RAE LEE CHABOT

Tension between an Oakland County judge and the prosecutor over the ordered release of all evidence in the Oxford High School Shooting. That evidence would include copies of all police reports and surveillance videos.

HAZEL PARK, MI – A former Hazel Park police detective who admitted to embezzling more than $68,000 in public funds has been sentenced. Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Rae Lee Chabot sentenced Sean Boucher to three years’ probation and seized a portion of his pension. The public asset forfeiture funds are used to support law enforcement operations through training, equipment and other resources. Boucher was placed on administrative leave by the Hazel Park Police Department on Sept. 11, 2017 and suspended the following day. “…The integrity of the Hazel Park Police Department has been brought into question and these crimes have affected our reputation in more ways than we can measure.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A man wrongfully convicted of murder left prison Wednesday, May 26, after being locked up nearly 32 years. The conviction was vacated after work by his attorney, Western Michigan University-Cooley Law School Innocence Project and state Attorney General’s Conviction Integrity Unit. The findings by the WMU-Cooley Law School Innocence Project led the Attorney General’s Conviction Integrity Unit to conduct an extensive review. Poole’s conviction was based on unreliable evidence, including bite mark comparison which is not based in science,” his attorney, Marla Mitchell-Cichon, said. Read more:Claiming his innocence, man walks out of prison after nearly 50 years on ‘happiest day of my life’After nearly five decades in prison, man who denied role in killing to go freeGrand Rapids police officer injured, struck with baton in struggle with man

A Michigan man who spent nearly 32 years in prison for murder is being released Wednesday after DNA evidence ruled him out as the killer....