A Macomb County Circuit Court judge has granted a former high school wrestling referee and coach permission to attend a middle school graduation ceremony, despite a pending felony criminal case against him.

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has permanently banned a Van Buren Township landfill from accepting radioactive waste, handing a major victory to surrounding communities that spent years fighting the facility.

A judge dismissed all charges against a former school administrator accused of ignoring warnings about a 6-year-old with a gun.

A man convicted in connection with a stabbing outside an Oakland County restaurant has been sentenced.

Chearia Broughton, 38, of Detroit, was sentenced in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County to one year of incarceration for organizing a high-volume theft ring targeting Ulta Beauty stores in Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties.

Lions fan Ryan Kennedy has filed a defamation lawsuit in Wayne County Circuit Court against Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf, NFL legend Chad Ochocinco Johnson, and several media companies.

A Wisconsin man accused of killing his parents and stealing their money to fund his plan to assassinate President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty to homicide.

A former Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility Corrections Officer will stand trial for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with multiple prisoners while he was working.

A Saline Township resident has taken legal action to stop the construction of a massive hyperscale data center proposed for the area.

Christopher Allen, 33, of Reed City, and Wesley Ann Conner, 21, of Leroy, were bound over to stand trial in the 28th Circuit Court in Wexford County on multiple felony counts of child abuse.

The three people charged in connection with the attempted murder of a Macomb County businessman will be back in court on Monday.

The 3-year-old girl died from blunt force trauma to the head, officials said.

Mario Green had spent years tormenting his ex-wife, Latricia Brown, according to the two personal protection orders she sought against him earlier this summer.

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge ordered Real Token and its affiliated companies to cease rent collection from hundreds of Detroit properties until they meet city compliance standards—marking a significant development in Detroit’s largest nuisance abatement case to date.

Three members of a violent cultlike group will be tried together on charges of trespassing and illegal gun and drug possession in rural western Maryland.

A 29-year-old man from Chile has been sentenced for his role in a string of burglaries across Metro Detroit.

Ignacio Antonio Ruiz-Saldias, 29, was convicted of one count of operating a criminal enterprise and three counts of conspiracy to commit home invasion, second degree.

A West Virginia couple has received the maximum sentences for abusing their adopted children.

Three alleged members of a criminal organization responsible for the thefts of hundreds of vehicles in southeast Michigan were bound over to stand trial in the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County in the 19th District Court in Dearborn.

Aaron Michael Brown, 33, from Detroit, was sentenced in Oakland County Circuit Court for assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, strangulation, and felony firearm charges.

Quintana Dominguez, 32, from Shelby Township, has been bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.

A woman accused with her husband of forcing their adopted children to perform hard labor denied confining two of the children to a shed.

A judge has refused to allow a Michigan school shooter to withdraw his guilty plea to two dozen charges, including terrorism and first-degree murder.

A former Westland police sergeant was found guilty of ethnic intimidation and assault of a casino security guard after being denied access for appearing to be intoxicated.

Tiesha Johnson, 56, of Farmington Hills, a former analyst for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, pled no contest in the 6th Circuit Court in Oakland County to fraudulently obtaining Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans and Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) from the federal government.

Lisa Marie Tramski, 57, of St. Clair County, has pled guilty in the 31st Circuit Court to one count of embezzlement of $50,000 or more but less than $100,000.

A 76-year-old woman from Superior Township will face trial on felony embezzlement charges.

Prosecutors said Theo Nichols did not have his handgun properly stored, which resulted in the boy shooting himself in the face.

An Ohio woman pleaded guilty leaving a race-based and politically motivated death threat to a Michigan state representative in 2021.

A jury awarded $120 million on behalf of a boy who was severely injured during birth at a hospital within the Henry Ford Health System.

A judge is scheduled to hold a motion hearing Wednesday morning related to the demolition of a 1920s Oakland County school building that community members are hoping to save.

The 37th District Court has bound over two men from Detroit to Macomb County Circuit Court for their alleged role in human trafficking ring.

Anthony Mangiapane, 56, was found guilty of ethnic intimidation and two other charges after a three-day jury trial in Macomb County Circuit Court.

A Warren man was bound over to Macomb County Circuit Court for allegedly hitting an autistic teen with his vehicle and driving away.

The Macomb County Circuit Court has convicted Lynn Morton, 73, of Warren, for making a bomb threat by phone to court.

A federal judge has postponed sentencing for six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men.

A Henry Ford II High School student has been held without bond for allegedly sexually assaulting another student.

A judge has handed down the last sentences involving a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A man charged with attempted murder who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while fully shackled was arrested after he was found floundering in a muddy pond.

A former priest in Ann Arbor pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Lack of information from the school board about what happened during and before the tragic Oxford High School shooting in 2021 has been at the center of ongoing anger and frustration in the district.

Prosecutors in Michigan have notched another conviction in a 2020 plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

A Wayne County Circuit Court judge has told Highland Park and the Great Lakes Water Authority it needs a payment plan by May 31.

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A liberal Milwaukee judge and a conservative former state Supreme Court justice have won Tuesday’s primary to face off in a Wisconsin Supreme Court race that will determine majority control.

A conservative tilt on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has given Republicans victories in high-stakes cases in recent years, from voting restrictions to gerrymandered legislative districts.

A formal complaint was sent to the Wayne County Circuit Court alleging overcrowding and unsafe conditions for both the juvenile offenders and staff at the William Dickerson Detention Facility.

