The judge in the Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot trial unseals defense attorneys’ arguments for a third trial in the case.
Author: Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press
‘My parents won’t help me’: Michigan couple ordered to stand trial after son killed four in school shooting
Oxford High School counselor says Ethan Crumbley appeared suicidal, but he still let him return to class.
‘How do I get my fan mail?’ Oxford suspect is too dangerous for youth center, prosecutors say
A judge will decide next week whether to keep Oxford High School shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley in an adult jail or send him to a youth facility.
2nd suspect in Michigan governor kidnapping plot to plead guilty, says he ‘knowingly and voluntarily’ joined plot
The prosecution now has two defendants who have agreed to testify against their cohorts in the Gretchen Whitmer kidnap plot trial.
Oxford school officials deny wrongdoing on day of shooting, say employee actions were ‘proper,’ ‘lawful’
The Oxford school district is responding for the first time to a lawsuit that seeks to hold school officials responsible for the Nov. 30 massacre.
Man who smashed Black teen’s face with bike chain sentenced to 5 years in prison for hate crime
A Michigan man who admitted to beating a Black teenager with a bike chain because of his race is going to prison for five years.
Customs and Border Protection officer says racism at Michigan-Canada border happens daily: ‘It needs to be exposed’
Three Customs and Border Protection officers say Black people are targeted daily at the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron.
Michigan man pleads guilty in foiled plot to kidnap Gov. Whitmer and will ‘fully cooperate’
Michigan man Ty Garbin pleaded guilty to his alleged role in the plot to kidnap the governor and agreed to testify against his cohorts if called upon.
‘I’m scared. Are you scared?’ A Michigan mom’s harrowing story of leaving her son with autism to fight COVID-19 alone in the hospital
Pam Warfle had to leave her autistic son, who had COVID-19, in the hospital. She begged to stay, to no avail. Then her mom got the virus, too.
‘They’re amateurs’: Feds say plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was dangerous, poorly planned
U.S. Magistrate Judge Sally Berens agreed the government had probable cause to charge the six defendants, despite objections by defense lawyers.