists who choose to stay on the ship, maybe of what not to do, even as the last few chords of Nearer My God to Thee play out in New York and Washington DC. Delphine Allen et al. Whether Moody had jurisdiction over them or not, even after public administrators like Munger had been fired by him in 2017, Munger still took and was taking deceased estate as well as guardianship and conservatorship cases at the Oakland County Probate Court. The pair and other officers brutalized and planted drugs on suspects and filed false police reports resulting in wrongful convictions. An example of that varying support can be found in Clinton Township Precinct 38, located along Romeo Plank at Hall Road. moving forward. Turned out Taylors favorite hobby after Catallos story broke was taking to social media and yammering about both it and her as, ironically, being nothing more but fake news.. All of them showed shocking financial malfeasance. Driving Biden's success wasn't only the fact that he did better percentage-wise than Clinton did in 2016 across metro Detroit, however. And while Trump won Macomb, his margin, 53%-45%, was well below the 54%-42% Trump beat Clinton by there four years ago. . And that accrued to Biden's benefit in, for instance, northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, where Trump's level of supportfrom four years ago wasvirtually unchanged at 58.6%. Ayers and Benson have not been charged with any crimes, however their homes have been raided in connection with this broad FBI investigation, according to news reports. A survey of some 3,400 voters in Michigan done by the Associated Press as part of its election coverage found whites without college degrees made up some 54% of the electorate, and they overwhelmingly supported Trump 58%-41%. What may be the most remarkable part of Biden's victory in Michigan, however, is the way in which the entire process unfolded amid the coronavirus pandemic. In 2008, Oakland paid $2 million to settle a civil rights lawsuit brought by 16 womenall of whom were Asian Americanwho said they were victims of Valerga. On the morning of March 25, I paused to watch Nessels presser on Facebook. I do hope hes got his Geiger Counter on standby. Just as he did in 2016, President Donald Trump this year mounted a late-breakingsurge in Michigan, using anaggressive campaign to bolster turnout, disproving myriad polls that showed his support lagging and drawing even greater backingfrom voters across wide swaths of the state than he did four years ago. Corruption cases in Macomb County, the AG herself had ordered the meeting a join on. Cases tied to contractors and overall public corruption cases in Macomb County, oakland county corruption AG had. 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