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The maneuver to block the release comes after the Free Press and Bridge persuaded a judge to unseal search warrants and affidavits in criminal probe.

The maneuver to block the release comes after the Free Press and Bridge persuaded a judge to unseal search warrants and affidavits in criminal probe.

No plea for ex-Macomb prosecutor Eric Smith in state embezzlement case. Hes to surrender to federal prison officials Thursday in separate case.

Ex-Macomb prosecutor Eric Smith, former chief of operations Derek Miller have pretrial conferences June 1 after judge denies Millers motion to quash.

Ex-Macomb County prosecutor Eric Smith is accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from drug, forfeiture funds in his former office.

Michigan Attorney Generals Office requested freezing pensions of Eric Smith; his ex-chief of operations Derek Miller until further court order.

Eric Smith and his former chief assistant, Derek Miller, face charges in the embezzlement scheme, which snared two others who have pleaded guilty.

MACOMB COUNTY — In the state’s case against a pair of former county officials, Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham and retired Macomb County Deputy Sheriff Matthew Conforti were called by the defense to testify at a Jan. 21 preliminary examination.

It’s unusual to have defense witnesses testify at a preliminary exam. Today there were two.

MACOMB COUNTY — On Dec. 9, the state of Michigan case against ex-Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith and ex-Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office chief of operations Derek Miller continued in Macomb County’s 41-B District Court in Clinton Township for a preliminary examination.