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LANSING – A state prosecutor handling cases related to an alleged plot against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has been pulled off the cases because of alleged wrongdoing in an unrelated case, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Dana Nessel said Friday.
Assistant Attorney General Greg Townsend was reassigned from his docket while the Department of Attorney General performs a comprehensive audit of his work, spokeswoman Lynsey Mukomel told the Free Press.
Mukomel declined further comment.
The AG s action follows Friday s announcement by Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald that she had found evidence of potential breaches of prosecutorial ethics by a prosecutor who secured arson and murder convictions in connection with a house fire in Royal Oak Township in 2000 that resulted in the deaths of five children.
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3 charged with home invasion, ethnic intimidation of Black family in Oakland County
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich (WXYZ) â Three people are facing charges of ethnic intimidation after allegedly breaking into a Black family s home in Walled Lake, then threatening to kill them while using racial slurs.
Branden Odegaard, 37, Michael Graves, 47, and Macy Kathleen-Grant Pietryga, 26, all of Wolverine Lake, were charged by the Oakland County Prosecutor s Office in connection to the April 26 incident.
âI want to be very clear that I have zero tolerance for hate crimes, said Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said. Hate has no place here in Oakland County, and I will do everything in my power to hold those who attempt to threaten or harm our residents accountable.â
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