Category: Michigan

Man Killed Tigers Fan After 1984 World Series—Now He’s Free and Victim’s Family Is Devastated

By George Hunter From The Detroit News DETROIT—A man who was 16 years old when he gunned down a Detroit Tigers fan outside a downtown restaurant while thousands of people celebrated the team’s 1984 World Series win has been paroled after serving 35 years in prison despite racking up 184 violations, including allegations of sexual…


Michigan Congresswoman Introducing Bill Requiring Safe Storage of Guns in Wake of School Shooting

A Michigan congresswoman on Wednesday announced she plans to introduce a bill that would mandate safe storage of guns after the alleged shooter at Oxford High School last month was said to have acquired the gun he used from an unlocked drawer. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said her bill, the Safe Guns, Safe Kids Act,…


Prosecutor: ‘Staggering’ Amount of Evidence Found in Accused School Shooter’s Parents’ Case

The parents of alleged Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley appeared in court on Tuesday for a probable cause hearing in their first appearance since being charged with involuntary manslaughter. James and Jennifer Crumbley face four counts of involuntary manslaughter as accessories to their 15-year-old son’s first-degree murder case. Their attorneys said they plan to file…


Michigan Bill to Allow Bus Drivers, Cafeteria Workers to Substitute Teach to Ease Teacher Shortage

Amid a statewide teacher shortage, Republican lawmakers in Michigan are considering bill that would temporarily allow school staff members such as cafeteria workers, nurses, and bus drivers to substitute teach as long as they have a high school diploma. Under the current Michigan law, a school district may employ a person who does not have…


Parents of Suspect in Michigan School Shooting Due in Court

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.—The parents of a Michigan teen charged with killing four students at Oxford High School were scheduled to return to court Tuesday on charges of involuntary manslaughter. A probable cause conference was scheduled in Rochester Hills District Court for James and Jennifer Crumbley. Police said the Oxford, Michigan, couple was found Dec. 4…


Boy Charged in Michigan School Deaths to Stay in Adult Jail

ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.—A Michigan judge declined Monday to move the 15-year-old charged with killing four students at Oxford High School out of an adult jail, but she agreed that the jail needs to ensure the boy can’t hear or see grown-up inmates. Ethan Crumbley’s attorney, Paulette Loftin, argued during his probable cause conference in Rochester…


Oxford School Officials Accused of Destroying Shooting Evidence: Lawyer

School officials at Oxford High School in Michigan were told to preserve social media pages and other evidence that were allegedly being destroyed or deleted. “Not only did defendants fail to take necessary steps to preserve the evidence, but they willfully destructed the evidence by deleting the webpages and social media accounts,” attorney Nora Hanna…


GM Venture Picks Michigan for 3rd US-based EV Battery Plant

DETROIT—General Motors and a joint-venture partner plan to build an electric vehicle battery factory in Lansing, Michigan, their third such factory in the United States. The companies’ plans were revealed on Friday in documents posted on the city’s website. They say the plant would cost up to $2.5 billion and employ as many as 1,700…


Ford Expects to Triple Electric Mustang Output by 2023

Ford Motor Co. expects to triple the output of its all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV to over 200,000 units per year by 2023 for North America and Europe, its Chief Executive Officer Jim Farley said in a tweet on Friday. “It’s hard to produce Mustang Mach-Es fast enough to meet the incredible demand, but we are…


Michigan District Hit With Two Lawsuits Over School Shooting

A Michigan school district has been sued over its alleged failure to stop a school shooting that left four students dead and seven others wounded. Parents of a girl who was shot in the neck during the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School filed the suits, one on behalf of the girl and the…