WHEATFIELD TWP. – A Michigan State University police captain had a blood alcohol content of more than three times the legal limit for driving when she was arrested last month on Interstate 96 in the Williamston area, police reports indicate.
Capt. Valerie O Brien was extremely belligerent with a Michigan State Police trooper who arrested her after she had stopped on the shoulder of the eastbound lanes near Williamston Road on the night of Feb. 10, according to reports released under a public records request.
O Brien s breath smelled of alcohol, and she refused to take a breath test, telling the trooper, I am not doing anything without an attorney, the trooper said in his report.
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This Wayne County, Michigan, program is helping exonerate people for crimes they didn t commit. Now it s going statewide
By Sahar Akbarzai, CNN
Updated 4:19 PM ET, Mon March 1, 2021
From left, Kevin Harrington, Larry Smith and Bernard Howard were wrongfully convicted and imprisoned before being exonerated through the Wayne County Conviction Integrity Unit. (CNN)After spending more than 26 years in prison for a murder he didn t commit, Larry Smith was released February 4 through the Conviction Integrity Unit at the Wayne County Prosecutor s Office in Michigan.
The feeling, Smith said, is amazing, a God-given blessing.
Smith is one of 27 wrongly convicted individuals who have been exonerated through the unit since it was established in 2018 by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym D. Worthy.
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Indiana Man Charged with Homicide, Robbery, and Weapons Charges Targeting Members of the LBGTQ Community
Indiana Man Charged with Homicide, Robbery, and Weapons Charges Targeting Members of the LBGTQ Community Contact: Ryan Jarvi 517-599-2746Agency: Attorney General
March 3, 2021
DETROIT – On March 2, 2021, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy, with the assistance of the Fair Michigan Justice Project (FMJP), charged Diabolique Paris Johnson, 34, of Indianapolis, IN, in connection with a homicide and an armed robbery. FMJP is a program that assists Michigan law enforcement officers and prosecutors in solving serious crimes against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender persons.
On September 1, 2020, it is alleged that Johnson committed an armed robbery of a 26-year-old man, of Detroit, that occurred at a hotel located in the 24130 block of Michigan Avenue in Dearborn, MI. It is alleged that the man had his personal property taken during the robbe