Of course, the fix is much more complicated than that, and this too will be explored at a later date. The U.S. Supreme Court has explained that the rule extends to any favorable evidence known to others acting on the governments behalf in the case, including the police.. Because it isnt worth it., I dont imagine any appeals to your conscience or journalist integrity are worth it, I added. Charges against Vazquez are still active because he is considered a fugitive. 2 days ago Armored truck driver shoots at attempted robbers outside Southfield McDonald's An. For years, multiple families had gone to Michael with horror stories about hispublic administrators. And in Grand Traverse, Trump went from winning by 13 points four years ago to beating Biden by just 3. And then you did. At least, thats what it says on the professions cereal box. After all, the families had already agreed to go on the record with their stories. Peter Wielhouwer, associate professor of political science and director of the Institute for Government and Politics at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, said the fact of early voting blunted Trump's aggressive campaigning in the last few weeks in Michigan. This statute is written as a set of instructions and authorizations to a branch of government and doesnt necessarily take into account the rights of defendants or victims, Weisberg, the Stanford law professor, told The Appeal. In 1945, Michigan was racked with corruption. Why are you working with them?. The power of the Purple Gang, the. Under the guardianship of Macomb County Public Administrator Robert Kirk and his wife Cathy, they were literally fenced inside their own home. In order to make her point, only one member of the public was invited to attend. Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods? 2. As a result, this activity has continued unchecked for at least three decades, with probate court audits covered up by Nessel and her predecessors, the Michigan Supreme Court and the State Court Administrator's Office. If that's the case, it's not just in Michigan, but in several other states as well, including Wisconsin and Florida, where Trump clearly outperformed most recent polls. Since they had never received a single response from their own attempts to shed light on what was happening at the probate court, I hoped to discern why, while giving them an opportunity to be heard. Seven points (the margin between the two candidates in the poll) is not representative of the gap (in the election). Sometimes, after a salacious bit of information is published, all the OpEd scribes line up to give their two penneth. As for Smith, he pled guilty to a federal obstruction of justice charge for covering up theft from his campaign fund. The March 12 meeting had yielded no comment to any of my questions concerning what was allegedly happening in Oakland County and statewide nor had Nessel, herself, been present. Hundreds did and the majority of the time, their stories focused on Michigans probate courts. You can't wait until the last week. Exposing how the U.S. criminal legal system fails to keep people safe and perpetuates harm. Chapter 3: Law and Order - LBP. Lucido seemed equally surprised because, he said, there was supposed to be a press conference about it on March 25. The Oakland Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation has dedicated resources to unraveling the truth behind the extensive web of corruption, which Mohammed Nuru presided over, during his tenure leading the San Francisco Department of Public Works," said IRS Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge Mark H. Pearson. If your case does not appear in the MiFIle efiling system please email efiling@oakgov.com to have it added. Or one of the cases that had the DPOA that was ignored to see if we could file a motion to terminate. Friend of the Court - 248-466-2728. Corruption in the Oakland County Child Killer case Guarded By Jackals. A high level review of elder care issues?. Get Morning Report and other email newsletters. The pair and other officers brutalized and planted drugs on suspects and filed false police reports resulting in wrongful convictions. Katie Jane Fernelius An example of that varying support can be found in Clinton Township Precinct 38, located along Romeo Plank at Hall Road. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. Corruption cases have long riddled the Metro-Detroit region and in an upcoming post we will detail the ones that have been brought to the public eye since 2016. My opinion was, and still is, is that Valerga should have gone to prison, Rullamas said during the deposition. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper: "The Senator does not appreciate your constant attacks on the Attorney General." Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido: I can't help you. Far from it, at Listening Tours, she told the audience that if she found a public administrator was up to no good, she would have no compunction in firing that person.Of course not. But the four kids were kidnapped Teresa James, assistant division director for the Alameda County Superior Courts traffic and criminal division, confirmed that the Valerga, Richholt, and Neely files were destroyed in accordance with state law that allows the court to dispose of misdemeanor criminal files after five years. where an initial count raised questions and led to a re-tabulation. Its really hard toconfer a whistleblowing case when no one knew the whistle had been blown, Jackson said. Prologue. And that's in a county, like Kent, where Trump held a rally on the last day of the campaign, making his case to voters. Your email address will not be published. This year, despite trailing in many independent public opinion polls such asthe Free Press' by around 7 points, he brought it closer to 2 by outgaining Biden in areas like St. Clair County, where he added more than 10,000 votes, and Monroe, where he added 9,400. Either way, guardianship is a life sentence which hardly anyone in this country knows or about which anyone has cared to educate themselves. During thirteen months in 1976 and 1977, four children were abducted, abused in captivity and then murdered, their bodies tossed by public roadsides. However, he was never formally investigated by its internal affairs division, nor did the department track down and interview all of his victims, according to depositions taken during the civil rights suit. This year, Trump won 52%-48%.He got 552 votes to Biden's 509. I didn't quote him at the time but there were more than a few moments I wanted to blurt out "Well let me tell you, with a trespass on credulity that excels your best, that we do have the evidence. After she was fired, Kirkpatrick told this news organization that she believed she was terminated as a result of retaliation for refusing a police commissioners request to be reimbursed for towing fees. After all, they were out of state, But I never thought it would be. County officials say Eric Smith sentencing shows public corruption will not be tolerated Macomb County officials said Eric Smith's conviction on public corruption charges should restore the. Kos Media, LLC. Not only that, but from 2003-to-2008, the MSC was provided audits of probate courts, in at least six counties. Nessel, Bernstein and Cavanaugh attended Listening Sessions across Michigan during which seniors and their families could tell their stories, within three-minute reason. Miller recently asked for the misconduct in office and conspiracy to commit a legal in an illegal manner charges against him to be dropped. Dear Abby: Why do they imply my husband is a freak? Ayers and Benson have not been charged with any crimes, however their homes have been raided in connection with this broad FBI investigation, according to news reports. In response to emailed questions from the Appeal about the destruction of the Riders files, a representative for the Superior Court in Alameda County wrote that the files were eligible for destruction and provided a link to the state government code permitting their disposal. Nessels campaign speeches had traveled as far as Chicago. Since Moody was good friends with a select few of the public administrators he appointed, he alerted them to the complaining families who then suffered staggering retaliation in a probate court. A survey of some 3,400 voters in Michigan done by the Associated Press as part of its election coverage found whites without college degrees made up some 54% of the electorate, and they overwhelmingly supported Trump 58%-41%. With over 300,000 apartments destroyed in Turkey, fingers are already being pointed at below-par building codes and corruption in construction quality and enforcement. And then of course in the mid-'70s, '76, '77, with the four children in Oakland County who were kidnapped and killed. Angela Ruggiero covers criminal justice and the Alameda County Superior Court. Her work has won or been nominated for four successive Chicago Press Club awards, been recognized by the National Association of Lesbian and Gay Journalists (NLGJA), and covered topics such as criminal justice,abuse atICE detention facilities, andalleged discriminationon the part of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services leading to the unnecessary separation of children from their parents. She previously covered the Tri-Valley cities of Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore and Danville. That piece concluded that history indicated that anytime a Democratic presidential or gubernatorial candidate won betterthan 56% in metro Detroit defined as Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties he or she would win the state. by Nicole Audrey Spector Sure, the president of the United States wields immense power, as does the average member of the Senate and House of Representative, but when it comes to unchecked lawlessness, abuse of authority and corruption, they've got nothing over the county sheriff. In November 2005, Valerga pleaded guilty to the charges, all misdemeanors. Pay-to-play was all too common in state politics, then-Free Press associate editor Ron Dzwonkowski wrote in 2010. The families got the same response from Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper, the Michigan Attorney Grievance and Judicial Tenure Commissions, state and local police and the Detroit office of the FBI. Four take plea deals in wild Brentwood homicide where victim, suspects shot each other, Feds charge two with robbing two San Francisco banks during the same day, One dead, another wounded in Oakland shooting, Prosecution wraps case in Alex Murdaugh murder trial. But he won three more