Judge who ‘just loves love’ helps keep wedding dreams alive during pandemic
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
Posted Feb 14, 2021
District Court Judge Jessica Hammon marries Charlie and Jamie Ash outside the 67th District Court Burton.Courtesy| Tina Johnson
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But the couple is a testament to solidifying a partnership of love outweighing all uncertainty and odds.
“It just seemed like the right time and we had been together long enough,” Jamie Ash said.
Jamie, 53, and Charlie, 55, got married last summer on July 24 outside the 67th District Court Burton by District Court Judge Jessica Hammon. The original wedding plans were going to include 60 guests, but because of COVID-19 restrictions the guest list was scaled back to just six guests which were close friends and family.
Man takes Uber from Toledo to Montrose to kidnap, sexually assault teen met online, sheriff says
Updated Jan 23, 2021;
Posted Jan 23, 2021
Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson during a Facebook live event held the night of Jan. 22, 2021.
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FLINT, MI A Toledo man is jailed on four life offenses due to police alleging he took an Uber more than 100 miles north to Montrose to abduct and sexually assault a teenage girl he had met online.
In a Facebook video posted Friday night, Jan. 22, Genesee County Sheriff Chris R. Swanson said a 15-year-old Montrose girl had been communicating with a man for three weeks via Snapchat, Discord, and Fortnite.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
DETROIT (CN) A federal judge granted preliminary approval Thursday to a massive settlement for Flint residents who were poisoned by contaminated water.
The settlement is currently worth more than $641 million and has been described as the “most complex settlement I’ve ever seen” by U.S. District Judge Judith Levy, a Barack Obama appointee who is overseeing the negotiations.
“Generally, a settlement between an adult plaintiff and a defendant does not require court approval. But because this settlement presents a hybrid structure that includes a class component for unrepresented adults and involves a substantial number of potential claims of Minors preliminary approval of certain aspects of the proposed settlement is both appropriate and necessary,” Levy wrote in an opinion released Thursday morning.
By JOE GUILLEN, CHRISTINE MACDONALD AND JENNIFER DIXON | Detroit Free Press | Published: January 14, 2021 DETROIT (Tribune News Service) Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder appeared in a Flint court Thursday morning and pleaded not guilty to two charges of willful neglect of duty as state prosecutors revealed indictments against nine defendants as a result of the Flint water crisis. Despite the lower-level charges compared with other defendants, the case against Snyder marked a significant moment in the state s political history. Snyder is the first Michigan governor or former governor to be charged with a crime for alleged conduct while in office. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel praised the high-profile prosecutions led by her office s Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud as well as Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. Nessel had said earlier that she had walled herself off from the criminal cases, turning her focus instead to ongoing civil cases related to the contamination of
9 charged in renewed effort to prosecute parties involved in Flint water crisis
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder addresses the audience on Jan. 19, 2016 during the State of the State Address at the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan. Photo by Sunny Dhanjal | The State News
Michigan Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy provided a formal announcement today that nine parties will be presented with charges in the Flint water crisis.
On Wednesday, the Associated Press (AP) broke that former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and former Director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Nicolas Lyon would face charges that remained disclosed to the public. Additionally, an attorney for Richard Baird, former Transformation and Senior Adviser under