Currently in the works for Michigan, is one of the biggest and most controversial laws ever proposed by lawmakers. The child abuse registry is a searchable database including the name and personal information of every person ever convicted of child abuse in the state. A good idea, right? After all, as a parent, who wouldn’t want to…
Month: November 2015
William Rosinski, a former Traverse City school bus aide who worked for Dean Transportation, has pleaded guilty to third degree attempted child abuse, and been sentenced to a year in jail. The charges are the result of Rosinski allegedly physically assaulting a special needs student on two separate occasions, once on school property and once…
Sexual Assault Discovered by Nurse Dustin Edward Griffin, a resident of Flint, has pled no contest to a number of charges after police allege that he sexually assaulted his 15-month-old son and then shot him in the face with a pellet gun.
Plea Deal for First Degree Child Abuse and Torture? 27-year-old Nicholas Racine, the man accused of seriously harming a 3-month-old infant, has a plea deal in the works. His trial is scheduled for next month, but if his attorney and the prosecutor can come up with an agreement that works for everyone, the trial won’t be…
An investigation that began in 2014 into an alleged sex-for-sale case has finally resulted in an arrest. 48-year-old Linda Ehle, a resident of Coldwater, is now behind bars for what police say is a clear case of child abuse. And if what they’re saying is true, then this woman is facing some very serious legal…
Macomb County Child Abuse Charges On October 15th, 2013, 11-month-old Trinity Murphy swallowed a 60 mg morphine pill she found in her parent’s house, and died of a morphine overdose. As a result 42-year-old Harold Murphy and 38-year-old Kimberly Murphy, the toddler’s parents, are facing child abuse charges. The grounds for the charge is allegedly…
According to the Michigan Supreme Court, Anthony and Marsha Springer are entitled to a new trial, on the grounds that their attorneys may have provided ineffective assistance during their 2010 trial. Both are currently behind bars serving sentences for torture and child abuse, for the death of their 16-year-old daughter Calista Springer.
Kimberly Pappas, whose post-childbirth trauma and poor choices resulted in public outrage and severe media scrutiny, was sent to prison recently. The 26-year-old Wyandotte woman appeared before Wayne County Circuit Judge Bruce Morrow at an emotional and tearful sentencing.