counties than Clinton did and did better in those he didn't win than Clinton did in a state known to be more Democratic-leaning than Republican in presidential elections. Four years ago, its 974 votes broke 61%-35% for Trump. Metro-Detroit is not unfamiliar with public corruption. Biden lost in all those places, as he did in all but 11 of the state's 83 counties. They asked you to jump and, instead of backing me, you did.. So, it didnt pass anyones notice that, despite the simplicity of the job, the Attorney General couldnt even bring herself to say the word fired., Instead, after careful internal deliberation, she decided relieve these public administrators of their appointments.. If you have any . You shared the chart of the home sales information with me and it included one sale that was over $100,000 below the market value. Kinzinger, the attorney, told The Appeal that because the Riders trials ended with hung juries and the court dismissed the cases after 60 days, the retention requirement for the case files dropped to three years from 50. Really? I truly believe that they dont see what theyre doing as being corrupt. I was quite surprised when, almostimmediately I heard back from her Communications Director Kelly Rossman-McKinney asking if my team and I would be willing to meet with a long list of Nessel staff members in order to overview our findings. It was even apparent looking at the statewide vote for university trustees, which have often been seen as a barometer for partisanship since voters don't give them nearly as much attention as the top of the ticket and may merely have followed their party inclination. The 2020 election isn't a story about corruption. I checked with my editor at the Free Press who gave an enthusiastic green light. Here's a look at how the state split the vote of 2020 and how Biden was able to beat Trump and put Michigan back into the Democrats' "blue wall" of states: A few weeks ago, the Free Press took a deep dive into the state's regions, their voting trends and their importance in electing statewide candidates. He is prepared to utilize his years of . Oh them! Teter replied, growing visibly impatient. With more likely in the works, it is important to note that strong local journalism, citizen involvement in local government and an understanding of who is being elected can help reduce corruption cases. The department remains under a federal judges authority and bound by a settlement agreement that details numerous reforms. The Kirks formed a professional guardianship company and gave it the name Caring Hearts a more palatable title but no less vicious than their Macomb County predecesssor,ADDMS Guardianship Services. "It used to be, you went in and voted your party," Avery said. The case against Deanna Barash, 46, is the latest case filed by public corruption prosecutors against a . Along with my team, I invited three family members of Oakland County wards to send one representative each. Juvenile (delinquency/abuse neglect) - 248-766-7533. SAN FRANCISCO Three Bay Area men, including a justice activist who billed himself as a youth mentor just 11 days after . As much as anything, however, the 2020 election in Michigan may have been a simple reversion to the mean, an indication that, even with changing voting patterns within the state, Michigan's overall political nature hasn't changed that much after all. In February 2003, Neely and Richholt pleaded guilty to one count of agreeing to engage in prostitution and received one day in jail and three years of probation, a misdemeanor. The Free Press: Thats what it says on the cereal box. He fought back and ended up with a reprimand. The many decades of deceit, public corruption, evidence contamination, and including the lack of following up on anything. Theiralleged victims number in the high thousands of Michigan's most vulnerable senior and developmentally disabled citizens, each declared legally incapacitated wards and placed under a court-appointed guardianship and conservatorship. It spoke generally to the strength Democrats showed in growing suburbs as well as in areas where retirees from southeastern Michigan are moving into Up North. But the Riders wasnt the only criminal case file involving Oakland police corruption destroyed by the Alameda County Superior Court. As part of his plea deal, Perez turned states evidence and accused dozens of other LAPD officers of misconduct. Bernie Porn, pollster for EPIC-MRA of Lansing, which does polling work for the Free Press, said Trump's margin in the election suggests to him that a greater-than-believed portion of undecided voters and voters who tell pollsters they are supporting third party candidates the former accounting for 6% and the latter 5% in the Free Press' last poll of the campaign are really so-called "shy" Trump supporters who mask that support. But he kept it up, and it worked to a great degree. The Oakland Police Department was placed under federal court oversight in 2003 following revelations that a squad of officers had spent the summer of 2000 running rampant in a predominantly Black. It included Nessels press conference announcement which noted that only credentialed members of the press who had RSVPd to a Nessel communications team member would be allowed to attend. Wayne County, including Detroit, has the highest number of public