The Latest Breaking News from Michigan State Police

Detroit police officer charged for punch that killed 71-year-old man

Officer could face 15 years in jail after punching a man who then fell and suffered a fatal blow to the head

The Independent UK · Dec 21, 2023

Husband charged with murder two years after wife disappeared in Michigan

The 52-year-old mother of five went missing in April 2021. Her body has never been found

The Independent UK · Nov 24, 2023

Woman convicted of killing her father says Oxford school shooting suspect Ethan Crumbley’s mother helped write her sentencing speech

Imirowicz’s sentence was reduced after she was convicted of killing her father using lye and water

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

Hero brother uses SLINGSHOT to save screaming sister from kidnapper who crept from woods

13-year-old Owen Burns leapt into action Bart Simpson-style after hearing his sister screaming and seeing a young man emerge out of the woods to grab her, by grabbing his slingshot and firing at the suspect with a marble and rock

Daily Mirror · May 19, 2023

Hero brother uses a slingshot to save his sister, 8, from being abducted in back garden

The 17-year-old's name has not been released though he has been charged as an adult with one count of attempted kidnapping/child enticement, and one count of assault and battery

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2023

Michigan clerk who doubts election results faces recall

A small-town clerk accused of improperly handling voting equipment after casting doubt on President Joe Biden’s election victory faces a recall election Tuesday in one of Michigan’s most conservative counties

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

'This is what justice looks like': 1.2 million convictions set aside so far under Michigan's expungement law

LANSING, Mich. — More than 1.2 million convictions were set aside Tuesday on the first day of an automatic expungement program created by a 2020 law designed to reopen job and housing opportunities for individuals with old crimes on their records.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

1 million Michigan residents to see criminal convictions expunged automatically, AG says

LANSING, Mich. — An estimated 1 million Michiganians will have certain misdemeanor and felony records automatically expunged or set aside starting Tuesday as the state begins to implement the final step in a 2020 law designed to give residents a "clean slate."

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

Brickbat: The Roads Are Dangerous Here After Dark

Michigan State Police troopers Ryan Fitzko, Cody Lukas, and Justin Simpson have been charged with misdemeanor assault and battery for their actions during the arrest of a man for riding a bicycle after dark without lights. Lukas has also been charged with felony misconduct in office. The man was taken…

Reason · Mar 22, 2023

Michigan police urge public to help solve murders of 3 men

Michigan State Police are appealing to the public to share information and help solve the fatal shootings of three men back in January

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2023