Murder conviction upheld for man found guilty in fatal shooting over rumors of sex act at prom
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
James T. Freeman takes listens during a trial for Freeman and Carmae Abrahams before Washtenaw County Trial Judge Darlene O Brien Tuesday, May 14 2019.Jacob Hamilton
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ANN ARBOR, MI – A man found guilty of shooting a man for allegedly spreading sexual rumors about his girlfriend has lost his first appeal to the state high court.
The Michigan Court of Appeals issued a ruling Thursday, Dec. 17, upholding the conviction and sentencing of James Tremaine Freeman who, following a bench trial, was found guilty of second-degree murder, felony firearms and carrying a concealed weapon.
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ESCANABA As of Thursday, the U.P. had 13,660 confirmed cases of COVID-19, 2,919 probable cases, 296 deaths and 62 probable deaths linked to the disease, according to state officials.
The figure does not include prisoners in the Michigan Department of Corrections.
According to the state’s county-by-county count issued Thursday, Delta County had a total of 2,427 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 387 probable cases, 56 deaths and 15 probable deaths; Menominee County had 1,353 confirmed cases, 180 probable cases, 22 deaths and zero probable deaths; Schoolcraft County had 189 confirmed cases, 17 probable cases, three deaths and one probable death.
Elsewhere in the peninsula, Alger County had 178 confirmed cases, 92 probable cases, one death and one probable death; Baraga County had 456 confirmed cases, 94 probable cases, 28 deaths and zero probable deaths; Chippewa County had 476 confirmed cases, 702 probable cases, nine deaths and two probable deaths; Dickinson County h
December 18, 2020 at 1:54 pm | Published in: Asia & Americas, News, US
Blurred photos of Muslim women inmates who were allegedly forced to remove their hijabs for their ID photos in Michigan, US 18 December 2020 [Fox2detroit] December 18, 2020 at 1:54 pm
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) over allegedly forcing female inmates to remove their hijabs for their ID photos.
The lawsuit comes after more than 15 women claimed they were forced to remove their headscarves for booking photos. The inmates include Muslim women and those belonging to the Moorish Science religious movement.
A 19-year-old Pontiac man who was out on bond for gun charges and a controlled substance case is facing more charges after allegedly fleeing from authorities during a traffic stop and having a loaded handgun in his vehicle.
It was at around 3.45 p.m. when deputies from the sheriffâs Directed Patrol Unit were conducting surveillance after getting a tip that a known felon with a handgun had gotten into a car near Walton Boulevard and Colony Lane, and then drove away. Deputies spotted the vehicle and attempted to pull it over, but the driver continued down a dead end street, abandoned the car while it was in motion and fled on foot, the sheriffâs office said. The car continued moving before crashing into an iron fence, the sheriffâs office said.
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Former state sex crimes prosecutor Brian Kolodziej has been charged with two counts of felony misconduct in office, the Kent County prosecutor announced Thursday, in connection with his handling of a college rape case at Central Michigan University.
Kent County prosecutor Chris Becker was appointed special prosecutor in the Kolodziej investigation in September 2019. Kolodziej had resigned his role as an Assistant Attorney General hired to prosecute sexual assault cases, after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with one of the victims in the CMU case where he was the lead prosecutor.
The Michigan State Police had launched an investigation into Kolodziej’s handling of that case and others - notably, an Oakland County case involving alleged child abuse by the child’s relatives.