corruption charges in the region, and the state, followed by Macomb County. Almost immediately, they are forced from their homes and into long-term care facilities or unlicensed group facilities with subhuman living conditions. Metricmaps.org. in Oakland County at their at the Red Fox in I think it was Bloomfield. I told Lucido that I had heard no mention of a Task Force at all. I have to come to the conclusion that there is a certain lie factor, a certain unwillingness of Trump voters to express themselves.". Posted in: Uncategorized Contact Todd Spangler:tspangler@freepress.com. I called my editor at the Free Press. Turned out Taylors favorite hobby after Catallos story broke was taking to social media and yammering about both it and her as, ironically, being nothing more but fake news.. In 2016, more than 75,000 people in the state cast ballots but didn't vote for any presidential candidate. "We're committing Oakland County - our employees, our resources, our programs and services, to making a real and measurable impact in the areas that matter most, All ways, moving forward." County Executive, David Coulter. Not all branches of Californias courts are as aggressive as Alameda County in destroying police corruption files. Gretchen Rachel Hammond is an award-winning freelance investigative journalist based out of Chicago. A public administrator was clearly just a title with no more consequences of its removal than telling the Duke of Edinburgh that he could no longer be a duke. J. Dallo is a dedicated and aggressive fighter, both in and out of the courtroom. They will take months to do anything. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! According to news reports from the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News, at least three members of the Detroit Police Department are suspected of accepting bribes from towing industry figures; no charges have been filed so these unnamed individuals were also not included in the regional public figure count. When including public contractors that number rises to about 40. In Wayne County's Canton Precinct 2, for instance, the in-person vote broke 58%-42% for Biden, up from the52%-43% Clinton had in 2016. - John F . On the other hand, what happened this year with the Detroit Free Presstook the prize andwas a gut-punch to what had been my rose-tinted view of the profession. In Wayne County (excluding Detroit), since 2016, there have been four public corruption charges. Mohammed Nuru, director of San Francisco Public Works, center, gestures as he leaves a federal . Prior to the Task Force presser, Nessel moved to dismiss Gellers lawsuit while I repeatedly emailed my teams findings to Michigan Supreme Court Director of Communications John Nevin with no response. Theres a reason why this story is my last as a journalist. In Oakland County, the state's second largest county, turnout was nearly75%, higher than the 72% seen in 2008; in Detroit which is getting smaller and the rest of Wayne County, turnout was 62%, just under that seen in the 2008 election. Indeed, outside Catallo and myself, no one ever wanted to talk to these families. What may be the most remarkable part of Biden's victory in Michigan, however, is the way in which the entire process unfolded amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many of the judges are in cahoots with the Friend of the Court workers. Still, as Rossman-McKinneys stock climbed ever higher, the Elder Abuse Task Force set out to boldly go where two other Task Forces had never gone before. But I will tell you this: I am going to publish. My concerns about a possible catch and kill situation didnt come out of nowhere. By the morning of Friday March 22, I was getting nervous. When Catallo was shooting the story, the Kirks attorney, Sterling Heights Mayor and rabid Democrat Michael Taylor showed up to do a bit of schilling for his clients. Other allegations of misconduct, according to the lawsuit, are commissioners trying to steer resources toward their own neighborhoods, and related threats, bullying and intimidation of two Oakland Police Department employees. B ) During the meeting, allow the AGs staff to review, but not keep, the documents. Monitor the livestream broadcast if youre worried about integrity of the process, but this isnt worth the back and forth with AGs office.. The fileswhich consisted of thousands of pages of hearing transcripts, motions, and evidencewere the best public record of the longest criminal trial in Alameda County history. Subscribe to our newsletters for regular updates, analysis and context straight to your email. Turnout topped 5.5 million votes, beating the record of 5 million in 2008, and that, in turn, was driven by an avalanche of absentee votes, which were believed to top 3.3 million. Third parties. Whether Moody had jurisdiction over them or not, even after public administrators like Munger had been fired by him in 2017, Munger still took and was taking deceased estate as well as guardianship and conservatorship cases at the Oakland County Probate Court. We left at 5 pm with no comment but quite a lot of answers. Ninety minutes later, I published a five-part, freelance series detailing an alleged massive abuse and exploitation ring operating out of a Detroit-area probate court. The seven commissioners, Harris included, voted unanimously in February