Kevin Adolph was sentenced on Jan. 8 in the 6th Circuit Court on one count of conducting a criminal enterprise, a 20-year felony, for obtaining Comerica account numbers of numerous victims and stealing money from their bank accounts.

The Roseville District Court has bound over a 28-year-old Detroit man in connection with his girlfriend's murder and the fire that destroyed her home to Macomb County Circuit Court.

Peter Chen was found not guilty of criminal sexual misconduct charges on Monday.

Enjoy a series of events on Friday to mark the ending of the city's first-ever Say Yes Fest.

Watch the complete ruling as an Oakland County judge grants a preliminary injunction that temporarily blocks county prosecutors from enforcing Michigan's abortion ban.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Thursday continued to hear arguments for and against issuing a preliminary injunction that would continue to block the enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban post Roe.

An Oakland County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday afternoon will hear arguments for and against extending a temporary restraining order that is currently blocking the enforcement of Michigan’s 1931 abortion ban post Roe.

Here’s where to find Michigan election results for the St. Clair County District Appeals Court and Circuit Court primary elections on Aug. 2, 2022.

Amber Heard has notified a Virginia court that she intends to appeal the $10 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial.

A judge has rejected a request from actress Amber Heard to set aside the $10 million judgment awarded against her in favor of her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

The judge in the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has made a jury’s multimillion-dollar award official.

A Dearborn Heights man was resentenced following a Michigan Supreme Court ruling that vacated part of his conviction in the shooting death of Renisha McBride in 2013.

Amber Heard is expected to take the witness stand Monday for a third day of testimony in a libel suit filed against her by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.

A status conference is scheduled for Wednesday afternoon for the case against Ethan Crumbley who is charged in connection with the mass shooting at Oxford High School.

Ethan Crumbley had another not guilty plea entered on his behalf during a court hearing Wednesday afternoon.

Ethan Crumbley has another court hearing Wednesday after he was bound over for trial on terrorism and murder charges in connection with the mass shooting at Oxford High School.

Ethan Crumbley has another court hearing Wednesday after he was bound over for trial on terrorism and murder charges in connection with the mass shooting at Oxford High School.

There appears to be a major staff shortage at the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office.

A Wayne County judge has denied a motion from Republican challengers to halt certification of Detroit election results. In a ruling issued Friday, Wayne County Judge Timothy Kenny said plaintiffs' interpretation of events at TCF Center were “incorrect and not credible.”“Plaintiffs' affiants did not have full understanding of TCF absent ballot tabulation.” Judge Kenny denied all motions, including one for an independent audit. Previous: Hundreds provide testimonies -- but no real evidence -- in Trump campaign lawsuit to stop certification of Michigan election resultsThere is no evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election. Kenny twice has turned down injunctions in Wayne County, a Democratic stronghold. Those who submitted affidavits questioned ballot transportation and most often were either not allowed to enter or saw others not allowed to enter.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) is attempting to identify three people who vandalized the 22nd Circuit Court building in downtown Ann Arbor around 9 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7. The vandals appear to be two white men and one white woman, according to a post on the WCSO Facebook page. One of the men has waist-length dreadlocks. ✉ Like what you’re reading? Sign up for our email newsletter here!

DETROIT – The sale of the former Michigan State Fairgrounds has been halted by a court order just over a week after the sale was approved. The Wayne County Circuit Court issued a temporary restraining order on Wednesday to halt the sale of 142 acres of the former fairgrounds site to two development groups. The Detroit City Council approved the sale on October 20, making the land available for a proposed Amazon distribution center and new indoor transit center. “In 2020, the Detroit City Council adopted a Community Outreach Ordinance requiring a specified outreach process before amending the city’s master plan. A proposed sale of acreage at the former Michigan State Fairgrounds would redevelop about half of the site into a new Amazon distribution center, with the rest saved for a transit center and other future developments.

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A court has granted the release of a repeat sex offender who was imprisoned years ago for molesting his 15-year-old stepdaughter in Warren.

ROYAL Oak, Mich. - On Monday, Judge Hala Jarbou of Oakland County Circuit Court granted a temporary restraining order to keep Titus Germain Cromer, Jr., 16, on life support, the Oakland Press reported. Royal Oak Beaumont Hospital has informed the family that Cromer has lost all brain function. ORIGINAL STORY: Family in dispute with Royal Oak Beaumont to keep 16-year-old on life supportJames Rasor is an attorney representing the family. The temporary restraining order was set to expire Monday at noon. Rasor says doctors at Beaumont believe Cromer has irreversible brain damage but says his family is praying and wants more time before taking him off of life support.

Instead, he chose to go to trial last month and was found guilty of second-degree murder and other crimes. Ashley Young's torso was found in December in the basement of Chance's Grand Rapids rental home. Chance and Young knew each other and were last seen together at a Grand Rapids bar in late November. Holding the box of cremains, Young said, "If I want a hug, I have to hug a box." But Kent County Judge Mark Trusock said the guidelines don't account for the "level of brutality" in Young's death.

PCSO/Getty Images(CNN) - Stacey Dash entered a written plea of not guilty Wednesday on a domestic battery charge, according to documents filed in Pasco County Circuit Court. The actress and former political pundit was arrested Sunday after allegedly slapping and pushing her husband during an argument at a home in New Port Richey, Florida, the court documents state. Her husband's name was redacted in an incident report obtained by CNN. She posted bail and was released on Monday morning, according to a spokesperson for the Pasco County Sheriff. A public defender was appointed to represent her after she told the court that she couldn't afford to hire her own attorney, the court documents said.