to remove Kirkpatrick from her position. In Oakland County, in Novi Precinct 21, Clinton eked out a 49.8%-46.9% among the 1,157 votes. The Appeal was unable to locate Valerga for comment. Since the inception of the consent decree, the agency has cycled through 10 police chiefs, all of whom have failed to fulfill the reform programs mandates. Michael Buchanan, and Officer Brian Liddy. Both Moody and his wife Lauras tenures with the AGs office pre-dated Nessel. In winning Michigan, data from the Secretary of State's Office indicatedBiden, nowthe president-elect,added nearly 522,000 votes to those won by Hillary Clinton in the state in 2016. But I was assured, by Free Press leadership, that in no way had the publication ever allowed outside pressure to interfere with an investigation. I didn't quote him at the time but there were more than a few moments I wanted to blurt out "Well let me tell you, with a trespass on credulity that excels your best, that we do have the evidence. Moreover, she had pledged to support the the downtrodden and, her meeting request looked like a desire to keep that campaign promise. And his percentage of the overall vote actually declined slightly. No other county in the region or the state has had as many corruption cases the as Wayne and Macomb counties. On the morning of March 25, I paused to watch Nessels presser on Facebook. In 2003, the first trial ended in a hung jury. Theres a reason for why this story is on my personal blog and not a mainstream outlet. The journalists in attendance were, justifiably, appalled and, in the end, Burgio ended up getting far more ink than Nessel. , where anti-gang officers in a downtown precinct were accused of unprovoked shootings and beatings of suspects, as well as planting evidence and stealing drugs then turning around and selling them on the street. The litigants are Aretha Franklins family members. Besides, there were Attorney General appointees allegedly engaged in unimaginable elder abuse and that wasn't high level enough? So, I never took for granted the honor of telling someones story and elevating a voice; especially if they had suffered from injustice or been discarded by society. They wanted his license. His name was Dennis Burgio and he had a heartbreaking story to tell about how he had been cleaned out of his 401k by a friend and former insurance agent;the same numbers I was seeing stripped from Oakland County wards by their public administrators, guardians. You told me you would never back down to anyone. He joined the . While my press badge, issued by the Chicago Police Department, pissed off Kojak to no end and at least got me in the door with Teter, maybe it had no weight when it came to last minute pressers. Two leaders of an Oakland construction management firm pleaded guilty Thursday to felony charges in the far-reaching San Francisco City Hall corruption scandal centered . moving forward. The pollsters were all wrong," saidSusy Heintz Avery, a former Michigan Republican Party chairwoman and co-director of the Michigan Political Leadership Program at Michigan State University. He left a few staff members behind to hear them, but the families were devastated. In suburban Oakland County, meanwhile, Biden's support grew by 91,000 votes though the president isn't making claims about trucks pulling up in the dead of the night there. "But what happened was the Democrats got their voters out it wasn't enough to overcome what they were able to get out in voter-rich southeastern Michigan.". Meanwhile, a small contingent of family members set out for Lansing to stand outside her offices and plead their case to any passing journalists. In fact, the entire day went by with radio silence from both the Free Press and Rossman-McKinney. For instance, look at East Bay Township Precinct 1 in Grand Traverse County. However, when I saw that the list of attendees included State Public Administrator Michael Moody, I pushed back and alerted Rossman-McKinney that he was a focus of the investigation. Jeff Chiu/Associated Press. The case led to a parallel civil rights lawsuit brought by 119 victims of police misconduct that ended in 2003 with the Oakland police being placed under a federal consent decree. The Oakland Police Commission, made up of seven appointed residents, was created to oversee the police departments policies and practices, and the Community Police Review Agency, which investigates police misconduct.. Instead, the county-by-county breakdowns which may change slightly as officials finalize tabulations but are unlikely to vary by much tell usa lot about trends that have been underway in the state for some time, including where certain areas appear to be trending more toward Democrats and others toward Republicans; it also tells us about how willing voters may be to split their tickets, despite what are often viewed as intransigent partisan leanings on the parts of voters. For months, the president had been saying you can't trust absentee, mail-in ballots so his base was not using it. In addition, former Detroit Councilman Gabe Leland pled guilty to misconduct in office in May of 2021, and he resigned from City Council following the plea. Nov. 2, 2000. But Biden was able to show some surprising levels of support in Republican areas relative to Trump. 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